I've just noticed that the listing in Wiki for Fortran has recently been changed to: "...Fortran (an acronym derived from its original official name..." My understanding is that the word s a portmanteau and NOT a
In article <1148073367.305970.264520@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "tomcee" <tomcees_pc@yahoo.com> wrote: > Acronyms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and LED, written as > the initial letter or letters of w
Kevin G. Rhoads wrote: >>I don't see, though, how it differs from Radar or Matlab. > MatLab and RADAR are different. RADAR is from Radio Automatic Detection And Ranging -- > classic acronym, using initial letters