Definition of these words

[Kim_Lucich@adobeforums.com]

Can someone give me a quick & simple definition of the following:

Twain
Tagged file
Gamma
ICC

Thanks.

[Ed_Hannigan@adobeforums.com]

<http://whatis.techtarget.com>

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

Twain: (archaic) two, as in "... never the twain shall meet...."

Tagged file: current victim in a children's playground game.

Gamma: the third of any series (after the third letter in the Greek alphabet).

ICC: a simple declarative statement indicating visual recognition of "C."

Sorry, Kim :). Someone will do better.

[JasonSmith@adobeforums.com]

"Twain"

Technology Without An Important Name...(although someone will debate that)

"Tagged File"

A file with an embedded profile.

"Gamma"

What cooks your food in the microwave.

"ICC"

International Color Consortium.

[graffiti]

.(although someone will debate that)




Yup.

Technology Without An Interesting Name. :)

[Graham_Phillips@adobeforums.com]

ICC: a simple declarative statement indicating visual recognition of "C."




ROTFL

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

Graham, you're a man after my own heart!

[John_Slate@adobeforums.com]

twain: two.

as in mark twain.

[Ed_Hannigan@adobeforums.com]

I've heard Technology Without An Interesting Name , but according to the WhatIs site it's really "never the twain shall meet " since it's between the scanner and teh computer.

You'd have to look up Gamma Correction to get the full story on that.

[JasonSmith@adobeforums.com]

...or wait for Timo to come by.

[Mike_Ornellas@adobeforums.com]

Doug:

RIGHT ON!

lol!

;o)

I'm still laughing......

[Doug_Katz@adobeforums.com]

<<twain: two.

as in mark twain.>>

Now THAT's ROTFLOL!

[Kim_Lucich@adobeforums.com]

You guys are nuts!

[John_Slate@adobeforums.com]

....thanks

You know the other day I went to my tribe's shaman.

I said, "Doc, somedays I feel like a teepee, and other times I feel like a wigwam"

He said, "You're two tents"

Ba doom ching...

<crickets> Is this thing on? </crickets>

[Ramón_G_Castañeda@adobeforums.com]

Technology Without An Important Name...(although someone will debate that)




I will. That is an absolute falsehood; an urban legend, if you will.

Get the true story right from the horse's mouth RIGHT HERE (twain.org) <http://twain.org/faq.htm#What%20is%20TWAIN%20an%20acronym%20for>

Question: What is TWAIN an acronym for?





Answer: An image capture API for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh
operating systems. The standard was first released in 1992, and is currently
ratified at version 1.9 as of January 2000. TWAIN is typically used as
an interface between image processing software and a scanner or digital
camera.





The word TWAIN is from Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and
never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time,
of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN
to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym,
and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were selected,
but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt
the standard. "