Posted by Rick Merrill on 12/14/06 23:18

Bert Hyman wrote:
> spam@uce.gov (Citizen Bob) wrote in
> news:458020bc.34852781@news-server.houston.rr.com:
>
>> ISO is an archive format similar to ZIP and RAR.
>
> No. Calling a file an "ISO file" is a shorthand way of saying that
> it's a byte-for-byte image of a CD or DVD in the format specified by
> ISO, The International Organization for Standardization.
>
> http://www.iso.org/
>

It's like that riddle:
"how many legs does a dog have if you call a tail a leg?"







"Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg."

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