Re: [linux-audio-user] usb-audio compatibe ATA devices

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006 at 12:38 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > I think, but could be wrong, ATA is overloaded in phone speak scope
> > where it means something like "a phone".
> >
>
> Arrrgh, what genius decided to overload a really common acronym like
> this?

Alas acronym overloading happens all the time. In this case, the voip
ATA is a noun, and the disk ATA is an adjective so they rarely get
confused.

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