is apple an abbreviation of something or what is its origin,?
2007-08-15 00:38:02 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Because it is rotten and similar to the evil fruit which Adam took a bite from.
2007-08-15 00:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by Buckwheat 3 · 2⤊ 6⤋
Apple — For the favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple orchard, and to distance itself from the cold, unapproachable, complicated imagery created by other computer companies at the time — which had names such as IBM, DEC, Cincom and Tesseract. Other rumors may apply, but this seems to be the most popular, although nobody REALLY knows for sure.
2007-08-15 07:42:09 · answer #2 · answered by M G 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The first respondent hinted at the truth then rolled into a ditch.
Jobs and Wozniak have said they picked that name because an apple symbolized knowledge, after a fashion - - call it forbidden knowledge, the unlocking of a new area of knowledge, etc.
I don't exactly like the connection, myself, and I have always wondered why, given their flippant proclivities, they didn't call it SodomandGomorrah Computer.
Peace
2007-08-15 07:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Steve Woznaik and Steve Jobs were the founders of APPLE Computers.
He was three months late in filing a name for the business because he didn't get any better name for his new company.
So one day he told to the staff: " If I'll not get better name by 5 o'clcok today, our company's name will be anything he likes..."
so at 5 o'clcok nobody comeup with better name, and he was eating APPLE that time...
so he keep the name of the company 'Apple Computers'
2007-08-15 07:43:34 · answer #4 · answered by ♥aesu♥ 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Well i heard that the guy who owns apple actually hated apples. Don't know if it's true or not but sure it has to be called something
2007-08-15 07:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tash 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Apple — For the favourite fruit of co-founder Steve Jobs and/or for the time he worked at an apple orchard, and to distance itself from the cold, unapproachable, complicated imagery created by other computer companies at the time — which had names such as IBM, DEC, Cincom and Tesseract
2007-08-15 07:41:41 · answer #6 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Steve Jobs may have just called it as such arbitrarily. It is just a name. If it were called Brainiac, it would still be the same computer.
2007-08-15 07:42:52 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
It is called Apple after the company name (mac) or macintosh computers.And a macintosh is an apple.
2007-08-15 08:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
they needed a name that's common..and apple seemed just fine...
2007-08-15 07:43:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Cos there computers taste nice. Why else???
2007-08-15 07:41:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 6⤋