Subject: Re: NetBSD Daemon
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 05/10/2002 13:35:00
Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net> wrote:
> awfl acronym with four letters
> acronyms avoid creating really odd names you must spell
technically it's only an acronym if you can pronounce it as a word. I'd
call "acronym" an acronym but 'awfl' is an abbreviation unless you claim
to pronounce it 'aweful'. 'TCP' is an abbreviation, not an acronym.
(sorry, this is one of my pet-peeves)