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• FourWaveforms@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  it means peDantic

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• JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  The same as the M in ATM machine and N in PIN number, V in HIV virus and C in UPC code!
  Oh, the dreaded RAS syndrome!.

  I’m off to read some DC comics.

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  • poddus@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I will be reporting this to the American Association Against Acronym Abuse!

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• BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’ll remember that the next time I enter my PIN number at an ATM machine.

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• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ok, so what’s up with that LC display.

  This kind of redundancy creates semantic resilience, thats why we take the type name out of acronyms.

  Instead, when designing acronyms leave the type name out of it.

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• teodorista@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You really need to learn about RAS syndrome.

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• bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Diode?

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  • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Display

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