The Manchester ComputING CentRE was once Manchester University Regional Computer Centre (pronounced 'murk') and later UMRCC. The change from 'computer' to 'computing' was made (supposedly) to mark a shift in emphasis from supporting machines to supporting the people who use them. (Some of the people who use them complain that the shift in emphasis has not yet been implemented.) The University of Manchester has been known to claim that computers were invented here, which they were if you define 'computer' properly. We are a Centre, not a Center, because (as someone pointed out in a recent note) that is how it is spelled in 'proper' English (English + Irish + Australian + Indian + Canadian + ...) as opposed to the American dialects. I try to mention MCC from time to time, since they pay me and supply me with equipment. I am in fact supposed to be doing other things for MCC, and, also in fact, I do.
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