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Here's a blast from the past: what does "REM", the comment marker, stand for in BASIC? What's the origin of this non-obvious term?
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Short for remark, REM is a statement placed in system files such as the autoexec. bat to skip lines from loading. A remark is created by placing "REM" (followed by a space) in front of a line.
Rem (abbreviation of remark) is a command (internal) found inside the Windows Command Processor Command Prompt, that allows for inclusion of comments inside batch programs. Comments are supported by most Programming languages usually via special syntax that is associated to them.
One of the most important portions of the sleep cycle is called REM sleep. REM stands for Rapid Eye Movement, and it's both the deepest and most active stage of sleep.
If all sections are closed, you can request an overload override from the department offering the class. Screen Shots: Rem = Remaining. Act = Actual.
I believe it stands for "Remark", that is, a comment. From the MSDN site:
Used to include explanatory remarks in the source code of a program.
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It was REMark, back in the late Steam Age (ca. 1971 or so), when I first encountered BASIC.
Most approachable book I've ever found on the language was "My Computer Likes Me (When I Speak In BASIC)", or something like that.
For extra credit and mondo greybeard rep points: BASIC is an acronym (maybe a backronym, but whatever), for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
I hated BASIC when I first ran into it, because I learned FORTRAN IV first, and BASIC seemed incredibly primitive. It was a long time before I got comfortable with the idea that BASIC was actually a lot easier to use for the kind of casual numbercrunching it was designed to do.
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