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micros~1 An abbreviation of the full name Microsoft
resembling the rather bogus way Windows 9x's VFAT
filesystem truncates long file names to fit in the MS-DOS 8+3 scheme (the
real filename is stored elsewhere). If other files start with the same
prefix, they'll be called micros~2 and so on, causing lots of problems with
backups and other routine system-administration problems. During the US
Antitrust trial against Microsoft the names Micros~1 and Micros~2 were
suggested for the two companies that would exist after a break-up.
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