[13786] in Cypherpunks
AOL for Acronym OverLoading
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy C. May)
Mon May 16 21:49:43 1994
From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
To: SGT=DARREN=S.=HARLOW%ISB%MCTSSA@nwsfallbrook3.nwac.sea06.navy.mil
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 18:45:26 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9405162002.AA02343@toad.com> from "SGT=DARREN=S.=HARLOW%ISB%MCTSSA@nwsfallbrook3.nwac.sea06.navy.mil" at May 16, 94 12:57:52 pm
>
> Does anyone have a write-up on NES? I believe that it is based on
> DES, but I am not sure. It is for a paper that I am writing up.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sgt Darren Harlow - Computer Security
The NES has been pretty much replaced by S-NES, the Super-Nintendo
Entertainment System. Check it out in any toy store.
Oh, you meant something different? This exemplifies what I believe it
was Eric Hughes who called it "acronym overloading," or "TLA overlaoding." I
have thus dubbed this "AOL," standing for both America OnLine _and_
Acronym OverLoading, thus defining itself by example.
Other cases of AOL:
LCD -- Least Common Divisor, Liquid Crystal Display
CIA -- Culinary Institute of America, Central Intelligence Agency
DOE -- Department of Energy, Distributed Objects Everywhere (Sun)
..and probably dozens more
--Tim May
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