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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>micros~1</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="Microsoft.html" title="Microsoft"/><link rel="next" href="middle-endian.html" title="middle-endian"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">micros~1</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Microsoft.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="middle-endian.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="micros-tilde-1"/><dt xmlns="" id="micros-tilde-1"><b>micros~1</b></dt></dt><dd><p> An abbreviation of the full name <a href="Microsoft.html"><i class="glossterm">Microsoft</i></a>
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resembling the rather <a href="../B/bogus.html"><i class="glossterm">bogus</i></a> way Windows 9x's VFAT
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filesystem truncates long file names to fit in the MS-DOS 8+3 scheme (the
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real filename is stored elsewhere). If other files start with the same
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prefix, they'll be called micros~2 and so on, causing lots of problems with
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backups and other routine system-administration problems. During the US
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Antitrust trial against Microsoft the names Micros~1 and Micros~2 were
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suggested for the two companies that would exist after a break-up.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Microsoft.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../M.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="middle-endian.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Microsoft </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> middle-endian</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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