Those pesky acronyms!

[RickMachE]

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I used to write operating procedures at a nuclear power plant. It was a hard rule that acronyms were defined first use. If I didn't, the procedure was not approved until I did.

acronyms...

Social media is far from literature...

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[dan_meh]

 

[kamorela]

Google "use of ackronims in literature"

I used to write operating procedures at a nuclear power plant. It was a hard rule that acronyms were defined first use. If I didn't, the procedure was not approved until I did.

I can relate, Bob. I retired from a career in aerospace quality where acronyms ran rampant. The same 'hard rule' you speak of is nearly ubiquitous in the aerospace industry too, at best written in policy, at worst recognized as a common courtesy. Alas, not always followed.

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