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Subject: Re: Does this need emphasis?
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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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