RAS Syndrome– Documenting the misuse of acronyms

Archive for September 2008

RAS Syndrome: Raid Array Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 18, 2008

ZDNet
With a 4 drive RAID array (Redundant Array of Independent Disks Array) – like one I recently tried to test – RAID 5 will give you 3 drives worth of capacity, saving 1 drive for parity data.
Global News Wire
Infortrend’s EonStor S16F-R1430 RAID array subsystems play an important role in this achievement.
Computer World
In a first, 128GB [...]

RAS Syndrome: Space Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 17, 2008

NASA
NASA Administration (National Aeronautics and Space Administration Administration) Names Whitson First NASA ISS Science Officer.
Ontario Now
The fact that the computers on the ISS space station (International Space Station Space Station) had auto play enabled is a serious issue, while the virus was caught, and it is not any longer a threat to the ISS station [...]

RAS Syndrome: HIV Virus Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 16, 2008

Haaretz
According to the wife, she and her husband do not know how he could have been infected with the virus that causes AIDS, nor did they know that he was a carrier until a year and a half ago, when one of the twins born to them died shortly after birth and was found to have been infected with [...]

RAS Syndrome: GPS System Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 15, 2008

New London State Attorney Michael Regan
“The GPS system (Global Positioning System System) was not functioning properly at the time [of] the reading,” Regan said. “In light of what probation has stated to me, I’m going to withdraw that warrant.”
Livingston Daily
Woman reports GPS system stolen.
Neighborhood Star
A GPS system was stolen Sept. 3 or Sept. 4 from [...]

RAS Syndrome: Number Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 14, 2008

Henley Standard
Back Seat Driver is on sale at Amazon.co.uk or Waterstones online, or from most bookshops. The ISBN number (International Standard Book Number Number) is 978-1-906710-08-8.
Financial News & Daily Record
Usage of the Florida Bar’s Web site continues to climb – and most Bar members have a PIN number (Personal Identification Number Number) for the site [...]

RAS Syndrome: LCD Display Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 13, 2008

CNet
The 7-inch LCD Display(Liquid Crystal Display Display) itself runs 16 million colors at 800×480 resolution.
Environmental Protection Agency (US)
In some cases, the energy-consumption of an average LCD Display can be half to two-thirds of that for an average CRT.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
There are five LCD Display lines, each corresponding to a gauge.
Press the DOWN push button. The [...]

RAS Syndrome: PDF Format Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 12, 2008

North Texas e-News
Companion Web pages for Keep Texas Wild will also be available. Teachers or parents can download material in printable PDF format (Portable Document Format Format) in the “Teacher Tool Kit” resource area on the Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine Web site
PR Web
You may also request a full colour glossy brochure on the new [...]

RAS Syndrome: Medical Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 11, 2008

National Institutes of Health (US)
A Study of Patients With AIDS Syndrome (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Syndrome)
University of Michigan Health System
Evidence is growing that HIV virus (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virus) can infect the mucosal immune system.
International Herald Tribune
In a survey conducted March 19 of 1,208 international travelers by 1st-Air.net — which specializes in international discounted premium-class [...]

RAS Syndrome: ATM Machine Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 10, 2008

KCBY
On the morning of September 3rd, employees got to work only to discover an ATM machine (Automated Teller Machine Machine) missing from their store.
The Rancho Cordova Post
Stolen ATM Machine Recovered in Rancho
A Caltronics ATM Machine was stolen from the Folsom Premium Outlets on Sunday Morning.
The New Nation
The CSC also includes a 24-hour ATM machine for [...]

RAS Syndrome: Ordnance Edition

Posted by: rassyndrome on: September 9, 2008

Federation of American Scientists
The HARM Missile (High -Speed Antiradiation Missile) receives target parameters from the launch aircraft prior to launch. The HARM Missile uses these parameters and relevant attitude data to process incoming RF energy to acquire and guide the HARM Missile to the desired target. The HARM missile has a terminal homing capability that [...]