Re: Whee, Greased HedgeHog on Steroids, take 2
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
16 May 1996 19:18:47 GMT
In article <4mir3t$5q4@melchior.cuivre.fdn.fr>,
Thomas Quinot <thomas@cuivre.fdn.fr> wrote:
>Andrew E. Mileski (aem@nic.ott.hookup.net) =E9crit :
>
>> (Ford Prefect describing the black ship - the one with black
>> buttons that lit up black to let you know you did something.
>> Obviously it was designed for a species that could perceive
>> different wavelengths of the EM spectrum than humans).
>
>Actually the Jargon File describes such devices as DEDs (Dark Emitting
>Diodes.) Some semiconductor manufacturers reportedly have already
>issued data sheets for those in the past.
>
That's Darkness Emitting Diodes I presume... goes right up there with
WOM (Write Only Memory), LER (Light Emitting Resistor) and SED (Smoke
Emitting Diode.)
-hpa