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  1. From: cc@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Chris Cooke)
  2. Newsgroups: alt.sources,comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers
  3. Subject: Re: Acronym database
  4. Message-ID: <5629@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk>
  5. Date: 5 Feb 91 13:46:55 GMT
  6.  
  7. In article <1991Feb3.184221.27848@wam.umd.edu>, rustyh@wam.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock) writes:
  8.  
  9. > A few years ago I designed a piece of hardware that I dubbed 'TINA', which
  10. > a fellow engineer claimed actually stood for 'This Is Not an Acronym' !!
  11.  
  12. Then of course there's 'TLA' - Three Letter Acronym...
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  14.     -- Chris.     cc@cs.ed.ac.uk   (on Janet, cc@uk.ac.ed.cs)
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