[ale] Acronym Hell

Jim Philips jimmyc at speedfactory.net
Sun Oct 3 12:34:17 EDT 2004


On Sunday 03 October 2004 12:32 pm, Dow Hurst wrote:
> How many acronyms can you come up with on the spur of the moment?  How
> many duplicate acronyms used in other realms of life we walk in?  How
> many are so similar that you constantly get them confused?
>
> For example:
>
> NFS = Network File System
> NSF = National Science Foundation

And in banking shorthand "NSF" means insufficient funds.


> STP:
>
> Secure Transfer Protocol
> Shielded Twisted Pair (cable)
> Signal Transfer Point
> Synchronized Transaction Processing
> Standard Temperature and Pressure

And don't forget:

"What does S.T.P. stand for?
S.T.P. stands for Scientifically Treated Petroleum. The roots of the STP? 
brand stretch back to 1954."

Straight from the STP Web site.



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