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Why do you use the term AIB?

McGraw

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Just need to get this off my chest :D

I hate the term/acronym AIB.

After reading about it I realise it's supposed to be short for add-in board partner card but on its own it just means add-in board when taken literally.

What's wrong with custom or non-ref?

Sorry but I am a bit of a pedant when it comes to things like this and almost everyone seems to use the term.

Thanks for reading :)
 
Why use any acronym like M.O.T. or W.O.P.R.? It is just industry standard terminology, saves on typing, but sometimes plays havoc with predictive text :p
 
It's not industry standard though is it?

The acronym on its own stands for add-in board so when someone says they're going to get an AIB 1070, they're actually saying they're getting an add-in board 1070...at least there will be mobile GPUs soon so this could be correct.

MOT stands for ministry of transport, it's obvious why this became shorthand for Ministry of transport test.

This thread is cathartic to me as I get the urge to pull everyone up on it in threads :)

Oh and is holding shift and typing AIB really that much quicker than typing non ref?
 
I don't like it either. I don't like how business jargon seems to be taking over everywhere - "franchise" instead of "series" or the use of the term "I.P."
 
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I just use '3rd party card/cooler'. I've found that non-hardware enthusiasts dont know what AIB is(and it's usually not a technically correct usage of the term/acronym), but '3rd party' is pretty universally understood.
 
DPB said:
I don't like it either. I don't like how business jargon seems to be taking over everywhere - "franchise" instead of "series" or the use of the term "I.P."
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As far as I'm concerned, lack of understanding of the business side of gaming is the top cause of 'outrage culture' among the hobby.

It's a bit much to ask everybody who likes gaming to do their research in how the business and development side aspects work, but there'd be far less anger and ignorant bashing going on if they did. It's very frustrating for me, personally. It's a real bummer seeing developers, the teams that provide us with the gaming content we so crave, get absolutely trashed due to complete ignorance in so many situations.

Personally, I could not handle being a game developer. I would look at the consumer base and think, "What a bunch of ungrateful, ignorant *****" and walk away.
 
Sometimes franchise and IP are a better fit.

eg - calling Resident Evil a series ignores the existence of all the handheld and auxiliary junk, so if you want to refer to the whole RE "world", you can say IP. Franchise really is just one of these words that people misuse trying to sound smart though, you're right on that one.
 
I dont use the term AIB, I dont see "almost everyone" use it either.
I am a bit offended to be in the minority "everyone left over" party.
 
McGraw said:
It's not industry standard though is it?

The acronym on its own stands for add-in board so when someone says they're going to get an AIB 1070, they're actually saying they're getting an add-in board 1070...at least there will be mobile GPUs soon so this could be correct.

MOT stands for ministry of transport, it's obvious why this became shorthand for Ministry of transport test.

This thread is cathartic to me as I get the urge to pull everyone up on it in threads :)

Oh and is holding shift and typing AIB really that much quicker than typing non ref?
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Anyway AIB its not an acronym its a initialism :p
 
And I'm bored of seeing people typing it and I also think it's silly and annoying. It's what people on linus tech tips forum would say.
 
Try playing meeting business jargon lottery.
I once made up a saying in a meeting for a laugh and its still used now.
Once these things are said or written they are jumped on and repeated as they make the offender sound as if they know a lot more than they actually do.
Buzzwords are the bane of my life.
The latest ones at my work are "Helicopter view" and "Holistic approach" which make me want to stab out my own pancreas
 
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