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Off topic, but I've always been interested by the way that government agencies almost exclusively choose acronyms for their software. Meanwhile private companie
by throwawaymath 8y ago
Off topic, but I've always been interested by the way that government agencies almost exclusively choose acronyms for their software. Meanwhile private companies (especially in the last decade or two) almost always choose unrelated, single words.
It initially seems kind of ridiculous to me that everything has an acronym, but I suppose it's no more ridiculous than choosing a name that sounds like a Pokemon. Maybe less so.
In any case, thanks for sharing that.
- btrettel 8y agohttps://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20100024508 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20100024508 > The development and verification of the Charring Ablating Thermal Protection Implicit System Solver (CATPISS) is presented. [...] Not sure industry would try this one either, though it is very memorable.