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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC, for those like me wondering what it is. I think it's funny that the Q in QUIC stands for

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC, for those like me wondering what it is. I think it's funny that the Q in QUIC stands for Quick. Naming things is hard.

Cyph0n 8y ago
That reminds of me recursive acronyms[0]. Some examples: * GNU: GNU's Not Unix * cURL: Curl URL Request Library * WINE: WINE Is Not an Emulator [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym
- tech2 8y ago
  One of my all time favourites was Xinu (Xinu is not Unix), much more so than the doubly-weird Hurd.
- SEJeff 8y ago
  GNOME - "GNU's Not Unix" Network Object Modelling Environment!
- diydsp 8y ago
  From the old days when it ran on slow hardware: Emacs Makes A Computer Slow
  - teddyh 8y ago
    No, that’s a joke. The ones you commented on are all the official definitions.
simias 8y ago
Recursive acronyms are a staple of hacker culture by now. There's of course GNU (and many GNU projects) but also PHP, PINE and many backronyms like XBMC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym
- maxmcd 8y ago
  You mean "Personal Home Page"? :)
  - isostatic 8y ago
    Recursive acronyms often get redefined down the line
    - jsjohnst 8y ago
      PHP was originally “Personal Home Page”. It wasn’t until version 3 that it became a recursive acronym in an attempt to legitimize it for more than personal projects.
      - isostatic 8y ago
        PHP hypertext preprocessor I believe? PHP3 was the first "real" version of PHP, it came out in 97, and wasn't called personal home page tools then. O'Reilly didn't have a PHP book until 99 if I remember rightly.
- johnhenry 8y ago
  Not technically recursive because the "Q" does not stand for "QUIC".
  - zamalek 8y ago
    It does, if you get rid of the redundant K, but I don't think they were thinking that deeply about it when they arrived at QUIC. It's an attempted recursive acronym.
trumped 8y ago
> QUIC, Quick UDP Internet Connections looks like they forced the Internet word in there to make it work...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC, for those like me wondering what it is. I think it's funny that the Q in QUIC stands for Quick. Naming things is hard.

Cyph0n 8y ago

That reminds of me recursive acronyms[0]. Some examples: * GNU: GNU's Not Unix * cURL: Curl URL Request Library * WINE: WINE Is Not an Emulator [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

tech2 8y ago
One of my all time favourites was Xinu (Xinu is not Unix), much more so than the doubly-weird Hurd.
SEJeff 8y ago
GNOME - "GNU's Not Unix" Network Object Modelling Environment!
diydsp 8y ago
From the old days when it ran on slow hardware: Emacs Makes A Computer Slow
- teddyh 8y ago
  No, that’s a joke. The ones you commented on are all the official definitions.

simias 8y ago

Recursive acronyms are a staple of hacker culture by now. There's of course GNU (and many GNU projects) but also PHP, PINE and many backronyms like XBMC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_acronym

maxmcd 8y ago
You mean "Personal Home Page"? :)
- isostatic 8y ago
  Recursive acronyms often get redefined down the line
  - jsjohnst 8y ago
    PHP was originally “Personal Home Page”. It wasn’t until version 3 that it became a recursive acronym in an attempt to legitimize it for more than personal projects.
    - isostatic 8y ago
      PHP hypertext preprocessor I believe? PHP3 was the first "real" version of PHP, it came out in 97, and wasn't called personal home page tools then. O'Reilly didn't have a PHP book until 99 if I remember rightly.
johnhenry 8y ago
Not technically recursive because the "Q" does not stand for "QUIC".
- zamalek 8y ago
  It does, if you get rid of the redundant K, but I don't think they were thinking that deeply about it when they arrived at QUIC. It's an attempted recursive acronym.

trumped 8y ago

> QUIC, Quick UDP Internet Connections looks like they forced the Internet word in there to make it work...