G
griffith
Does anyone know what the letters N.O.D. stand for ? Has the "N"
anything to do with Norton ?
anything to do with Norton ?
P
Peacekeeper
There is a antivirus program called NOD
http://www.nod32.com/
Also are u sure it isnt NDD rather than NOD. NDD is norton diosk doctor.
Peace
http://www.nod32.com/
Also are u sure it isnt NDD rather than NOD. NDD is norton diosk doctor.
Peace
O
optikl
J
Joan Archer
Got this from my NOD newsletter if you want to read it.
Joan
We've had a number of requests from users asking where the name "NOD32"
came from. In today's eNews we're happy to explain the history of NOD32
and
where that curious name came from
NOD32's "ancestors" were born around the time the first computer viruses
appeared. At that time an extremely popular TV series was being broadcast
on Czechoslovak Television ... a series which was later translated into
many other languages and became known in many other countries. The name of
this TV series was "Nemocnica na Okraji Mesta" ... in English, "Hospital
at
the Edge of the City".
The first viruses attacked disk boot sectors, which are located at the
edge
of a disk. An antivirus program could in a sense be considered a hospital
.... "nemocnica" in the Slovak and Czech languages. It was decided to name
the newly created antivirus program "Nemocnica na Okraji Disku" ... which
in English would read "Hospital at the Edge of the Disk".
The name was originally pronounced "enn oh dee" ... the name by which it
became well known and respected in Eastern European IT circles ... but
thanks to worldwide expansion the program is now almost universally
referred to as "nod" ... in fact, some English language reviewers have
"given the nod to NOD", and one of the nicknames given to our Australian
partner by the VX (virus underground) is "Noddy Roddy"
Joan
We've had a number of requests from users asking where the name "NOD32"
came from. In today's eNews we're happy to explain the history of NOD32
and
where that curious name came from
NOD32's "ancestors" were born around the time the first computer viruses
appeared. At that time an extremely popular TV series was being broadcast
on Czechoslovak Television ... a series which was later translated into
many other languages and became known in many other countries. The name of
this TV series was "Nemocnica na Okraji Mesta" ... in English, "Hospital
at
the Edge of the City".
The first viruses attacked disk boot sectors, which are located at the
edge
of a disk. An antivirus program could in a sense be considered a hospital
.... "nemocnica" in the Slovak and Czech languages. It was decided to name
the newly created antivirus program "Nemocnica na Okraji Disku" ... which
in English would read "Hospital at the Edge of the Disk".
The name was originally pronounced "enn oh dee" ... the name by which it
became well known and respected in Eastern European IT circles ... but
thanks to worldwide expansion the program is now almost universally
referred to as "nod" ... in fact, some English language reviewers have
"given the nod to NOD", and one of the nicknames given to our Australian
partner by the VX (virus underground) is "Noddy Roddy"
S
Stuart Krivis
I thought it was Nerds On Drugs.
O
optikl
Stuart said:I thought it was Nerds On Drugs.
Well, it is. But, you'll never sell your annual subscriptions if
everyone knows that.
A
aD
griffith said:
Weren't they against the GDI? ;-)
aD
J
JV
See the following link for more details its from the Slovak 'Nemocnica na
Okraji Disku' basically 'Hospital at the Edge of the Disk'
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=25585
Okraji Disku' basically 'Hospital at the Edge of the Disk'
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=25585
S
Stuart Krivis
Hmmm... maybe this calls for a method of rating AV packages based on
the number of letters in the name. NAV, KAV, AVP, SAV, AVG, NOD...
they all have 3 letters. IV must not be as good because it only has
2.
I want 7-letter or better anti-virus.
O
optikl
Ah, but those aren't all names. In fact, they're not even acronyms. MoreStuart said:Hmmm... maybe this calls for a method of rating AV packages based on
the number of letters in the name. NAV, KAV, AVP, SAV, AVG, NOD...
they all have 3 letters. IV must not be as good because it only has
2.
I want 7-letter or better anti-virus.
like abbreviations.