Etymology

Lisa

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Diminutive of Elisabeth in several European languages. The computer is named after Lisa Brennan-Jobs, officially explained as an acronym for “Locally Integrated Software Architecture”.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.