26 Sep
2003
26 Sep
'03
9:48 a.m.
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
Should be " People Can't Memorise Computer
Industry Abbreviations "
Acronyms are abbreviations that are pronounceable as a word - e.g. DOS .
Sorry to be so pedantic , I'll go away and get a life.
You are entirely correct
Now, if I could only remember who was the originator (10+ years ago).
A number of computer industry acronyms are also relatively unpronouncable,
or of marginally arguable pronunciation, such as SQL and SCSI.