A - DNS RecordAA - BatteryAAA - BatteryAAAA - DNS Record

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A version I heard years ago:
AA - Anonymous Alcoholics
AAA - American Automobile Association
AAAAA - an organization for those who drive while drunk

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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.

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

@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.

@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.

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

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

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

@astrid or some people's AAU swimming classification, but I never made it out of C

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@astrid @sysop408 @kwayk42 More like, never?

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

@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

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@astrid AAAAA - Andouillette sausage.

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

@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.

@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?

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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.

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

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

@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?

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