IMO there are enough acronym finders on the web already, I can't see any
need to have one here too.
Most acronyms used in english conversational prose are correctly identified
in listings like this, including the bizzare ROTFLMAO.
I use www.acronymfinder.com, and FYI this is what it says about NIH
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=NIH&Find=Find

d.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tetsuya Kitahata [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 11 July 2003 01:52
> To: community@apache.org
> Subject: acronym-list?
>
>
>
> I want the "acronym-list", acronym often used
> in Apache.Org, to be put on wikipage, committers
> module or somewhere appropriate.
>
> e.g.
> ---------------------------------------
> * AFAIK               As Far As I Know
> * ASAP                As Soon As Possible
> * BTW         By The Way
> * FAQ         Frequently Asked Question
> * FWIW                For What It's Worth
> * FYI         For Your Information
> * IIRC                If I Remember Correctly
> * IMHO                In My Humble Opinion
> * IMO         In My Opinion
> * LOL         Laugh Out Loud
> * NIH         Not Invented Here
> * OTOH                On The Other Hand
> * RC          Release Candidate
> ...(to be continued)
> ---------------------------------------
>
> There are many users/devs (especially non-english-natives)
> who feel that they have come up against a brick wall continuing
> the fruitful conversation due to these acronyms, I guess.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
> -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
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