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what does "i" stand for in apple products

first of all
i need to know what does "i" stand for in many apple products such ipad, ipod, itunes .. etc

is it true it is stand for "internet" or other

Thnak you

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Posted on Oct 31, 2010 5:15 AM

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Posted on Jun 26, 2017 11:27 AM

The symbol i stands for "imaginary unit" and it is extensively used in mathematics, specifically complex analysis. The number z=x+iy is thus a complex number being composed of a real part x and an imaginary part y.

In this context, thus, iPhone is a purely imaginary entity (a product in our context) whose imaginary part is "Phone". The same goes to other apple products.

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Jun 26, 2017 11:27 AM in response to alhoussainy

The symbol i stands for "imaginary unit" and it is extensively used in mathematics, specifically complex analysis. The number z=x+iy is thus a complex number being composed of a real part x and an imaginary part y.

In this context, thus, iPhone is a purely imaginary entity (a product in our context) whose imaginary part is "Phone". The same goes to other apple products.

Oct 31, 2010 12:13 PM in response to alhoussainy

Back in the day when the very first iMac was introduced, it was stated that the "i" was for "internet". Back then, it was hard to set computers up for an internet connection and the iMac was supposed make it very easy ("there's no step 3", to quote the ad from way back then).

But these days, I don't think it really stands for anything any more. People have come to associate an "iAnything" with Apple.

Why is that so important?

Jan 2, 2017 10:29 AM in response to WRWolf

WRWolf wrote:


Thanks for asking this question. It certainly prompted some fun answers especially towards the end of this thread. For my two sense may I suggest that the lower case is used for I as in "my". Works for me but no so much for earlier Macs.

Did you mean 'my two cents', because it makes no sense your way.

Nov 1, 2010 3:56 AM in response to alhoussainy

but apple did not announce officaly if "i" stand for "internet"


Read the 2nd paragraph here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac#History

or here:
http://my.safaribooksonline.com/0-201-70446-3/part03

or read this interview with the person who came up with the name "iMac":
http://www.cultofmac.com/20172/20172

maybe another word such " intelligence" ?


Probably not. You can continue guessing other words starting with "i" that it may be, or you can just accept what you've been told.

Oct 8, 2011 2:57 PM in response to alhoussainy

Maybe if you look back to 1996 after Steve Jobs sold his OS "next" to apple for something like 400 million dollars, I beleive. He came back as what he refered to as "iCEO" at a keynote address the "i" meaning interim CEO. Its only speculation but I would have to say it was a clever little inside joke on his behalf, seeing how since his return he took the company from the brink of falling apart to one of the most valuable tech companies in the world. so now maybe thats his way of never letting certain people forget it. Thats my guess anyways.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICEO

Jun 21, 2012 6:54 AM in response to alhoussainy

I myself am 18 now and have been around apple products: ipod, imac, iphone etc, ever since I was 8. and honestly for the last 10 years I thought the "i" stood for interactive. It makes since, "interactive phone" , "interactive macintosh" ' "interactive portable audio device" (I know a is not in ipod but i dont know what the o stands for) I may be right but im probably not im just throwing my oppinion out there.

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