4 ms·and then there is PROTO (seriously, these guys love acronyms)by ck2 13y agoand then there is PROTO (seriously, these guys love acronyms)wlievens 13y agoWell they are engineers... what did you expect?oxryly1 13y agoThe use of pronounceable acronyms is European post-war tradition so that people speaking the multiple languages can use common words. CERN is another example.