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[–] [email protected] 40 points 7 months ago (10 children)

I remember having to configure the sound card within games. IRQ and DMZ settings. I had no idea what I was doing so a lot of the time I just played without sound.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago (5 children)

DMA, direct memory access. DMZ is a networking thing.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (4 children)

DMZ is also between North and South Korea.

[–] Fashim 17 points 7 months ago (3 children)

They also stand for the same thing (demilitarized zone) oddly enough.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Well I think that is where the term comes from.

[–] bitwaba 2 points 7 months ago

Not oddly enough. Exactly as expected. DMZ in networking forwards all ports to a specific IP address behind the firewall. That address is demilitarized. It has no firewall defending it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I've seen it backronymed into "data management zone" in a few places, but it will always be "demilitarized zone" to me.

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