Timeline for What does it mean in this context by "Gem"?
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| Sep 18, 2013 at 13:53 | comment | added | Robin G Brown | I'm really not impressed by the reception here. I answered the question succinctly and correctly and then got downvoted for doing so. Later on someone takes my answer and expands upon it and they get all the upvotes. Nice. | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 11:43 | comment | added | mplungjan | You are correct, it refers to a small, valuable item - see my amended answer | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 10:45 | history | edited | Robin G Brown | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 17, 2013 at 10:38 | comment | added | Chris H | @AndrewLeach a further example, the Collins Gem series of miniature non-fiction books . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Collins_GEM_books | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 10:22 | comment | added | Robin G Brown | @AvnerShahar-Kashtan you seem to have downvoted somewhat prematurely and innacurately, kindly rescind your unkindness | |
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| Sep 17, 2013 at 10:01 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | @AvnerShahar-Kashtan Actually, with no context, it's entirely possible that Intel call this sort of paper a Gem meaning "gem of wisdom". Here's a completely unrelated paper which does just that. Gem is still a proprietary name, though. | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 9:49 | comment | added | Avner Shahar-Kashtan | This doesn't seem to be a reasonable interpretation of the term, both because it's capitalized (thus probably referring to a specific term), and because this is not a common style for software specification documents. | |
| Sep 17, 2013 at 9:47 | history | answered | Robin G Brown | CC BY-SA 3.0 |