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Message no. 1
From: runnerpaul@*****.com runnerpaul@*****.com
Subject: CG vs. CGI (and overloaded TLAs)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:58:47 -0400 (EDT)
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At 02:28 AM 4/29/1999 -0500, Michael Orion Jackson wrote:
>;^) Not to be a butt
Too late. ;)

>but I LOL when I saw the part in the
>messages about CGI special effects (CGI to me is Common Gateway
Interface,
>a la www.someserver.com/cgi-bin/somescript.cgi). I think the rendered

>cinema effects are reffered to as CG (Computer Generated, natch).

Well, that's what _you_ think, and while I have heard references to CG
effects, it's just as common to hear them referred to as CGI which
stands for Computer Generated Images. (This is an example of
overloading of a TLA.) In the past year or two, the usage of just the
letters CG has become more common, it hasn't replaced the three letter
version just yet.

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Message no. 2
From: Ojaste,James [NCR] James.Ojaste@**.GC.CA
Subject: CG vs. CGI (and overloaded TLAs)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:25:22 -0400
runnerpaul@*****.com [mailto:runnerpaul@*****.com]
> >but I LOL when I saw the part in the
> >messages about CGI special effects (CGI to me is Common Gateway
> Interface,

Bah. It's inefficient. Just write everything in modperl or php3... ;-)

> >a la www.someserver.com/cgi-bin/somescript.cgi). I think the rendered
> >cinema effects are reffered to as CG (Computer Generated, natch).
>
> Well, that's what _you_ think, and while I have heard references to CG
> effects, it's just as common to hear them referred to as CGI which
> stands for Computer Generated Images. (This is an example of
> overloading of a TLA.) In the past year or two, the usage of just the

Yup. TLA's get overloaded all the time. For example, I work for the DOE.
If I worked in the US, I'd be an employee of the Department of Energy.
Since I'm Canadian, I work for the Deparment of the Environment. Nice
contrast, huh? :-)

> letters CG has become more common, it hasn't replaced the three letter
> version just yet.

Well, CG usually refers to Computer Graphics - not quite the same thing.
Of course, I may just be reading different stuff from you...

James Ojaste

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