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Subject:Re: Jargon query From:Michael Priestley <mpriestley -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:20:39 EST
laura (a temporary polie) (praderla -at- cyprus -dot- spole -dot- gov) writes
>could you post for me, the question of what does UNICOM stand for?
Try "universal integrated communication system".
It's the only definition we had on file. I have no idea what it _means_,
mind you, but that's what it stands for (or at least, that's one of the
things it stands for).
Hope this helps,
Michael Priestley
mpriestley -at- vnet -dot- ibm -dot- com
Disclaimer: speaking on my own behalf, not IBM's.
