Definition of these words

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Kim_Lucich
Feb 27, 2004
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Can someone give me a quick & simple definition of the following:

Twain
Tagged file
Gamma
ICC

Thanks.
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Ed_Hannigan
Feb 27, 2004
<http://whatis.techtarget.com>
DK
Doug_Katz
Feb 27, 2004
Twain: (archaic) two, as in "… never the twain shall meet…."

Tagged file: current victim in a children’s playground game.

Gamma: the third of any series (after the third letter in the Greek alphabet).

ICC: a simple declarative statement indicating visual recognition of "C."

Sorry, Kim :). Someone will do better.
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JasonSmith
Feb 27, 2004
"Twain"

Technology Without An Important Name…(although someone will debate that)

"Tagged File"

A file with an embedded profile.

"Gamma"

What cooks your food in the microwave.

"ICC"

International Color Consortium.
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graffiti
Feb 27, 2004
.(although someone will debate that)

Yup.

Technology Without An Interesting Name. 🙂
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Graham_Phillips
Feb 27, 2004
ICC: a simple declarative statement indicating visual recognition of "C."

ROTFL
DK
Doug_Katz
Feb 27, 2004
Graham, you’re a man after my own heart!
JS
John_Slate
Feb 27, 2004
twain: two.

as in mark twain.
EH
Ed_Hannigan
Feb 27, 2004
I’ve heard Technology Without An Interesting Name , but according to the WhatIs site it’s really "never the twain shall meet " since it’s between the scanner and teh computer.

You’d have to look up Gamma Correction to get the full story on that.
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JasonSmith
Feb 27, 2004
…or wait for Timo to come by.
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Mike_Ornellas
Feb 27, 2004
Doug:

RIGHT ON!

lol!

;o)

I’m still laughing……
DK
Doug_Katz
Feb 27, 2004
<<twain: two.

as in mark twain.>>

Now THAT’s ROTFLOL!
KL
Kim_Lucich
Feb 27, 2004
You guys are nuts!
JS
John_Slate
Feb 27, 2004
….thanks

You know the other day I went to my tribe’s shaman.

I said, "Doc, somedays I feel like a teepee, and other times I feel like a wigwam"

He said, "You’re two tents"

Ba doom ching…

<crickets> Is this thing on? </crickets>
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Ram
Feb 27, 2004
Technology Without An Important Name…(although someone will debate that)

I will. That is an absolute falsehood; an urban legend, if you will.

Get the true story right from the horse’s mouth RIGHT HERE (twain.org) < http://twain.org/faq.htm#What%20is%20TWAIN%20an%20acronym%20 for>

Question: What is TWAIN an acronym for?

Answer: An image capture API for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. The standard was first released in 1992, and is currently ratified at version 1.9 as of January 2000. TWAIN is typically used as an interface between image processing software and a scanner or digital camera.

The word TWAIN is from Kipling’s "The Ballad of East and West" – "…and never the twain shall meet…", reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt the standard. "

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