three-letter acronym
(TLA) The canonical self-describing abbreviation for the name of a species with which computing terminology is infest ed. Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, DMU, FPU, TLA. For a complete list of the TLAs in this dictionary, see TLAs. Sometimes us ed by extension for any confusing acronym. People who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters. One also hears of "ETLA" (Extend ed Three-Letter Acronym) being us ed to describe four-letter acronyms. The term "SFLA" (Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been report ed. See also YABA. The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is often us ed to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a random of the journalistic persuasion ask ed hacker Paul Boutin "What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?" Paul' s straight-fac ed response: "There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.) (1994-12-14) In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ abbrev ] [ acronym ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ at ] [ au ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ bb ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ br ] [ by ] [ C ] [ CA ] [ ca ] [ canonical ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ complete ] [ computing ] [ con ] [ CP ] [ CPU ] [ cr ] [ cron ] [ D ] [ de ] [ DMU ] [ do ] [ du ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ er ] [ es ] [ ET ] [ et ] [ ETL ] [ extension ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ FL ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ FP ] [ FPU ] [ FT ] [ FTP ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gu ] [ gy ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hat ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ include ] [ io ] [ is ] [ it ] [ jo ] [ ke ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ like this ] [ list ] [ ls ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ MC ] [ MCA ] [ MMU ] [ mn ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ N ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ nym ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ port ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ random ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ SFL ] [ si ] [ sk ] [ SNA ] [ so ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ su ] [ T ] [ TDM ] [ th ] [ this dictionary ] [ TLA ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ ua ] [ up ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ word ] [ Y ] [ YABA ]
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