A - DNS RecordAA - BatteryAAA - BatteryAAAA - DNS Record

Matthew Miller

Apparently this: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781119163824.ch1

(Says a PBS article I found.)

Szymon Sokół 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦

@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 (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@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 (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@0x09 @astrid

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

Anders Lagerfjärd

@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.

Calyo Delphi

@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.

Дими́трий

@astrid

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

Rua

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

https://chitter.xyz/@ruawhitepaw/115728921736043236

Rue Mohr

@astrid

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Jörn Nettingsmeier

@astrid @sysop408 @kwayk42 More like, never?

Bruno Girin

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

Sheldon

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

https://www.rfcafe.com/references/electrical/aaaa-cells-inside-a-9volt-battery.htm

@astrid @kwayk42

GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺

@astrid AAAAA - Andouillette sausage.

uwu1ba

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

Jörn Nettingsmeier

@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.

Sheldon

@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

@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.

Sheldon

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

@astrid @kwayk42

Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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

Sheldon

@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