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micros~1
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An abbreviation of the full name Microsoft resembling the rather bogus way
Windows 9x's VFAT filesystem truncates long file names to fit in the MS-DOS
8+3 scheme (the real filename is stored elsewhere). If other files start
with the same prefix, they'll be called micros~2 and so on, causing lots of
problems with backups and other routine system-administration problems.
During the US Antitrust trial against Microsoft the names Micros~1 and
Micros~2 were suggested for the two companies that would exist after a
break-up.