> (The extension of "DIZ" actually stands for "Description In Zip")
Ah, finally, another puzzlement from my childhood explained.
Ah, finally, another puzzlement from my childhood explained.
"Description In Zip" seems like it could be a backronym.
"Description In Zip" has the typical clunkiness of a backronym and the 180° theory suffers from the fact that filenames (as lloeki rightfully pointed out) were usually presented in all uppercase (even when lowercase was available) in that era.
Phonetically shortening stuff on the other hand was almost a requirement in the scene, even if you had the space.
EDIT: Thinking about it "identify this" is well in line with "read me".
They’re all so impressed with Dade’s knowledge yet he simply appears to be reading the cover title of each book as it gets passed.
Someone please give me a meta explanation that justifies this so that my inner fanboy can sleep better at night. I’ve probably watched Hackers 100s of times. Best love story ever.
"The dragoon book", "That ugly red book that wont sit on the shelf" and so on.