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Re: It was bound to happen....eventually. said by Simple :
Whats the dot in "*.AA" for? Lol... The "." is part of a wildcard search term going back to the earliest days of MS-DOS and UNIX... *.* is also used in database programming languages as an argument in a string.
If you go to your Start Menu -> Search (If XP) or Start -> Search Box (if you use Vista or Win7) and type in the following: *.jpeg
then press Enter, you will get a search result finding every jpeg picture currently on your Hard Drive.
You can use it many different ways, from *.extension mame (to search for all files with a given file extension) to frodo*.* (to search for all files that start with frodo or whatever you've named them)..
In this case it's a generic 'slang' term use to lump all the industries together that are actively going after P2P users...
The Recording Industry Association of America = RIAA
The Motion Picture Association of America = MPAA
So *.AA's refers to both organizations....less to type.
Apologies if this confused you....  |
