http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/ Engadget Comments for HP wants to buy EDS, assure acronym superiority over IBM (update: it's official) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/
Acronym: A word formed from the initial letters of a series of words. (eg, IEEE is an acronym for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

Why do you think they are not?]]>May 13th 2008 6:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/
Personally, I think it's a useless distinction, because there are some...strings of initials...that some people pronounce as words and others don't.]]>May 13th 2008 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 7:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/
You need to have a loooooong talk with the people at acronymfinder.com... They've built their whole business on what you say are not acronyms.]]>May 13th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 7:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/
I could not disagree more. There are countless examples where things don't fit nicely in one catagory. This doesn't say anything as to the validity of the category.

ROFL probably isn't an acronym. I'm just lazy and phonetically pronounce things that I shouldn't. But you see what I'm saying with SWAT vs FBI ?]]>May 13th 2008 7:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/HP, IBM and EDS are examples of initialism, not acronyms.
Your definition is correct, your association of that definition to these examples are in error.
For details, see: [http://www.lyberty.com/encyc/articles/abbr.html]
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We've got a com call later today, so perhaps that'll ease my fears? But if not I already have my resume out to the City of Norfolk and SAIC.]]>May 13th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 13th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/

I thought that's why HP bought Compaq (whom had bought DEC) ?]]>May 13th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/May 14th 2008 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/hp-wants-to-buy-eds-assure-acronym-superiority-over-ibm/http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com]]>May 14th 2008 2:26PM