• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    Ok, didn’t know that abbreviation.

    It’s a good example why one should omit using three-letter-acronyms, even if knowing them oneself pretty well, as others might not.

    “ICE” already had three widespread meanings I knew about up to now (the US immigration guys, the German trains and “In-Circuit-Emulator” from my work environment).

    Now I learned that there is a fourth I didn’t know about, and who knows how many more…

    On a side note:
    I rechecked the article, and it mentions nowhere that the vans involved have been the ICE-variants of the Sprinters.
    Heading of the original article is also different, so I am wondering where the ICE in the heading of the post came from.