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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:52:25 -0800
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Tom Hukins <tom@FreeBSD.org>, Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>,
	Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>, doc@FreeBSD.org
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On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:42:09PM +0000, 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 Execu=
tion
> > >               Environment system is a form of smart boot ROM built in=
to some
> > >               networking cards or motherboards.  See &man.pxeboot.8; =
for more
> > >               details.</para>
> > >=20
> > > I think that the emphasis markup here is extraneous.  Does anybody mi=
nd
> > > if I get rid of it?
> >=20
> > Nope.  <acronym> might be a better choice.
>=20
> 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.

You want pedantic, you go it.

According to my reading of the duck book, <acronym> would be more
appropriate.  It says:

	Abbrev
		An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.
	Acronym
		An _often_ pronounceable word made from the initial (or=20
		selected) letters of a name or phrase.

[emphasis mine]

By this definition, PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) is clearly an=20
acronym.

-- Brooks

--=20
Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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