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alhoussainy Author

Level 1

10 points

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

Dell, Windows XP

Posted on Oct 31, 2010 5:15 AM

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BloodyXombie

Level 1

4 points

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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Tori4556

Level 1

4 points

Jan 1, 2017 10:23 PM in response to Biggsboy88

It should stand for interactive.

J.S.

Tori4556

Level 1

4 points

Jan 1, 2017 10:25 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Your reply tells me that you do. Otherwise, don't bother.

Jan 1, 2017 10:28 PM in response to alhoussainy

I mainly just think of it as "information" even though it's most likely not that's usually what it holds, information 🙂.

Jan 2, 2017 10:25 AM in response to Tori4556

Tori4556 wrote:

Your reply tells me that you do. Otherwise, don't bother.

Huh? What I do? What are you on about?

Jan 2, 2017 10:31 AM in response to Tori4556

There is no "should" about this. It's whatever you want it to be. There is no one answer as you can see by watching the video that melzsuec provided a link for. It means many things....