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From: cc@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Chris Cooke)
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Subject: Re: Acronym database
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Date: 5 Feb 91 13:46:55 GMT
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In article <1991Feb3.184221.27848@wam.umd.edu>, rustyh@wam.umd.edu (Rusty Haddock) writes:

> A few years ago I designed a piece of hardware that I dubbed 'TINA', which
> a fellow engineer claimed actually stood for 'This Is Not an Acronym' !!

Then of course there's 'TLA' - Three Letter Acronym...
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	-- Chris. 	cc@cs.ed.ac.uk   (on Janet, cc@uk.ac.ed.cs)