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p.2 #1 · Acronyms?

GeorgeM wrote:
Ok Monkey!

99% I had. But yours? Nope!

Kick it out.

George

via PM...it's kinda blue.

Sep 19, 2008 at 10:00 PM

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p.2 #2 · Acronyms?

WYSIWYG= what you see is what you get- my personal fav of computer industry acronyms.

Sep 19, 2008 at 10:05 PM

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p.2 #3 · Acronyms?

PEBKAC = Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair

Sep 19, 2008 at 10:16 PM

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p.2 #4 · Acronyms?

What I'd like to know is why some people don't use capitalization or punctuation and do use odd spellings such as "teh" for "the".

Sep 19, 2008 at 10:27 PM

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p.2 #5 · Acronyms?

laziness and dyslexia.

Sep 19, 2008 at 10:37 PM

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p.2 #6 · Acronyms?

premature spellcheckulation

Sep 19, 2008 at 11:24 PM

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I think it's the beginning of the end of civilization!

Sep 20, 2008 at 01:30 AM

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digitalbug30d wrote:
after many posts Ive encountered acronyms..what are their meanings?
AFAIAC,IIRC,ect..drivin me crazy

WFN

Sep 20, 2008 at 01:38 AM

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p.2 #9 · Acronyms?

Roy Pertchik wrote:
Wall Street has just been reminded of the TANSTAFL principal... "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch".

(Pretty much the only thing I remember from my economics class :-)
Tanstaafl (spelling counts for acronyms!) was coined by Robert Heinlein (or at least popularized in his novels).

Qwerty?
Since JBOD has been mentioned: RAID (Redundant Array [of] Inexpensive Disks).

Sep 20, 2008 at 05:27 AM

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p.2 #10 · Acronyms?

I felt like such an idiot when I found out what BSOD stood for

Sep 20, 2008 at 05:43 AM

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Just a Bunch of Disks

Oct 05, 2008 at 01:46 AM

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DIS Ottawa wrote:
What I'd like to know is why some people don't use capitalization or punctuation and do use odd spellings such as "teh" for "the".

"teh" is a common typing error, usually having nothing to do with ability to order the letters. It is essentially a timing (coordination) error between left and right hands. Of course there are people with reading/writing disorders.

EBH

Oct 05, 2008 at 02:04 AM

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p.2 #13 · Acronyms?

Hmm I wonder why this thread is in the Canon forum. Perhaps Canon stands for something...

Oct 05, 2008 at 07:32 AM

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p.2 #14 · Acronyms?

saaketham wrote:
Best Tech acronym = JBOD

Nah, RAID is always better than JBOD

saturnkk wrote:
It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

Somebody read Wikipedia and thought it was accurate

An acronym does not have to be pronounceable, that misconception stems from the similarities with an acrostic. Acrostic poems have been around since the 16th century.

Oct 05, 2008 at 02:19 PM

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p.2 #15 · Acronyms?

digitalbug30d wrote:
thedigitalbean wrote:
AFAIAC = as far as I am concerned
IIRC = if I recall/remember correctly

Oh and Google is your friend

google hates me...

No it doesn't...
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&q=AFAIAC

Oct 05, 2008 at 02:37 PM

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p.2 #16 · Acronyms?

Not exactly, depends on US vs British usage.

Any bunch of letters can be an acronym is the US. British English uses "initialism" for the unpronounceable ones.

saturnkk wrote:
It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

Oct 05, 2008 at 02:43 PM

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p.2 #17 · Acronyms?

Seriously, read your dictionary.

Acronym:

Websters-

1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Core. 2. An acrostic. 3. to make an acronym of.

Education is a wonderful thing!

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:21 PM

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krementz wrote:

Not exactly, depends on US vs British usage.

Any bunch of letters can be an acronym is the US. British English uses "initialism" for the unpronounceable ones.

saturnkk wrote:
It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

No.

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:21 PM

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p.2 #19 · Acronyms?

eilerjc wrote:
saaketham wrote:
Best Tech acronym = JBOD

Nah, RAID is always better than JBOD

saturnkk wrote:
It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

Somebody read Wikipedia and thought it was accurate

An acronym does not have to be pronounceable, that misconception stems from the similarities with an acrostic. Acrostic poems have been around since the 16th century.

Gong, you are wrong. Webster's is your friend but thanks for playing.

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:22 PM

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p.2 #20 · Acronyms?

saturnkk wrote:
eilerjc wrote:
saaketham wrote:
Best Tech acronym = JBOD

Nah, RAID is always better than JBOD

saturnkk wrote:
It is NOT an acronym unless it spells a pronounceable word.

Somebody read Wikipedia and thought it was accurate

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acronym

While we're at it: http://tinyurl.com/3uxxl3

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:37 PM

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p.2 #21 · Acronyms?

saturnkk wrote:
Seriously, read your dictionary.

Acronym:

Websters-

1. a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words, as Wac from Women's Army Core. 2. An acrostic. 3. to make an acronym of.

Education is a wonderful thing!

You seem to be a bit out of your depth on this question. Why is admitting that you're wrong such a big deal to you?

Your particular fallacy with the post above is the implicit assertion that the presence of "2. An acrostic" in the definition supports your position. You couldn't be more wrong. Any one of the sub-definitions is acceptable with reference to a specific acronym.

Hence, by that definition you posted, any "word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words" is an acronym. (In addition, any acrostic is an acronym.) End of story.

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:40 PM

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p.2 #22 · Acronyms?

Except that #2 is the misuse of the term. Look up what the prefix and suffix of the word means...

What's an Acronym?
An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase or by combining the initial letters or parts of words from the phrase. Here are some examples of acronyms:

North Atlantic Treaty Organization = NATO
MODulator/DEModulator = MODEM

An acronym is actually a type of abbreviation. Our database contains abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms and we make no distinction between them in our database or on our site. We are more interested in defining "acronyms" for you than we are in trying to properly distinguish between abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms.

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:44 PM

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p.2 #23 · Acronyms?

If I were wrong I would certainly admit it

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:44 PM

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p.2 #24 · Acronyms?

saturnkk wrote:
Except that #2 is the misuse of the term.

No, it's part of the dictionary definition.

saturnkk wrote:
Look up what the prefix and suffix of the word means...

A word's etymology does not determine its meaning in actual use, nor do its prefixes or suffixes.

saturnkk wrote:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization = NATO
MODulator/DEModulator = MODEM

Showing two examples that fit your private definition does not mean that there are no valid acronyms that don't fit your private definition. Another fallacy.

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Oct 05, 2008 at 05:51 PM

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p.2 #25 · Acronyms?

saturnkk wrote:
If I were wrong I would certainly admit it

That's obviously not true. By the dictionary definition you already posted, you are obviously wrong. It's not really all that technical-- I think my three-year-old would have no trouble understanding the definition.

Oct 05, 2008 at 05:52 PM


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