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	Style Guide University of Colorado at Boulder
		I.E. and E.G. Plurals of Abbreviations and Acronyms
		Abbreviations and acronyms should be restricted to situations where they enhance comprehension: i.e., when your copy refers repeatedly to a lengthy name or term that has a commonly accepted abbreviation.
		Abbreviations and Acronyms in Titles and Headlines Whether it's wise to use acronyms or abbreviations in titles and headlines depends almost entirely on the audience and context.
	www.colorado.edu /Publications/styleguide/abbrev.html

	ITworld.com - XML IN PRACTICE - XML and UML
		UML, like so many three letter acronyms, is actually a basket of different ideas joined together.
		The only way to stay sane in this business is to be selective about what three-and four-letter acronyms you chose to develop expertise in.
		Over the past decade, the four-letter acronym SGML and the three-letter acronym XML have been high on my acronym shortlist.
	www.itworld.com /nl/xml_prac/02072002 (994 words)

	Another TLA And All Its Hype - 3/1/2005 - Wireless Week - CA506406
		TLA stands for a "Three-Letter Acronym." There is a plethora of TLAs along with acronyms of four, five or more letters.
		TLAs and the others are usually thought up by the folks working on a new technology, concept or device, and their use tends to spread like wildfire, especially at industry conferences.
		Skepticism is a healthy reaction to promises that are made, demos that are performed in controlled environments and technologies that might not truly be ready for prime time.
	www.wirelessweek.com /article/CA506406.html?spacedesc=Departments (746 words)

	The Old Joel on Software Forum - Obscure acronyms
		Normally this redendancy happens when the acronym enters the mainstream, but not to the extent that you can just give the letters.
		The Old Joel on Software Forum - Obscure acronyms
		It was originally coined from the widespread use of SNA, IMS, DB2 and many other TLAs in the IBM software environment.
	discuss.fogcreek.com /joelonsoftware?cmd=show&ixPost=88888 (407 words)

	[bl] Acronym vs
		TLA in itself is an >acronym for Three Letter Acronym not abbreviation.
		KVM is an acronym (a word formed from the >initial letters of a name) and not an abbreviation (a >shortened form of a word or phrase).
		An acronym is a word (spelled out or pronounced) constructed from representative letters from (usually) two or more words.
	lists.samurai.com /pipermail/bryans-list/2002-June/007010.html (635 words)

	WTF? - An index of Three Letter Acronyms
		An acronym of a number of words (could be more/less than three), most commonly based on the first letters of three of the words.
		It should not be an abbreviation/contraction obtained by removing all but the first three letters of one word.
		If you have an alternative expansion for a set of three letters we already have, it also would be most welcome.
	members.optusnet.com.au /a.north/wtf.html (1476 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Acronyms
		Acronyms are a handy way of abbreviating the alphabet soup which is science, technology and politics; instead of having to pronounce either the names of the letters (as in GWR - Great Western Railway) or the full name of the organisation or object, we have a single short word.
		But note that the most common definition of TLA is still 'Three Letter Acronym' - and as such it is mis-applied in the vast majority of cases (PCI, VGA, CGI - more, indeed, than you can poke a stick at).
		An early recursive acronym, dating back to the early 1960s, is Mung: 'Mung Until No Good', the process of rewriting a large and complex piece of code until it becomes both unrecognisable and dysfunctional.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A700912 (1116 words)

	The Great Abbreviations Hunt- Main Page
		But it did, and over the space of six years (some busier and more active than others), the hunt for three-letter abbreviations and acronyms set out to find meanings for all of the 17.576 different three-letter combinations.
		The hunt for just under half a million different four letter abbreviations began in 2003 and is continuing apace.
		Many thanks to all the people that contributed abbreviations over the years, for sharing my mostly pointless vision and taking the time to keep the hunt alive.
	www.atomiser.demon.co.uk /abbrev/3 (1116 words)

	three-letter acronym - Definition of three-letter acronym by Webster's Online Dictionary
		three-letter acronym- (TLA) The canonical self-describing abbreviation for the name of a species with which computing terminology is infested.
		In 1989, a random of the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?" Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.)
		People who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters.
	www.webster-dictionary.org /definition/three-letter%20acronym (1116 words)

	ITworld.com - ECOMMERCE IN THE ENTERPRISE - Enterprise Content Management Combines Content with Process
		In general, three-letter acronyms mean spending a lot of money, enduring first-release software implementations, and seeing a failure rate compared to that of the Chicago Cubs.
		We've see things such as EAI, where, three years ago, EAI was a standalone market.
		People were doing all the wiring themselves to hook it together with their systems.
	www.itworld.com /nl/ecom_in_ent/06182002 (903 words)

	NASA Acronyms
		A Three-Letter Acronym (TLA) is defined as follows (from The Jargon File 2.9.1, edited by Eric S. Raymond): TLA: /T-L-A/ [Three-Letter Acronym] n.
		In 1989, a random of the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?" Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only seventeen thousand 3-letter acronyms." (Actually, there are 26^3 = 17,576) ===================== ===== A ===== ===================== AACS: Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem.
		Self-describing acronym for a species with which computing terminology is infested.
	www.itc.nl /~bakker/nasa.acr.html (4580 words)

	IDC handbook: home page
		While trying to get technical information out of colleagues I have often been frozen like a rabbit in headlights, my mind mesmerised by three letter acronyms and chunks of jargon that I have not come across before.
		This unfriendly three letter acronym is the first TLA (Three Letter Acronym) in this document, but I am afraid it won't be the last.
		The next three tabs guide you through the process of creating the IDC, from selecting a suitable location to advertising fully functioning web sites.
	www.planetlarg.net /idc (1259 words)

	WTF? - An index of Three Letter Acronyms
		An acronym of a number of words (could be more/less than three), most commonly based on the first letters of three of the words.
		It should not be an abbreviation/contraction obtained by removing all but the first three letters of one word.
		If you have an alternative expansion for a set of three letters we already have, it also would be most welcome.
	members.optushome.com.au /a.north/wtf.html (1259 words)

	medical abbreviation
		Searchable database of pharmaceutical, healthcare and medical abbreviations and acronyms.
		Medical Abbreviations: 15 000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety Neil M Davis Author or Artist : Neil M Davis Title: Medical Abbreviations: 15 000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety Davis Neil M Neil M. Davis Subject: Dictionaries Terminology Format...
		Medical Abbreviations: 15 000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communications and Safety Neil M Davis
	www.uk20.co.uk /search.php?q=medical+abbreviation (1259 words)

	FAQShop.com : Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs)
		Like most other technical areas, the Systems Management arena is full of Three Letter Acronyms (TLAs).
		This page is designed to help you look up a TLA, which technology is applies to, and it's description in full.
	www.faqshop.com /misc/tla.htm (1259 words)

	ILink Int'l Echomail Network: Acronyms
		Multiple-letter acronyms are to be found throughout the electronic mail/forum world, much to the eternal confusion of novices!
		They are not designed to confuse you, merely a necessity for busy people with "hunt and peck" typing skills.
	home1.gte.net /vze2db48/ILink/acronym.html (75 words)

	Fun Internet Acronyms
		I've provided a brief form at the bottom of this list for you to provide additional acronyms.
		I'm always collecting new acronyms...please submit your favorite acronyms using the following form.
		FWIW, these are just a few of the many available, and as more people get online, new ones are added daily.
	www.magicpub.com /netprimer/acronyms.html (664 words)

	Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET - Longhorn Edition : Avalon
		Even thought Microsoft stepped away from the alphabet soup for Windows Vista, we're back to dealing with three-letter acronyms (TLAs) for Indigo and Avalon.
		(Side note: isn't it funny that the acronym for Three Letter Acronym is itself a three letter acronym?) Indigo = Windows Communication Foundation Avalonandnbsp;= Windows Presentation Foundation Personally, I think Avalon's name is dumb.
		When I try to explain Avalon to a non-techie end user, and I use the word "presentation", they say "Oh, you mean like Powerpoint?" Microsoft's mantra for names from this point forward should be "eschew obfuscation". WinFX Runtime Beta 1
	www.longhornblogs.com /robert/rss.aspx?CategoryID=70 (268 words)

	TLAs or "Three Letter Acronyms" and other Slang
		TLAs or "Three Letter Acronyms" and other Slang
		Individuals should consult with their own advisors for specific investment advice.
		This post copied from the "Chit Chat" thread:
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/investing/12314/latest/71 (895 words)

	CS 303E: Glossary (Fall 2004)
		The definitions of many other acronyms can be found here and at the Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing.
		Seek time: The average amount of time a disk drive to move a read/write head to a particular track on a disk.
		A connection-less and best-efforts protocol to transmit data.
	www.cs.utexas.edu /~sarvela/cs303e/glossary/2004-08-30.html (209 words)

	List of Windows XP's Three Letter Acronyms for Languages
		The following table lists the three letter acronyms (TLA) that the Windows XP "GetLocaleInfo" API returns when called with the LCType, LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME.
		List of Windows XP's Three Letter Acronyms for Languages
		Notes: In most cases, the TLA is created by taking the two-letter language abbreviation from the ISO Standard 639 and adding a third letter, as appropriate, to indicate the sublanguage.
	www.microsoft.com /globaldev/reference/winxp/langtla.mspx (70 words)

	Acronym Soup
		Below are some of the acronyms our editors have picked up over the past eight years.
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		If you can't find the acronym you're looking for here, go to AcronymFinder.com.
	www.manufacturingnews.com /acronyms.html (168 words)

	TLA's - Three Letter Acronyms
		With many Internet Service Providers charging by the hour, and with telephone charges being as high as they are, TLA's have become increasingly popular.
		They save time typing, therefore saving costly charges.
		Would Be Nice If With Regard To What The Hell
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~shortware/tla.htm (144 words)

	List of Windows XP's Three Letter Acronyms for Languages
		The following table lists the three letter acronyms (TLA) that the Windows XP "GetLocaleInfo" API returns when called with the LCType, LOCALE_SABBREVLANGNAME.
		List of Windows XP's Three Letter Acronyms for Languages
		Notes: In most cases, the TLA is created by taking the two-letter language abbreviation from the ISO Standard 639 and adding a third letter, as appropriate, to indicate the sublanguage.
	www.microsoft.com /globaldev/reference/winxp/langtla.mspx (144 words)

	Master List of Names, Acronyms, Initialisms, and Abbreviations for Un-Manned Satellites
		Although not all shortened satellite names are acronyms, the term "acronym" is often used to cover all three types of compound terms.
		An initialism is also composed of the initial letters or parts of a compound term, but is generally verbalized letter by letter, rather than as a single "word." Examples include ATS (Application Technology Satellite) and DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program).
		An acronym is composed of the initial letters or parts of a compound term.
	www.cira.colostate.edu /ramm/hillger/acronyms.htm (413 words)

	TLA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The TLA (three-letter abbreviation or acronym) is the most popular type of abbreviation in computing and telecom terminology and Internet slang, and is also common in political jargon.
		Some of these, such as "DOS", are strict acronyms, while others, like "TLA" itself, are initialisms; this distinction is not universally accepted (see the latter article for a discussion), but leads to the use of abbreviation as opposed to acronym in expanding the term.
		Likewise, a four-letter abbreviation (e.g., VERA) is sometimes known as a LFLA (Longer Four Letter Acronym), an ETLA (Extended TLA) or a TLA/E (TLA/Extended).
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /TLA (542 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - TLA
		However, the expansion "three letter acronym" is the older and more frequently cited one.
		Using only upper-case letters, there are 26³ = 17576 possible three-letter abbreviations, and probably most of them are already used in some context.
		There is some disagreement about whether abbreviations like TLA actually constitute acronyms (see acronym and initialism), and this has led to the increasing use of the word abbreviation as opposed to acronym in expanding the term.
	www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/TLA (542 words)

	eta - OneLook Dictionary Search
		ETA : Three Letter Words with definitions [home, info]
		ETA : DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations [home, info]
		Phrases that include eta: dedekind eta function, dirichlet eta function, eta function, eta c particle, eta carinae, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=eta&ls=a (309 words)

	taw - OneLook Dictionary Search
		TAW : Three Letter Words with definitions [home, info]
		TAW : DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations [home, info]
		noun: the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
	www.onelook.com /?w=taw&ls=a (208 words)

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