A - DNS RecordAA - BatteryAAA - BatteryAAAA - DNS Record

[blotosmetek@circumstances.run]

@astrid
A version I heard years ago:
AA - Anonymous Alcoholics
AAA - American Automobile Association
AAAAA - an organization for those who drive while drunk

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@sysop408 @jalager @kwayk42 @astrid

I used to have a flashlight that took 4.5V batteries that were actually three A cells in a bigger box. Unlike the 9V ones, which are quite hard to dismantle, these had a top that was very easy to pop off and so you could see the wiring inside.

I've never seen an A cell anywhere outside of these ones, but when I was young you could buy the 4.5V ones in most hardware stores. I haven't looked for one for a very long time, so I've no idea if that's a good thing.

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@0x09 @astrid

That is the worst pun in the thread, I applaud you.

[jalager@mastodon.nu]

@sysop408 @kwayk42 @astrid Indeed! I THINK I remember them being around in Sweden in the 80s or 90s but I can't swear on it. I'm sure I haven't seen one in decades though.

[dragonarchitect@rubber.social]

@astrid AAAA is also a battery! Very uncommon but you can still get some if you know where to look for em! 9V batteries sometimes have six cells slightly smaller than AAAA inside of them, too.

[saltywizard@beige.party]

@astrid

since we're all picking nits here, AAA is also an automobile club.

[ruawhitepaw@chitter.xyz]

@astrid Expanded version of this, that I posted a while ago:

Rua (@ruawhitepaw@chitter.xyz)

@robinsyl@meow.social A - battery, DNS, musical note, programming language, vitamin A# - musical note, programming language AA - battery AAA - battery AAAA - battery, DNS B - battery, musical note, programming language, vitamin B# - musical note C - battery, musical note, programming language, vitamin C# - musical note, programming language D - battery, musical note, programming language, vitamin D# - musical note E - musical note, programming language, vitamin E# - musical note F - musical note, programming language F# - musical note, programming language G - musical note, programming language G# - musical note H - programming language J - programming language J# - programming language K - programming language, vitamin P - programming language Q - programming language Q# - programming language R - programming language S - programming language T - programming language V - programming language

Chitter (chitter.xyz)

[geonz@mathstodon.xyz]

@astrid or some people's AAU swimming classification, but I never made it out of C

[ruenahcmohr@infosec.exchange]

@astrid

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!

[nettings@mastodon.social]

@astrid @sysop408 @kwayk42 More like, never?

[brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk]

@blotosmetek @astrid
AAAAA - Association amicale des amateurs d'andouillette authentique: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_amicale_des_amateurs_d%27andouillette_authentique

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@nettings I've taken one apart and I've seen it myself.

Inside a 9-Volt Battery

Here is what you will find inside a standard 9V battery... 6 AAAA wired in series!

(www.rfcafe.com)

@astrid @kwayk42

[eetschrijver@mastodon.social]

@astrid AAAAA - Andouillette sausage.

[a1ba@suya.place]

@astrid AAAA is four times A because IPv6 address is four times larger than IPv4

[nettings@mastodon.social]

@sysop408 @astrid @kwayk42 oh wow, TIL...
but seriously, packing cylinders like that should be illegal. This is basically maximising the amount of air you can sell to a customer.

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@mattdm I'm not sure what I was supposed to be seeing in that article. Would it make more sense if I had a subscription to read the full article?

@kwayk42

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@sysop408 @mattdm @kwayk42
The chemistry gives 1.5 volts. To make 9 volts, you need six cells in series anyway, though you could use other methods to separate them.

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@nettings it's packed really tightly in there. The question I have is how it even makes sense economically to do that.

@astrid @kwayk42

[lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me]

@a1ba @astrid Which annoyingly isn't how it works for batteries (or sheets of paper, like A3 is bigger than A4).

[sysop408@sfba.social]

@leeloo ah! OK, now I've got the opposite question. If they're doing it like this because of the chemistry, how do the ones that don't use 6 AAAA batteries do it? Are they just making 6 flat cells packed into a rectangle instead of cylinders?

@mattdm @kwayk42