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Newer page: version 7 Last edited on Saturday, June 5, 2004 9:25:45 am by AristotlePagaltzis
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 The computer industry Loves Acronyms, especially Three Letter Acronyms ([TLA]) and their companions the [ETLA]. 
  
-''__Language Geek Note__'': Technically, a acronym has to be able to be pronounced as a word; so HTML and CSS are __not__ acronyms, but RAM, SCSI, etc, are. (Try saying them out loud.) Technically an abbreviation of this sort that is not an acronym is called an ''initialism''. ([Some more discussion on the theme of acronyms vs. initialisms in computing|http://www.evolt.org/article/comment/17/35750/].) Thanks to RaymondBurgess for the heads-up on this one. 
+''__Language Geek Note__'': Technically, a acronym has to be able to be pronounced as a word; so HTML and CSS are __not__ acronyms, but RAM, SCSI, etc, are. (Try saying them out loud.) ''(pst, try pronouncing SCSI as 'skuzzy')''. Technically an abbreviation of this sort that is not an acronym is called an ''initialism''. ([Some more discussion on the theme of acronyms vs. initialisms in computing|http://www.evolt.org/article/comment/17/35750/].) Thanks to RaymondBurgess for the heads-up on this one. Of course, we're not language geeks, so we don't care
  
-Of course , we're not language geeks , so we don't care
+You could also try running wtf(6) , which is part of the __bsdgames__ package , to expand some acronyms
  
 Acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms defined in the wiki: 
  
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 See also CategoryCategory.