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Re: English phrase
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:00:45 GMT
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> ("Multimedia" in quotes because hello, what a stupid term.)
I know, it was the buzz-word of the early 90's with computers like the Atari
Falcon 030. Another one was 'multitasking'
The latest one is 'digital' due to the release of Digital TV here.
Carbon 60
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| (...) It comes from ice cream, where 'vanilla' is the default flavor. Minus all the chocolate goodies, etc. A plain vanilla computer would just be your basic normal computer, with no fancy "multimedia" features. ("Multimedia" in quotes because (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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