Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
     
         (PCMCIA, or "PC Card") An
        international trade association and the {standards} they have
        developed for devicies, such as {modems} and external {hard
        disk} drives, that can be plugged into {notebook computers}.
        A PCMCIA card is about the size of a credit card.
     
        For some unfathomable reason, around 1995(?) they decided to
        rename PCMCIA cards "PC Cards", perhaps to encourage sales to
        confused purchasers.
     
        {(ftp://ftp.sidewinder.com/pub/Portables/PCMCIA)}.
     
        Address: PCMCIA Administration, 1030 East Duane Avenue, Suite
        G, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA.
     
        Telephone: +1 (408) 720 0107.  Fax: +1 (408) 720 9416.  BBS:
        +1 (408) 720 9388.
     
        (1996-10-16)