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| | Backronym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Generally these 'backronyms' are apronyms, as the word used as the 'backronym' is relevant to the expanded phrase it stands for. | | | An acronym is a word created from the initial letters of a phrase: Random Access Memory becomes R.A.M. Some authorities distinguish between acronyms and initialisms, using the term acronym only when the use of initials has been assimilated and the initials are pronounced as if they were letters of an actual word, for example RAM. | | | An example of this is the former name for PC Card, PCMCIA: People Cannot Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms (it was originally an initialism for Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association), or the numerous backronyms constructed by conservative groups for the ACLU. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym
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| | Recursive acronym - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The GNU Hurd project is named with a mutually recursive acronym: "GNU" stands for "GNU is Not Unix", "Hurd" stands for "Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons," and "Hird" stands for "Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth." | | | Recursive acronyms are not limited to computing terminology. | | | Wine — Wine Is Not an Emulator (backronym, originally Windows Emulator) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-referential_acronym
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| | Backronym - definition of Backronym in Encyclopedia |
| | An example of a reverse backronym is Driver Returning On Foot. | | | Ada - A computer programming language named after Ada Lovelace, with intended-humorous backronym of Another Damn Acronym. | | | More recently, "Parse Every Random Line", in honor of the extensions proposed for Perl 6. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Backronym
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| | backronym from FOLDOC |
| | Nearby terms: backport « back-propagation « back quote « backronym » backside cache » backslash » backspace |
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http://foldoc.org/?backronym
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| | NNTP-Posting-Host: mid-tgn-neu-vty37.as.wcom.net X-Trace: ssauraab-i-1.production.compuserve.com 954610505 23139 216.192.70.37 (1 Apr 2000 17:35:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@compuserve.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Apr 2000 17:35:05 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!skynet.be!triton.skycache.com!portc01.blue.aol.com!portc.blue.aol.com!news.compuserve.com!news-master.compuserve.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch alt.folklore.computers:53579 Perhaps the most famous computer backronym is BASIC. | | | The earliest I can remember is 'MINCE', for 'MINCE is not complete EMACS', an early attempt at porting EMACS to microcomputers. | | | Without them, alt.sex.* might not have gotten started, and the internet would be half its current size. |
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http://neil.franklin.ch/Usenet/alt.folklore.computers/20000330_Backronyms
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| | Discourse.net: New Word: 'Backronym' |
| | I do like retronym (& new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer unique”) though. | | | I do like retronym (and#8220;a new word or phrase coined for an old object or concept whose original name has become used for something else or is no longer uniqueand#8221;) though. | | | Is there a name for instances where the acronym was invented first, then the words were made to fit. |
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http://www.discourse.net/archives/2005/06/new_word_backronym.html
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| | Spooling - Psychology Central |
| | In computer science, spooling is an acronym for simultaneous peripheral operations on-line (although this is thought by some to be a backronym). | | | It refers to putting jobs in a buffer, a special area in memory, or on a disk where a device can access them when it is ready. |
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http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/wiki/Spooling
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| | Backronym - Backronym |
| | For your convenience, we've gathered hundreds of Web Sites Offering information about "backronym" and ranked them according to relevancy. | | | If you want a breast augmentation - we can help. | | | We have compiled many new Backronym resources to help you find the Backronym your looking for. |
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http://gaumlesse.typedot.com/Backronym
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| | Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Backronym |
| | Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Backronym; all previous versions may be viewed here. | | | They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article. |
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http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/ref/index.php?title=Backronym
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| | backronym - OneLook Dictionary Search |
| | backronym : Free On-line Dictionary of Computing [home, info] | | | Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "backronym" is defined. | | | We found 5 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word backronym: |
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http://www.onelook.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=backronym
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| | Apronym - One Language |
| | An apronym is a lot like a backronym; indeed, a backronym could be described as an ex post facto apronym. | | | Apronyms (backronyms included) can be made from any word, as a form of wordplay. | | | While backronyms are made from a word or acronym after the fact (e.g. |
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http://www.onelang.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Apronym
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| | Dixie's Dragon: Word of the day:backronym |
| | An example is the PERL programming language whose name is now explained as an acronym of Practical Extraction and Report Language. | | | In a backronym, an expansion is invented to treat an existing word as an acronym. | | | I would post them, but some are going in secret gifty packages and I don't want to give away the surprise any more than I already have. |
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http://dixiesdragon.typepad.com/dixies_dragon/2005/09/word_of_the_day_5.html
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Debian |
| | The chat server irc.debian.org, which is semi-famous for its hostile stance towards users who fail to first RTFM | | | Some refer to sid as an acronym for Still In Development, but this is an unofficial backronym that is not often used. | | | The1 shells Free shell access to a debian system |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/D/DE/DEB/Debian
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| | Sci-Fi Backronym Challenge! [Archive] - SpaceBattles.com |
| | Was planning on becoming a mechanical engineer - consider going into business now. | | | EDIT: And all you people writing down some words and highlighting any letters that fit need to try harder. | | | SpaceBattles.com > SpaceBattles General Forums > Space Battles > Sci-Fi Backronym Challenge! |
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http://kier.3dfrontier.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-83001.html
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| | Backronym - New Zealand Linux Wiki |
| | GCC became a Backronym when it's meaning was changed from GNU C Compiler to GNU Compiler Collection. | | | Perl did not originally mean anything in particular, but was later expanded as Practical Extraction and Report Language -- or, at your discretion, Pathetically Eclectic Rubbish Lister. | | | A Backronym is an Acronym which was coined after the name was already in circulation. |
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http://wiki4.nzlug.org.nz/Backronym
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| | Journal of autrijus (1505) |
| | As I'm going through my hackathon notes today, I remembered this new backronym for "Perl" I coined; lwall said he likes it, and for me it does summarize some of Perl 6's unifying designs that set it apart. | | | I really wish I can get out from this caffeine withdrawal and resume my daily summary of Pugs developments, as much exciting is happening, including a new DateTime::Set library that handles spans and recurrences, further solidified metamodel code and the beginning of S12.5: Metamodel. |
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http://use.perl.org/~autrijus/journal/25587
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| | Backronym (kottke.org) |
| | Backronym is "a type of acronym that is constructed to match the letters of a actual word appropriate in some fashion to the topic at hand". | | | If you've reached this point by accident, I suggest panic. | | | All content by Jason Kottke (contact me) unless otherwise noted, with some restrictions on its use. |
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http://www.kottke.org/remainder/06/01/10136.html
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| | YIFF - Wiktionary |
| | AOL users can access Wiktionary through this link after accepting the CACERT certificate. | | | note This is suspected to be a creation of a backronym for yiff. | | | This page was last modified 06:46, 12 September 2005. |
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http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/YIFF
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| | backronym - View Unwords - Unwords.com - The Unword Fictionary |
| | Note: The word Backronym in no way connotes that the cause of the acronym is trivial (Pediatric AIDS in the above case), but merely serves to point out that the initials came before the phrase. | | | backronym - View Unwords - Unwords.com - The Unword Fictionary |
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http://www.unwords.com/unword/backronym.html
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| | SoylentRed.net Archive: "Worst. Backronym. Ever." |
| | First of all let me say that the term 'backronym' ranks pretty highly on my scale of 'words' that I hate. | | | My personal favourite always used to be 'Lotus' the car manufacturer, which was taken to mean 'Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious' or Fiat (actually 'Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino') being taken to mean 'Failed Italian Attempt at Transportation' - at least the 'I' was correct. |
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http://www.soylentred.net/archive/entries/194
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| | Backronym The Lounge - Off Topic |
| | Gentlemen, I need a backronym for T.W.A.T.S. Just to let you know it is for troublesome IT callers, so we can identify them |
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http://www.certforums.co.uk/forums/thread6259.html
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| | Acronym and initialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | For instance, the Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) weapon recently developed in the United States is popularly called the "mother of all bombs" since it is the largest conventional bomb in the world; it is widely assumed that the "mother of all wars" phrase was the true inspiration for the MOAB acronym. | | | Sometimes these acronyms made sense but most of the time, they were words incongruously crammed together for the mere purpose of obtaining a catchy acronym, traditionally a heroic sounding one for the good guys and an appropriately menacing one for the bad guys. | | | During the 1960s trend for action-adventure spy thrillers, it was a common practice for fictional spy organizations or their nemeses to employ names that were acronyms (or more accurately, backronyms). |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialism
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| | Mike Dimmick's Bleurgh: Backronym Alert! |
| | I strongly suspect that the acronym (CAN-SPAM) was constructed before the expansion was thought up; in other words, a Backronym. | | | So, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act, eh? |
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http://mikedimmick.blogspot.com/2003/12/backronym-alert.html
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| | Backronym Page 2 The Lounge - Off Topic |
| | Content published on CertForums.co.uk requires permission for reprint. | | | Hello and welcome to CertForums.co.uk, here we host free active certification forums with links to the best free resources for Microsoft's MCSA MCSE MCDBA Cisco's CCNA CCDA and CCNP, and CompTIA's A+ Network+ i-NET+ and Security+ certifications in the UK. | | | Backronym Page 2 The Lounge - Off Topic |
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http://www.certforums.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=6259&page=2
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| | Lifelesspeople.com :: View topic - LLP Contest: Backronym me, for RDP! |
| | I'm holding a small contest, for members of LLP with hosting accounts, before the unveiling of a new and cool feature: RDP ( | | | Lifelesspeople.com :: View topic - LLP Contest: Backronym me, for RDP! | | | Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 5:00 pm Post subject: LLP Contest: Backronym me, for RDP! |
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http://www.lifelesspeople.com/forum/archive/llp-contest-backronym-me-for-rdp-5707.htm
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