What does EOS mean?

jbswear

Yes, I'm a dummy...


What's it mean?

controld

Electro Optical System

... according to Google. Works for me.

- Mike

jbswear

controld wrote:

Electro Optical System

... according to Google. Works for me.

- Mike

controld

I hope you are praying to Google - and not me! My religion is pretty crappy - no holidays or perks of any kind.

- Mike

David_S85

I was about to post some smart-ass EOS answer, based on humor and not truth. So to prepare, I went to one of my favorite sites of old.

To my surprise, and on the first try with "EOS," I got this:

Phyxius

Eos was the greek godess of the dawn. (Or in Roman mythology she's Aurora.) She brought light to the morning sky by riding her chariot across the sky.

Phyxius

Phyxius wrote:

Eos was the greek godess of the dawn. (Or in Roman mythology she's Aurora.) She brought light to the morning sky by riding her chariot across the sky.

(Seriously...google it It was a Jeopardy question the other day and it reminded me of this thread. Sorry for dragging up an old post, but I'm a geek who thought it was interesting.

Awais Yaqub

Ok add one question from me

How do you pronounce EOS ? E O S or E OS

i saw tv commercial of 400d he said E OS

ivar

Phyxius wrote:

(Seriously...google it It was a Jeopardy question the other day and it reminded me of this thread. Sorry for dragging up an old post, but I'm a geek who thought it was interesting.

don't worry, we believe you. ( how can we not believe a (sort of) dutchie )

pathfinder

EOS -- EMPTY OUT (your) SAVINGS!!:D

Scotty_R

Phyxius wrote:

Eos was the greek godess of the dawn. (Or in Roman mythology she's Aurora.) She brought light to the morning sky by riding her chariot across the sky.

Sounds like something those Canon people would imitate.

Phyxius

Awais Yaqub wrote:

i saw tv commercial of 400d he said E OS

Yup, E (like the letter) and OS

Or, ē'ŏs' using this pronounciation key http://cache.lexico.com/help/ahd4/pronkey.html

ivar wrote:

don't worry, we believe you.

hehe...I'm sure.

Scotty_R

pathfinder wrote:

EOS -- EMPTY OUT (your) SAVINGS!!:D

And very much like BOAT -- Break Out Another Thousand

ivar

Phyxius wrote:

ē'ŏs'

Bless you...

dogwood

EOS = Embittered Over Sham rebate

Okay, okay-- I had to add an "R". And I can think of a better "S" word to describe their current rebate, but you probably get the point.

jdryan3

dogwood wrote:

EOS = Embittered Over Sham rebate

Okay, okay-- I had to add an "R". And I can think of a better "S" word to describe their current rebate, but you probably get the point.

hmmmm...maybe you could make it into EROS somehow.

wxwax

David_S85 wrote:

I was about to post some smart-ass EOS answer, based on humor and not truth. So to prepare, I went to one of my favorite sites of old.

Hmm, that site's not always accurate.

jbswear

pathfinder wrote:

EOS -- EMPTY OUT (your) SAVINGS!!:D

Ding! We have a winner!

David_S85

wxwax wrote:

Hmm, that site's not always accurate.

FYYFF? What were you hoping for?

wxwax

David_S85 wrote:

FYYFF? What were you hoping for?

Um... :uhoh

digital_gopher

Results for EOS:
- earth observing system (NASA)
- Egyptian Organization for Standardization
- electrical overstress (ESD problems)
- EMEA office systems
- employee opinion survey
- end of sector
- end of segment
- end of selection
- end of shift
- end of string
- end overstrike (DCA)
- enterprise opportunity studies/study
- Entry and Office Systems

Red Bull

So just to make sure, you don't actually say the letters like you would on some acronyms. You pronounce it as a word? Because this whole time I was saying "E. O. S." (Just saying the letters)

So it's pronounced as if it's an actual word?

ziggy53

Red Bull wrote:

So just to make sure, you don't actually say the letters like you would on some acronyms. You pronounce it as a word? Because this whole time I was saying "E. O. S." (Just saying the letters)

So it's pronounced as if it's an actual word?

Yes and no.

It is both a word and an acronym. It is a double entendre or double sens.

Useage, in this case, is dependant upon context. EOS, as a word, is used to describe the proprietary system employed, while E. O. S., as an acronym, reminds you how the system works.

ziggy53

Phyxius

Red Bull wrote:

So just to make sure, you don't actually say the letters like you would on some acronyms. You pronounce it as a word? Because this whole time I was saying "E. O. S." (Just saying the letters)

So it's pronounced as if it's an actual word?

Yeah, kinda like ISO, who freely admit that you can call pronounce it, "EZO", "EYE-ZOH" or "EYE-ESS-OH". Just as ISO doesn't REALLY stand for International Organization for Standardization either...
What's in a name?

ziggy53

Phyxius wrote:

Yeah, kinda like ISO, who freely admit that you can call pronounce it, "EZO", "EYE-ZOH" or "EYE-ESS-OH". Just as ISO doesn't REALLY stand for International Organization for Standardization either...
What's in a name?

Bbbbut the folks at ISO.Org seem to think it is:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/xsite/guide.html#Abbrev



(At least they concede it is an abbreviation of sorts.)

ziggy53

edit:

OK, I get it! It also means "Organisation internationale de normalisation" and whatever else they want to translate into. It just takes me a bit longer sometimes. I'm sooo confused.

Phyxius

ziggy53 wrote:

Bbbbut the folks at ISO.Org seem to think it is:
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/xsite/guide.html#Abbrev



(At least they concede it is an abbreviation of sorts.)

ziggy53

edit:

OK, I get it! It also means "Organisation internationale de normalisation" and whatever else they want to translate into. It just takes me a bit longer sometimes. I'm sooo confused.

HAha, not a problem. It's not your fault the ISO people decided to not make their WHOLE site uniform. Both my link AND your link are from the SAME website, ISO.org. And yes, the two langauages of the ISO are French and English, so in order to NOT confuse people with IOS, ISO (which DOES work since in English acronyms need not be in "order") and OIN in French:

it was decided to use a language-independent word derived from the Greek, isos, meaning "equal". Therefore, the short form of the Organization's name is always ISO.

Who knew an idea to make something LESS confusing is what would confuse people.

Awais Yaqub

E-OS

E means
E is derived from the Greek letter epsilon which is much the same in appearance (Ε, ε) and function. The Semitic hê probably first represented a praying or calling human figure

OS
Osmium (IPA: /ˈɒzmiəm/) is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Os and atomic number 76. A hard brittle blue-gray or blue-black transition metal in the platinum family, osmium is one of the densest natural elements and is used in some alloys with platinum and iridium. The extraordinary density of osmium is a consequence of the lanthanide contraction. Osmium is found native as an alloy in platinum ore and its tetroxide has been used to stain tissues and in fingerprinting. Alloys of osmium are employed in fountain pen tips, electrical contacts and in other applications where extreme durability and hardness are needed.


found on Wikipedia search E then OS that is how guy said in 400D's Tv commercial

Awais Yaqub

But if you search Wiki for EOS

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

Phyxius

Awais,
I don't know the commerical that you are referring too, but EOS can be pronounced as E - O - S (just saying the letters) or as a word. That word is pronounced E-os. In this case E and os are syllables (or sounds groups. Pak-is-tan is three syllables.) but they are not seperate words.

Hope that clears it up and good job finding the Wiki that states Eos is the god of dawn, so Ivar doesn't think I made it up Of course there's no mention of the dawn bringing chariot.

Awais Yaqub

I also say E O S thought i was wrong until i saw that commercial But that can be E-Os and EOS thats good .

cabbey

I've heard actual Canon employees pronounce it both as "E.O.S." and "E OS", and even "EYE os" (rhymes with ion) once. So as long as you don't pronounce it "Nikon" I think everyone will know what you're referring to.