Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 19:36:35 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>, John Murphy <jfm@blueyonder.co.uk>, doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: <acronym> Message-ID: <20010817193635.K59279@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <20010817183259.B275@parish>; from marko@freebsd.org on Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:32:59PM %2B0100 References: <hinont8fhal36o8pusq5c3jvc9t2thmdll@4ax.com> <20010817091230.A59279@clan.nothing-going-on.org> <20010817183259.B275@parish>
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:32:59PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > An acronym is anything formed from (typically the initial) letters from
> > a phrase.
>
> ...that forms a word (either real or contrived), so BIOS and SCSI are
> acronyms, but IDE isn't (unless you pronounce it "eyed"), and neither is
> PCI, IBM, etc.
What're things like "IDE" referred to then?
FWIW, the DocBook definition says
<acronym> - An *often* pronounceable word made from the initial (or
selected) letters of a name or phrase
My emphasis.
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