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Annoying Acronyms

markcres

markcres

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The lead story on MacRumors is something about Apple not wanting the 'FCC' to be the first to reveal iPhone.

Sorry.. but who or what is the FCC??

Could any acronyms used be expanded on at their first time use please?
I assume FCC is some US organisation - but MacRumors is read Worldwide - so we won't all automatically know what these organisational acronyms are!!

Thanks
Rant over!
 
redAPPLE

redAPPLE

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instead of ranting, why didn't you try to find out yourself? type in "fcc" in google and it would reveal the answer immediately...

i am not ranting about your rant, but maybe you need to try to educate yourself first, before asking mr to explain "everything" to you...
 
Eraserhead

Eraserhead

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I've created a [guide]Common acronyms[/guide] Mac Guide, with this and a few other common acronyms.
 
kwood

kwood

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In the Great White North.
Eraserhead said:
I've created a [guide]Common acronyms[/guide] Mac Guide, with this and a few other common acronyms.
Click to expand...

You may also want to consider adding TiBook too, I know I had to look that one up when I first saws it. IMHO I don't like using acronyms BTW. AFAIK I only like ones that are for something official like the FCC or some technical term. But the internet language like "lol" or "brb" or "g2g" drives me nuts.

And yes putting those acronyms in this post hurt my inner child. My fingers burned as I typed them.
 
Eraserhead

Eraserhead

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^^ Added IMHO, BTW, and TiBook (which I had to look up to check), also added MB and MBP, CD (Core Duo) and C2D.
 
riscy

riscy

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How about IMO, RAM, MBA, GHz, FF (Firefox), MTR, OO (Open Office) - not so common this one.
 
atszyman

atszyman

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I'd advise staying out of the console games forum... I don't know of a thread, or even post that doesn't contain at least 6 different acronyms for various games.
 
Lord Blackadder

Lord Blackadder

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Eraserhead - Not to give you more work, but I have another acronym that caught me out: "SR" for the Santa Rosa chipset found in the Apple laptops.

I don't know who started using it but even with Google I had a hard time figuring out such a niche market arconym.

atszyman said:
I'd advise staying out of the console games forum... I don't know of a thread, or even post that doesn't contain at least 6 different acronyms for various games.
Click to expand...

I have to admit I found that very irritating, and then caught myself using them.
 
Eraserhead

Eraserhead

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You can add them yourselves too ;). Go to Edit at the top and scroll down to the table, which begins with {| followed by some other formatting stuff.

Each entry of the table is divided by a |-. After the entry that should be the previous entry add a new line. Put a |- at the beginning. Then put the acronym, meaning and description on a following new line, each beginning with ||

i.e.

Code: 
<<Last Acronym in alphabetical order>>
|-
||TAIQ
||The Acronym in Question
||An example Acronym to add to the table.

<<Next Acronym in alphabetical order, also begins with a '|-'>>

Lord Blackadder said:
atszyman said:
I'd advise staying out of the console games forum... I don't know of a thread, or even post that doesn't contain at least 6 different acronyms for various games.
Click to expand...
I have to admit I found that very irritating, and then caught myself using them.
Click to expand...

Actually there is already an article on that [guide]Game acronyms[/guide].

EDIT: If its the last one, make sure its before the closing |} for the table ;).
 
riscy

riscy

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I saw it was a wiki but assumed it was not open for edit - never assume :)

Made my changes for you.
Eraserhead said:
Guys you know you can add them yourselves. Go to Edit at the top and scroll down to the table, which begins with {| followed by some other formatting stuff.

Each entry of the table is divided by a |-. After the entry that should be the previous entry add a new line. Put a |- at the beginning. Then put the acronym, meaning and description on a following new line, each beginning with ||

i.e.

Code: 
<<Last Acronym in alphabetical order>>
|-
||TAIQ
||The Acronym in Question
||An example Acronym to add to the table.

<<Next Acronym in alphabetical order, also begins with a '|-'>>
Click to expand...
 
StealthRider

StealthRider

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Here and there!
Enjoy...
Goodness, between getting a new BnCO and BnXO, and having the BCOCO and PCO give me forty thousand things to do (FUBAR), I barely have time to read silly threads like this. Not my fault the OPSO is an OCS OC and thus a slavedriver. I'm just a 4/C, FCOL, this **** isn't really in my AOR.

...BOHICA!
 
C

Cepe Indicum

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Enjoyed reading this thread - some great responses! Feel a bit bad for the OP though :)

BT always annoys me on this forum. Most people use it as an abbreviation for Bluetooth, but here in the UK, BT is more commonly associated with "British Telecom" (as was; now known simply as BT) - they are the main telecoms provider and an ISP.
 
Eraserhead

Eraserhead

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tiredhorses said:
For the win.
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Cepe Indicum said:
Enjoyed reading this thread - some great responses! Feel a bit bad for the OP though :)

BT always annoys me on this forum. Most people use it as an abbreviation for Bluetooth, but here in the UK, BT is more commonly associated with "British Telecom" (as was; now known simply as BT) - they are the main telecoms provider and an ISP.
Click to expand...

Added both.
 
notjustjay

notjustjay

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Canada, eh?
I'm going to create a new organization called the American Association Against Annoying Alliterative Acronym Abuse.

You can all be charter members!
 
jbernie

jbernie

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redAPPLE said:
instead of ranting, why didn't you try to find out yourself? type in "fcc" in google and it would reveal the answer immediately...

i am not ranting about your rant, but maybe you need to try to educate yourself first, before asking mr to explain "everything" to you...
Click to expand...

With all due respect, maybe you are one of the generations who don't undestand traditional media and common practices that they use. The term is used in full first and then can be abbreviated there after.

Likewise, on a website like MacRumors where the audience is global regardless of the general subject, assuming that everyone in every country understands every acronym makes you look like an ignorant.
 
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