Redundant Abbreviation
Appending the last word of an acronym to the acronym.
Examples:
- HTTP Protocol (HTTP = HyperTextTransferProtocol)
- HTML markup language (HTML = HyperTextMarkupLanguage)
- ATM machine
- "your personal PIN number"
- LAN network
- NIC card
- RAID array (unless one is talking about a multi-dimensional array, RAID = Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks, originally Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks)
- laser radiation
- CD disk and DVD disk
Another version of a redundant abbreviation is the one where the abbreviation has as many (or more) syllables as the original word.
Example(s):
- POW (Pee-Oh-double-You / Prisoner Of War, both five)
- WWW (double-you double-you double-you (9) / World Wide Web (3))
Because of the restrictions on WikiNames on ThisWiki, the titles of many WikiPages for specific ProgrammingLanguages are chosen to be RedundantAbbreviations:
- AplLanguage (APL = A Programming Language)
- CobolLanguage (COBOL = Common Business Oriented Language)
- DylanLanguage (Dylan = Dynamic Language)
- FiclLanguage (FICL = Forth Inspired Command Language)
- MlLanguage (ML = MetaLanguage)
- PerlLanguage (Perl = Practical Extraction and Report Language)
- RebolLanguage (Rebol = Relative Expression-Based Object Language)
- RefalLanguage (Refal = Recursive functions algorithmic language)
- SmlLanguage (SML = Standard ML)
- TclLanguage (TCL = ToolCommandLanguage)
See ProgrammingLanguageNamingPatterns.
See RecursiveAcronym.