Now I think everyone knows that the world of IT is full of TLA (Three Letter Abbreviations) and a lot of it is just plain confusing so imagine how I laughed when I found the following entry in a 1985 diary...
Wednesday, 3rd July 1985
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Keybridge - SPC Telex patches.
All worked except WRU in response to Call - Caused RTA.
Fault found to be me calling FNQSTS with IA pointing to O/P Hdr blk ptr instead of I/P Hdr blk ptr in LIF where the TIB is moved to after Q Extract.
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Now, sadly, I remember that and I understand it perfectly well but I'll bet there aren't too many other people that do!