Just for fun...

I came across something today which I never knew before (though I have always wondered about it).

Ever seen the acronym ?I18N? (pronounced as ?eye eighteen en?)?

Sure you have. It is used when talking about internationalization in software.

Ever wondered how they came to [or invented] that acronym? I have!

I always thought is was probably one of those standardization document codes, like the RFC or ISO codes. But it isn?t. Today I found the real answer [1].

INTERNATIONALIZATION
\_______ _______/
||
||
I18N

You have an I, 18 other letters, and an N. You?ll also see this type of approach used with other words in this field, such as ?localization? (L10N).

Very clever! :-)

Regards,
- Graeme -

[1] www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc15/ta4/slides.pdf?

Just for fun... I came across something today which I never knew before (though I have always wondered about it).

You used an abbreviation for years without looking it up? You wrote you had a bad internet connection. Is that the reason?

Mattias

Mattias Gaertner wrote

You used an abbreviation for years without looking it up?

hehehe.. These days acronyms appear as fast as patent lawsuits. After a while I simply stopped investigating each one. :)

Regards,
- Graeme -

Ah yes..
GRAE-ME

http://www.allacronyms.com/GRAE
http://www.allacronyms.com/ME

Not sure why you use this combination though.

Martin wrote

Ah yes.. GRAE-ME

LOL

Regards,
- Graeme -

Nah, G4e G8s is shorter ;)

- L4z S3l ;)