personal computer memory card international association

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PC Card

   <body, hardware, standard> (PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An
   international trade association and the {standards} they have
   developed for devicies, such as {modems} and external {hard
   disk} drives, that can be plugged into {notebook computers}.
   A PCMCIA card is about the size of a credit card.

   For some unfathomable reason, around 1995(?) they decided to
   rename PCMCIA cards "PC Cards", perhaps to encourage sales to
   confused purchasers.

   (ftp://ftp.sidewinder.com/pub/Portables/PCMCIA).

   Address: PCMCIA Administration, 1030 East Duane Avenue, Suite
   G, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA.

   Telephone: +1 (408) 720 0107.  Fax: +1 (408) 720 9416.  BBS:
   +1 (408) 720 9388.

   (1996-10-16)