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RE: [xml-dev] XML Buzzwords. RFC
Sorry: it's SMERSH, not SMURSH. Still an initialism.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lowery
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:18 PM
> To: 'Tom Bradford'
> Cc: xml-dev
> Subject: RE: [xml-dev] XML Buzzwords. RFC
>
>
> > Actually, an acronym is a word (nym) formed from the
> beginning (acro)
> > letters of a set of words. Being a word doesn't actually
> require that
> > it be pronounceable phonetically. IOU is a word that's not
> pronounced
> > phonetically, but is an acronym.
>
> XML, FUBAR, and SMURSH are all initialisms. SOAP, OASIS, and
> UNCLE are all
> acronyms.
>
> Later,
>
> Jeff
>
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