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Date:      Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:20:03 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: Does this need emphasis?
Message-ID:  <200402131120.03625.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040213154209.GA5309@eborcom.com>
References:  <20040211193131.GH8821@submonkey.net> <20040213120713.GE59222@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20040213154209.GA5309@eborcom.com>

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On Friday 13 February 2004 10:42 am, Tom Hukins wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:07:13PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:31:31PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > >             <para><emphasis>PXE</emphasis>: The &intel; Preboot
> > > Execution Environment system is a form of smart boot ROM built into
> > > some networking cards or motherboards.  See &man.pxeboot.8; for more
> > > details.</para>
> > >
> > > I think that the emphasis markup here is extraneous.  Does anybody mind
> > > if I get rid of it?
> >
> > Nope.  <acronym> might be a better choice.
>
> A minor point:  Technically, this is an abbreviation, not an acronym,
> as each letter in PXE is pronounced individually.  Therefore, <abbrev>
> might be a better choice.

Depends on who you talk to.  Some people call it P-X-E, and some people 
pronounce it as pixie.  Given the latter, it seems to be an acronym.

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