Re: When was the SPARC 20 introduced and discontinued?

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From: Rich Teer
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:07

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On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, chocolatemalt wrote:

> Abbreviation:  computer -> comp.
> Acronym:  Citizen's Band -> CB

Wrong.  An acronym is an abbreviation that can be pronounced as
a word, it is NOT another word for abbreviation.  So, CB and CPU
are abbreviations (you can't say either as a word), but BASIC
and RAID are acronyms.

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