TRIVIA QUESTION....

[DesignDawg]

What does TWAIN mean when talking about scanners and other image capture devices... First one to get it right gets the satisfaction of being, well, just really coo.

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[teknoid]

According the Webopedia:

TWAIN*, which comes from the saying "Ne'er the twain shall meet" because the Data Source Manager sits between the driver and application, is the de facto interface standard for scanners. Nearly all scanners come with a TWAIN driver, which makes them compatible with any TWAIN-supporting software. Unfortunately, not all scanner software is TWAIN-compatible.


*According to TWAIN.org, TWAIN is not an acronym for "Technology Without An Interesting Name."

 

[DesignDawg]

Hmmmmm.....

Well, from what I've read on the subject, it DOES mean "Technology without an interesting name." Even the TWAIN.org website says that they have tried to come up with a good name for what it means, but have been unsuccessful. --Which would, in fact, MAKE IT technology without an interesting name, whther they wish to recognize that or not. Hmmmm.....

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[TheDennis]

Well DesignDawg you post a question and then answer before I get a chance. I knew that. Man I missed my shot at be really cool again.

 

[DefRef]

Twain.org is lying. I've always known the "Tech w/o..." acronym. This "never the twain..." stuff is bogus.

 

[teknoid]

It's not like I made that up...

Webopedia definition

 

[Czar]

<< TWAIN

TWAIN is a widely-used program that lets you scan an image (using a scanner) directly into the application (such as PhotoShop) where you want to work with the image. Without TWAIN, you would have to close an application that was open, open a special application to receive the image, and then move the image to the application where you wanted to work with it. The TWAIN driver runs between an application and the scanner hardware. TWAIN usually comes as part of the software package you get when you buy a scanner. It's also integrated into PhotoShop and similar image manipulation programs.
The software was developed by a work group from major scanner manufacturers and scanning software developers and is now an industry standard. In several accounts, TWAIN was an acronym developed playfully from &quot;technology without an important name.&quot; However, the the TWAIN Working Group says that, after the name chosen originally turned out to be already trademarked, an 11th hour meeting of the group came up with TWAIN, deriving it from the saying &quot;Ne'er the twain shall meet,&quot; because the program sits between the driver and the application. The name is not intended to be an acronym.

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[DesignDawg]

If it wasn't an acronym, it wouldn't be all-caps.

Ricky
DesignDawg