From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4d85dafcfa1dcde6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-12 12:13:18 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr12.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: James Ross Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GPS - A new kind of IDE? Message-ID: References: <9Y1A8.25350$D%5.3478@sccrnsc01> <5ee5b646.0205061352.456c075a@posting.google.com> <3cd7b506.11293318@news.demon.co.uk> <3CDB2F01.78B66E87@adaworks.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.65.180.17 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr12.news.prodigy.com 1021230776 ST000 65.65.180.17 (Sun, 12 May 2002 15:12:56 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 15:12:56 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: SCSYQN_@OPTQB_LSW@CB^]\@PJ_^PBQLGPQRJVMHQAVTUZ]CLNTCPFK[WDXDHV[K^FCGJCJLPF_D_NCC@FUG^Q\DINVAXSLIFXYJSSCCALP@PB@\OS@BITWAH\CQZKJMMD^SJA^NXA\GVLSRBD^M_NW_F[YLVTWIGAXAQBOATKBBQRXECDFDMQ\DZFUE@\JM Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 19:12:56 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:23933 Date: 2002-05-12T19:12:56+00:00 List-Id: On Fri, 10 May 2002 09:52:00 -0500, "David C. Hoos" wrote: >Well, maybe it's not so well-known -- GPS really means >Global Positioning System. Why should Global Positioning System have exclusive dibs on the acronym? According to http://www.acronymfinder.com GPS can mean any one of the following: Global Positioning System Galapagos Islands, Ecuador - Baltra (Airport Code) Gallons Per Second Gas Pressure Switch General Problem Solver General Purpose Segment General Purpose Separator (at CERN) Generalized Phase Shift Generalized Processor Sharing Geophysical Processor System Geophysical Products System German Philatelic Society Global Priority Service Global Product Support Go Pound Sand Graphical Programming Software Great Plains Software Ground Processing Station Groundwater Protection Strategy Guidance Power Supply Gunner's Primary Sight The Gap, Inc. (stock symbol) I Personally like General Problem Solver & Graphical Programming Software the best :-) JR