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an InterPol, when we have S.P.U.T.U.M.?

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1. It takes up less space on the PCB, which means thinner and smaller handsets.
2. It allows customers to use a PHF with more than one control button without having to resort to a custom controller (a la the iPod)
3. It reduces the number of ports on a phone (as you have a single one for headphones, charging and syncing) which in turn reduces the size of the ID.

OK, I understood what PCB means in this context (printed circuit board), but I'm scratching my head on PHF. Public Health Foundation? Newport News Airport? Pleasant Home Foundation? Obviously, Google is not my friend when trying to find out what this abbreviation stands for. Perhaps you meant personal hands free, which I only found on one acronym finder site. (Another such site gave much less useful results.) Perhaps this is a regionalism? Nobody that I know in the States calls it "personal hands-free," they just call it "hands free."

If you do mean a hands-free unit, then what kind of custom control are you referencing in regards to an iPod/iPhone?

Same goes for ID in this context. Integrated... somethingorother... would be my guess. Obviously not IDentifier/IDentification, nor Intelligent Design. (The acronym finders referenced above each have over 200 possible meanings for ID, several of which are applicable to consumer electronic design and/or electrical engineering.)

A little less jargon, or a handy chart of relevant TLAs (three letter abbreviations), would be appreciated.

Don't be obtuse - he obviously means his Ship-Bourne Dive-Bombers.

I refuse to say IANAL - it took me 3 months to figure out what that meant

This website is very useful: Acronym Finder

While it may not be the more desirable, I've always used the following or similar context in server naming:

1-3 character Company Name: CO
1-2 character City, Building, or locale: CY
1-4 character Server Function: SRV
1-3 character Identifier: 01

Final Name: COCYSRV01

A more real-world example would be:

Company: Cogs Inc
City: Dallas, TX.
Server: Active Directory Server
Server ID: #2

CGI D ADS 02 = CGIDADS02

If you have trouble making up a universal acronym for something, try visiting the following site: http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Regardless of the size of the company, this schema has always worked for me.

Especially as there are way enough other meanings for SMB. "Self Mating Beam", for example, should be good for some more MS-related jokes...

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?acronym=SANS
System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute (SANS)
Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4247

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=SAN&Find=find&string=exact
Storage Area Network (SAN)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation

http://japanese.about.com/blqow38.htm
from AnonymousCoward-san

http://babelfish.altavista.com/
sans acronymes le monde serait un meilleur endroit

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?acronym=SANS
System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute (SANS)
Institute's Internet Storm Center (ISC)
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4247

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=SAN&Find=find&string=exact
Storage Area Network (SAN)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation

http://japanese.about.com/blqow38.htm
from AnonymousCoward-san

http://babelfish.altavista.com/
sans acronymes le monde serait un meilleur endroit

Bookmark this.

BTW, what's this "intuitively" word? Can you use something more common so people who only speak proper English can understand you?

I believe IPv5 is formally defined as TUBA,

KB = Knowledge Base http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym=kb&Find=Find

Moderator, I'll have you know all those came from either Acronym Finder, Acronym Attic, or The Simpsons "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind", and were all intended in humor. And in fact there was no entry for "QUILTER" at either site (I chose not to take it as QUILTer from these hits).

Also, according to Acronym Finder TROLL stands for Transmitter and Receiver Of Laser Light.

Moderator, I'll have you know all those came from either Acronym Finder, Acronym Attic, or The Simpsons "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind", and were all intended in humor. And in fact there was no entry for "QUILTER" at either site (I chose not to take it as QUILTer from these hits).

Also, according to Acronym Finder TROLL stands for Transmitter and Receiver Of Laser Light.

So, this would be the Senator On-Line party? Where have I heard SOL before? ;^)

Not off to the most auspicious start, are they?

I assume XMB does not stand for XYBASE Message Broker? That just leaves Xtreme Math Baseball, Xtreme Math BasketBall, or Extreme Message Board as the less likely alternatives to Cross Media Bar (Sony user interface).

My PS3 is expected to arrive tomorrow, so I'm not that familiar with its features yet. I even transposed a couple letters and thought was talking about X-Windows BitMapped (XBM) graphics files.

I think the least we can do for the defendants in this case is provide them with a judge who is LIVR

Low Input Voltage Regulator?

Meh, not everyone reads Douglas Adams. They should, tho.

For more info: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= livr&Find=find&string=exact

How ironic that the "Encylopedia of Life" have chosen the acronym for "End of Life" as the URL!

Or better yet, type it into http://www.acronymfinder.com/ or http://www.onelook.com/

I'm just happy they're not swapping tuberculosis.

You do realize what U.S.C stands for right? (here's a hint.. you wouldn't cite it in Canada..)

Need further assistance?

WRONG, Mr. Pedant. And the grandparent made a very good pun, as well (Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Wisconsin Assisted Living Association, Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts, and especially for you, Washington Association for Learning Alternatives.

You, sir, are a pedantic imbicile. Bite me.

-mcgrew

Occasionally, you need other friends.

CC.

FYI, DVI also uses HDCP

FYI, DVI also uses HDCP

...in this foreigner's humble opinion: how accurate is this information? Is there a risk that we are seeing the whole WMD circus all over again?

On the contrary. That is a loose description provided. There are a couple. http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= floss&Find=find&string=exact

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= floss&Find=find&string=exact

Acronym Finder suggests that this stands for Product/Project Lifecycle Management.

Unfortunatly, only one of those acronyms are on the Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/

So while the original poster's text was a bit over-acronymed, I can still understand the basic jist of it. Your post however appears to lack any merrit. I hope it was made in an attempt to ridicule the original poster's excessive use of acronyms, but it would have been significantly better had you used real acronyms.

-Rick

Now all we need is somebody to connect a KVM (switch) to a KVM (virtualisation) machine that's running a KVM (Java KVM)!

Now all we need is somebody to connect a KVM (switch) to a KVM (virtualisation) machine that's running a KVM (Java KVM)!

Now all we need is somebody to connect a KVM (switch) to a KVM (virtualisation) machine that's running a KVM (Java KVM)!

Well, in defense, there are a limited number of expansions, and I didn't really expect to find Urban Assault Vehicles in civilian airspace anyway.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= ISA&String=exact&p=ol

Not only does it mean "Industry Standard Architecture" but also "Instruction Set Architecture"

the entire article doesn't mention once what NTP means. They hinted at it but I'm still not sure. I shouldn't even have to ask but what does NTP stand for?! And better yet, why does slashdot always post articles with acronyms without explaining what they mean once before turning them into an acronym? (a basic rule of english composition) Do they just assume everyone knows every tech acronym that exists?

Am I the only one here who didn't know what this acronym meant?

(Acronym decryption courtesy of Acronym Finder.)

And my FWIW, IAWTP means: For what it's worth, I agree with this post.

The Acronym Finder is indispensable.

And my FWIW, IAWTP means: For what it's worth, I agree with this post.

The Acronym Finder is indispensable.

And my FWIW, IAWTP means: For what it's worth, I agree with this post.

The Acronym Finder is indispensable.

I think both examples are very symbolic.

You must be an english major, looking for symbolism among the coincidences. Do you know how small the search space for three letter acronyms is? 26*26*26 = 17,576. That's pretty damn small when you compare it to the size of the english language (about 300,000) so there's going to be some overlap on RMS. Besides, if it wasn't RMS, you would have found some other 'meaningful' acronym.

-Grey

Alot?

ALOT?

Not feelin ya, broheem.

Didn't the context of the original post seem a little odd for DSL to mean Digital Subscriber Line? First time I saw DSL in a similarly confusing context, I hit Acronym Finder to figure out what the hell was going on. If Digital Subscriber Line made sense in that context, one couldn't blame your ignorance in any way. However, when basic logic skills can get you the correct acronym in a matter of minutes, there's a problem.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= %22goods+and+services+tax%22&Find=Find&string=on

Apologies if expanding the "T" in "GST" confused you given the repetition of the term "goods and services" upthread. But then, I suppose one might just as well come back thinking I was talking about a "Generation Skipping Tax" or "Gold Sodium Thiosulfate."

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= gst&Find=Find&string=exact

Honestly...

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= %22goods+and+services+tax%22&Find=Find&string=on

Apologies if expanding the "T" in "GST" confused you given the repetition of the term "goods and services" upthread. But then, I suppose one might just as well come back thinking I was talking about a "Generation Skipping Tax" or "Gold Sodium Thiosulfate."

http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym= gst&Find=Find&string=exact

Honestly...

GS?

You couldn't be more wrong.

LCD
LCD
LCD
LCD
LCD

No, that's just self-referential.

Recursive would be something like what the acronym LAME stands for: "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder."

(Which, originally, it wasn't.)

By using this link to get to the story ;-)

Interesting to note the default "google" keyword for the address bar puts the sourceid=firefox in there

As an aside, for those who want to make their own custom keywords (and don't know how to), here's an example: Bookmarks->Manage Bookmarks, click on any of the bookmarks under "quick searches", click new bookmark (top left), I made one for acronyms using acronym finder.

Name: Acronym Finder
Location: right click here, copy link location, paste (/. chews up the link)
Keyword: af
Description: You can put whatever you want here, it's optional

Then you click ok. Now when in firefox you can just search for acronyms by typing af + the acronym, for example: af HTTP

For other websites that use a link similar to the acronymfinder one, just insert %s where your query would go. In my example it's in Acronym=%s. You can also note the other default quicksearches that already exist (ex. slang for urban dictionary, dict for dictionary.com)

Gnome (it's not an acronym, mmmkay?)

And here I always thought it stood for GNU Network Object Model Environment.