Re:Ask Hacker News(HN): Am I the only one that gets lost wit...
by lesserknowndan on Friday June 24, 2022 @07:44AM
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No you’re not alone.
Abbreviations and acronyms are meant to be defined within textual material unless they are effectively names that are more well known as the acronym like NASA or IBM.
I actually prefer what you might call a reverse definition such as SQL (Structured Query Language), rather than what is taught as the proper way, e.g., random access memory (RAM).
There are so very many overlaps like QA - is that Quality Assurance or Quantitative Analyst. It is especially bad when they are used in submission titles because this is such a general news site.
Abbreviations and acronyms are meant to be defined within textual material unless they are effectively names that are more well known as the acronym like NASA or IBM.
I actually prefer what you might call a reverse definition such as SQL (Structured Query Language), rather than what is taught as the proper way, e.g., random access memory (RAM).
There are so very many overlaps like QA - is that Quality Assurance or Quantitative Analyst. It is especially bad when they are used in submission titles because this is such a general news site.