Acronyms
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2005-01-02 14:17:08 - Graham EllisThe question "What does Java stand for" is a familiar one in my mailbox ... in a world of acronyms, it seems that folks assume that any short computer words must be sets of initials.
Here are the origins (to the best of my knowledge) of the names of the subjects we teach.
| Perl | Practical Extraction and Reporting Language |
| Python | Naming derived from Monty Python's Flying Circus |
| PHP | Origin: Personal Home Pages Now: PHP Hypertext Protocol |
| Tcl | Tool Control Language |
| Tk | Toolkit |
| MySQL | My is the name of the daughter of the originator ... then Structured Query Language |
| Java | Just a name - said to have come from the fact that the team was sitting round looking for a new name for their Oak language, drinking Java coffee. |
| Linux | Linus Torvalds originates this Unix-like operating system |
Please let me know of any corrections - these things get confused in the mists of time ...