TLA Acronyms
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I noticed a sign at the gas station a few days ago: "ATM Machine Inside" Makes me wonder, when does an acronym like "Automatic Teller Machine" devolve into something that then requires taking the third letter in the acronym and reproducing it as the full word next to the acronym. For example, I occasionally hear neophites talk about the "www web". Anyone have any other examples? Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
Many times I came accross the terms ASP Page or a JSP Page. Not just people using them but some texts on those technologies also used the term. Regards,
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I see a LOT... ATV Vehicle UAV Air craft (unmanned aerial vehicle -- and I was worried it was just a tank shot from a gun *whew*) Those are just from today.... You will find one in at least every paper generated by someone around here, even me when I get tired... :) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I think the problem with those is one of intended-readership. If it is used in a CNN article for the general public then tagging on vehicle or aircraft is a good thing as not everyone knows what a UAV or ATV is. "A UAV crashed yesterday in Iraq" doesn't mean a whole lot to Joe Public while "A UAV aircraft..." clarifies it a bit. They could however do "A UAV (Anmanned Aerial Vehicle)..." which is probably more correct but takes up space in their articles and might be too technical still. And is it "An UAV" or "A UAV"? I always forget the rule for acronyms. "An UAV" when said out loud sounds strange. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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Many times I came accross the terms ASP Page or a JSP Page. Not just people using them but some texts on those technologies also used the term. Regards,
Agni.Seems valid to me. How else do you differentiate between ASP concepts? e.g. An ASP page vs. an ASP component? regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
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I noticed a sign at the gas station a few days ago: "ATM Machine Inside" Makes me wonder, when does an acronym like "Automatic Teller Machine" devolve into something that then requires taking the third letter in the acronym and reproducing it as the full word next to the acronym. For example, I occasionally hear neophites talk about the "www web". Anyone have any other examples? Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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Seems valid to me. How else do you differentiate between ASP concepts? e.g. An ASP page vs. an ASP component? regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
Paul Watson wrote: An ASP page vs. an ASP component Active Server Page or an Active Server Page Component :-) However,It is very inconvenient to keep on saying Active Server Page or an Active Server Page Component hence the contractions ASP Page/Component. What I am saying is that some acronyms contain (eg ASP has a page in it but still we add page which is redundant) all the information but in daily use has added a bit of redundancy Regards,
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Gerald Schwab wrote: COM Component I think that one's okay. It's a compoment based on the component object model. Nish :-)
For inhouse docs, I prefer COMponent for that very reason
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I think the problem with those is one of intended-readership. If it is used in a CNN article for the general public then tagging on vehicle or aircraft is a good thing as not everyone knows what a UAV or ATV is. "A UAV crashed yesterday in Iraq" doesn't mean a whole lot to Joe Public while "A UAV aircraft..." clarifies it a bit. They could however do "A UAV (Anmanned Aerial Vehicle)..." which is probably more correct but takes up space in their articles and might be too technical still. And is it "An UAV" or "A UAV"? I always forget the rule for acronyms. "An UAV" when said out loud sounds strange. regards, Paul Watson South Africa The Code Project Pope Pius II said "The only prescription is more cowbell. "
A UAV - It starts with a demi-vowel (apparently)
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I noticed a sign at the gas station a few days ago: "ATM Machine Inside" Makes me wonder, when does an acronym like "Automatic Teller Machine" devolve into something that then requires taking the third letter in the acronym and reproducing it as the full word next to the acronym. For example, I occasionally hear neophites talk about the "www web". Anyone have any other examples? Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
Marc Clifton wrote: Anyone have any other examples?* VIN number
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I noticed a sign at the gas station a few days ago: "ATM Machine Inside" Makes me wonder, when does an acronym like "Automatic Teller Machine" devolve into something that then requires taking the third letter in the acronym and reproducing it as the full word next to the acronym. For example, I occasionally hear neophites talk about the "www web". Anyone have any other examples? Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
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LPG Gas tanks. Always a crowd pleaser cheers, Chris Maunder
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I noticed a sign at the gas station a few days ago: "ATM Machine Inside" Makes me wonder, when does an acronym like "Automatic Teller Machine" devolve into something that then requires taking the third letter in the acronym and reproducing it as the full word next to the acronym. For example, I occasionally hear neophites talk about the "www web". Anyone have any other examples? Marc MyXaml Advanced Unit Testing YAPO
It's like a recursive acronym (e.g. PHP is a Hypertext Preprocessor) without the humor. How many times have I heard NIC Card and wondered, 'Don't you know what NIC, (Network Interface Card) stands for?' It's good to live, Josef Wainz Software Developer