In the computer industry, these abbreviations are widely used to represent major steps or generations in the evolution of programming languages.
Another of the benefits of activated charcoal is that it helps eliminate bad breath, because it cleanses both the mouth and the digestive tract. It also helps to purify the blood. It relieves symptoms of nervous diarrhea, travelerâs diarrhea (turista), spastic colon, indigestion, and peptic ulcers.
Besides being a general antidote for poisons or remedy for gas, activated charcoal has been used to treat other conditions as well. Based on its ability to adsorb or bind to other substances, charcoal has been effectively used to clean skin wounds and to adsorb waste materials from the gastrointestinal tract. In addition, it has been used to adsorb snake venoms, viruses, bacteria, and harmful materials excreted by bacteria or fungi.