PCMCIA allegedly stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association but really stands for People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.

PCMCIA cards were renamed PC Cards a long time ago, but the name stuck.

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Many cards that are referred to as "PCMCIA cards" are actually CardBus cards.