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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-letter_acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-letter_acronym
by akaij 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-letter_acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-letter_acronym
- lsaferite 10y agoThanks! Funny that I knew NUC but not TLA. I'd love to see forums that automatically cited acronyms like this.
- moosingin3space 10y agoSounds like there's a market for a browser extension for this.
- Someone1234 10y agoIndeed. But I'd worry about both false positives and far too many meanings for the same letters based on context.
- 0x6c6f6c 10y agoConnecting to one of those websites that list possible acronym meanings, you could hover over a TLA and it will list possibilities? Or right click and show more.. Something along those lines
- moosingin3space 10y agoYeah, that might be the case. I think it would have to require user activation. Maybe select acronym, right-click, click "Define" and it displays a list of possibilities. I might try and make one just to keep my JavaScript sharp -- been away from it for a while.
- SEJeff 10y agoThey do this on reddit in many subs, r/SpaceX has that bot post in just about every single thread. In the US military, they joke about everything being a TLA or an ETLA. ETLA being an "Extended Three Letter Acronym".