On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 11:30, Lloyd Wood wrote:
On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Frank Solensky wrote:
On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 06:22, Gibson, Mark wrote:
Finally, last para of sectin 4.5, "Mnemonics appearing in the
Abstract"
and 'meaning of the mnemonics "IP" or "TCP" or "MIB"' -- you mean
acronym, not mnemonic.
he should have said 'abbreviations'.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=abbreviate*1+0
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=mnemonic*1+0
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=acronym*1+0
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=acronym makes no mention of the
abbreviation being pronounced. G.B.Shaw's line about two great
countries being separated by a common language comes to mind -- I never
realized that English and American had those distinctions before.
Likewise, http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=abbreviation isn't
limited to first letters of words.