At 06:48 PM 4/28/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>I am about to do a presentation on my university project which has been
>using a PIC. An obvious question I expect to be asked is what is the
>meaning of PIC?

Sounds like a Monty Python type of question..

>I think I have read somewhere that it is Programable Interupt Controller

That's the one thing we're sure it does NOT stand for. See the other
answers for what it does stand for.

PIC is ALSO the acronym for an old Intel chip, the 8259 Programmable
Interrupt Controller, which has nothing to do with General Instrument or
(Arizona) Microchip.

http://satya.virtualave.net/8259.html

Best regards,

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