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Subject:Re: What to call the beige box... From:Ed Rush <EdRush -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 21 Jun 1995 06:15:43 -0400
>But as tech writers, ought we not to be conscious of
>speaking with soem accuracy?
> ***
>Herman Holtz
Uh, yes.
"System unit" is what IBM uses for The Box. Apple tends to have things
plugged into "the Macintosh," and thereby avoids having to use such a general
term. "System," of course, is that remarkable vague word that can mean just
about anything from a LAN full of servers to a subroutine. "CPU" is
meaningless to Joe Whatsacomputer, aside from being yet another TLA.
Much as it galls me to agree with IBM, it does seem to be a good term for the
thing.
