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Title: Confused by the acronyms used by members? Check the glossary
Post by: BigJ on February 22, 2017, 07:03:56 PM
Not really the place for this but it's one of the more popular sub-forums. I was just reading a post and came across "DP". Probably not going to have much luck googling that but no problem. I found the glossary (http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/topic,4620.0.html) :)
Title: Re: Confused by the acronyms used by members? Check the glossary
Post by: burakkucat on February 22, 2017, 07:49:45 PM
. . . I was just reading a post and came across "DP".

b*cat waves a paw, guiltily.  :D
Title: Re: Confused by the acronyms used by members? Check the glossary
Post by: BigJ on February 22, 2017, 10:09:37 PM
* Note to self: be more subtle next time *  ;)

It's all good. Less typing means you regular Kitizens can spend more time helping others :) It's a rite of passage in most tech/niche forums to go from mild confusion to comprehension. Feels like I'm cheating by using the glossary!
Title: Re: Confused by the acronyms used by members? Check the glossary
Post by: NewtronStar on February 22, 2017, 10:44:15 PM
Have never liked those apprevaiation on tech forums it's ok once you get to know them but it can confuse new members like this one a classic example SSFP = Service Specific Face Plate and had a good laugh with OR engineer on who makes those complex words up for what is just a filtered face plate (FFP)
Title: Re: Confused by the acronyms used by members? Check the glossary
Post by: 4candles on February 23, 2017, 12:18:12 AM
I love TLAs   :wry:
Title: Re: Confused by the acronyms used by members? Check the glossary
Post by: burakkucat on February 23, 2017, 12:34:14 AM
We could start a new contest . . . Who can write the longest sentence just using TLAs.  :D

It is those acronyms which are made up of other acronyms that tend to make me go  ???

Example:

CWMP == CPE WAN Management Protocol == Customer Premises Equipment Wide Area Network Management Protocol.

Bah! TR-069 is so much simpler!  ::)