• To: 'Tom Bradford' <bradford@d...>
• Subject: RE: XML Buzzwords. RFC
• From: Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...>
• Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:18:18 -0800
• Cc: xml-dev <xml-dev@l...>

> Actually, an acronym is a word (nym) formed from the beginning (acro)
> letters of a set of words.  Being a word doesn't actually require that
> it be pronounceable phonetically.  IOU is a word that's not pronounced
> phonetically, but is an acronym.

XML, FUBAR, and SMURSH are all initialisms. SOAP, OASIS, and UNCLE are all
acronyms.

Later,

Jeff

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