RE: Spelling out, was Acronyms

[Anne -dot- Robotti -at- radisys -dot- com]

Tom, I respectfully disagree.

Many people, me included, might not have known what ASCII stands for, but 
I certainly know what it is and how to use it and what the implications 
are of text being in ASCII rather than formatted. And I don't think that 
my knowledge base was greatly broadened by knowing what the letters stand 
for, in fact I've already forgotten. I think if the acronym helps to 
explain the concept, then it's okay to define it. If it adds nothing to 
the discussion, leave it out.


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Anne Robotti
Technical Writer
RadiSys Corporation
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(609) 655-3111 x-326
Do not meddle in the affairs of technical writers, for the box contains 
three jacks and the board only has two plugs...


Notice how many on THIS list didn't know the meaning of ASCII?





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