abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL CAPTCHA is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"en.m.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down16
arrow-up1310arrow-down1external-linkTIL CAPTCHA is an acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart"en.m.wikipedia.orgabbadon420@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareCaveman@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·1 month agoI learned this the other day and assumed it had to be a prank at first. What a wild name.
minus-squareabbadon420@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 month agoI heard it from Sandi Toksvig, she wouldn’t lie to me.
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoHmmm sounds like a made up name. You might have been swindled
minus-squareWhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThat name sounds more made up
minus-squareNot a newt@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoAlmost guaranteed to be a backronym.
I learned this the other day and assumed it had to be a prank at first. What a wild name.
I heard it from Sandi Toksvig, she wouldn’t lie to me.
Hmmm sounds like a made up name. You might have been swindled
Aren’t all names made up?
That name sounds more made up
Almost guaranteed to be a backronym.