>It is a recurring question on this list. I have Microchip PIC documentation
>
>running back to 1982 (General Instruments) The 1982 data book assumed
>that the meaning of the PIC acronym was so well known that it used PIC
>everywhere but did not define what it meant.

I have an OLD book somewhere that I'm positive said 'Peripheral Interface
Controller'.  I can't lay my hands on it at this instant and I'm a bit fuzzy
right now so I could easily be wrong.

dwayne


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