Editing PCMCIA (section)

==Name==
PCMCIA stands for ''Personal Computer Memory Card International Association'', the group of companies that defined the standard. 

It has been described 'probably one of the most mocked acronyms of the industry'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1997-09-16 |title=CardBus readiness remains big question for notebooks |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/211478/cardbus-readiness-remains-big-question-notebooks |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |language=en}}</ref> This acronym was difficult to say and remember, and was sometimes jokingly referred to as "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms".<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Clark | first1 = Scott H | last2 = Norton | first2 = Peter | title = Peter Norton's new Inside the PC | publisher = SAMS | location = Indianapolis | year = 2002 | page = [https://archive.org/details/peternortonsnewi00pete/page/33 33] | isbn = 0-672-32289-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/peternortonsnewi00pete/page/33 }}</ref> To recognize increased scope beyond memory, and to aid in marketing, the association acquired the rights to the simpler term "[[PC Card]]" from [[IBM]]. This was the name of the standard from version 2 of the specification onwards. These cards were used for [[Wireless LAN|wireless networks]], [[modem]]s, and other functions in notebook PCs.