Hacker News: jcarricohttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jcarricoHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:07:01 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by jcarrico in "Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) v4.0 is out [pdf]"]]>From Merriam Webster:

a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term

also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism

It appears the meaning of the word has changed over time.

]]>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 00:02:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41909837jcarricohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41909837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41909837<![CDATA[New comment by jcarrico in "GraphWords: Visual Dictionary and Thesaurus"]]>If you like this, definitely check out WordNet (https://wordnet.princeton.edu/)

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