[blml] abbreviations (again)

[Ed Reppert]

On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:41 AM, Jerry Fusselman wrote:

> Why?  What is the need for such purity?  Deciphering ISTR is much more
> challenging to me that UI or AI.

Four letters is harder than two? :-)

It's not a question of purity, it's a question of space. There are a  
*lot* of acronyms in common use on the internet. Include them in  
blml's list, and the bridge related acronyms will get lost in the  
crowd. Not to mention the file will take up a lot more room on  
everyone's hard drive.

> At least, could we add a link to a site that gives general  
> abbreviations?

A common internet saying, albeit not an acronym, is "Google is your  
friend". I typed the words "internet acronyms" (without the quotes)  
in my browser's search field, and in less than a tenth of a second, I  
had a list of about 260,000 hits. The first one was "Internet  
Acronyms Dictionary", and that seems an adequate site for the purpose.