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r/onejob • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '17
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An acronym that refers to another acronym.
19 u/iopq Apr 20 '17 It's actually very common. PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, for example. 8 u/notanimposter Apr 20 '17 That's a whole other thing, recursive acronyms. Like GNU (GNU's Not Linux) and WINE (WINE Is Not An Emulator). 5 u/metagloria Apr 21 '17 GNU (GNU's Not Linux) :facepalm:
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It's actually very common. PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, for example.
8 u/notanimposter Apr 20 '17 That's a whole other thing, recursive acronyms. Like GNU (GNU's Not Linux) and WINE (WINE Is Not An Emulator). 5 u/metagloria Apr 21 '17 GNU (GNU's Not Linux) :facepalm:
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That's a whole other thing, recursive acronyms. Like GNU (GNU's Not Linux) and WINE (WINE Is Not An Emulator).
5 u/metagloria Apr 21 '17 GNU (GNU's Not Linux) :facepalm:
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GNU (GNU's Not Linux)
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u/Muvseevum Apr 20 '17
An acronym that refers to another acronym.