What's the meaning of DIAdem? It is a shortcut?

[foyar]

Hi folks,

i'm allready writting my bachelor thesis. One Chapter goes around NI DIAdem.

It would be nice if I could write in my thesis the meaning of DIAdem.  Or it isn't a shortcut?

Greetz

Niels

[Mukherjee]

Hi Niels,

             As far as I know, DIAdem is not a shortcut. Its a versatile data analysis & development aid tool developed by NI. To find all about DIAdem, please visit: http://www.ni.com/diadem/.  

Regards,

Saurav

[Brad_Turpin]

Hi Niels,

The modern word "diadem" comes from the Greek word "diadema", which means "royal crown".  In English and German today the word still means "crown" or "tiara".

Brad Turpin
DIAdem Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

[Twigeater]

Hello Niels!

You have to know that DIAdem was originaly developed by the german company 'GfS' wich got part of NI in 1999. DIAdem was the legal successor of some older products with the names 'DIA/DAGO' and 'DIAWin'. You see 'DIA' was always part of the product names and is a shortcut for DIAgram. The second part 'dem' is not really clear. As far as I know it is the shortcut for 'Demo'. In 1992 the first DIAdem version was shown on a fair. This version was more or less a mockup or demo version and the name was obvious . Later the name wasn't changed anymore.

Matthias