TWAIN is still my favorite
Technology without an interesting name
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2023
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YAML is also good - yet another markup language.
Fun fact, "Yet another X" is one of the oldest software engineering memes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yet_another
Now I want YAWYSIWYG
There are a lot of "Yet another" acronyms out there
Hah, when I think YAML my brain goes to the Mechwarrior 5 mod: Yet Another Mech Lab.
PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Processor
GNU stands for GNUs Not Unix
apparently PHP originally stood for "Personal Home Page"
I've never heard that, and it doesn't really make sense in terms of PHP does, but anything is possible.
That’s what it originally meant, but it was retconned to be a recursive acronym similar to GNU - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
I'm pretty sure NPM is Node Package Manager.
XNA, Microsoft's C# based game dev framework, stood for XNA is Not Acronymed.
Problem is, XNA is an acronym since it is correctly initialized and can be pronounced
How do you pronounce it?
z-ngahh
Gesundheit. I'll take your words for it.
You could just say “Ex-En-Ay” without it ceasing to be an acronym.
AFAIK acronyms are initialisms that are pronounceable
You’re right that it is an initialism, but you’ve got the inclusivity backwards. Initialisms are acronyms that are not pronounceable, but they are still acronyms whether or not they are pronounced. You did get me questioning my own memory, so I looked it up to double check:
From Wikipedia:
Sometimes, initialism or alphabetism is used to refer to acronyms formed from the string of initials which are usually pronounced as individual letters, as in the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation).
Hmm. Well, Wikipedia's editors seem to think the opposite. We need reliable sources to sort this out now!
It's not the "Node(.js) Package Manager"?
https://archive.today/http://npmjs.org/
Apparently, it used to stand for that until some time in 2013
According to the tweet, no.
Just wait till you find out what PHP and ATI stand for.
ATI on its own was 'array technologies incorporated', though to your point, they became known as 'ATI technologies incporporated' later on, which is big sus.
And GNU
npm stands for "Let’s be shitty about everything, including our naming"
PINE: Pine Is Not Elm.
At the time I was told this is a recursive acronym.
Gnu’s Not Linux!