← Back to context Comment by Jenz 6 years ago And it reads "ally" ? 25 comments Jenz Reply OJFord 6 years ago The 11 stands for 'eleven letters ommitted'. Cf. k8s (Kubernetes), i18n (internationalisation), l10n (localisation). Twirrim 6 years ago Okay, that explains that trend, but wow. We actually managed to come up with something arguably more obtuse than an acronym (and they're hardly the most friendly of things) gmfawcett 6 years ago I'm pretty sure that "i18n" and "l10n" are about fifteen years old -- not exactly a trend any more (at least, not a new one). 3 replies → p1mrx 6 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym Spooky23 6 years ago Fancy web people are too cool for acronyms 16 replies → new_guy 6 years ago TIL
OJFord 6 years ago The 11 stands for 'eleven letters ommitted'. Cf. k8s (Kubernetes), i18n (internationalisation), l10n (localisation). Twirrim 6 years ago Okay, that explains that trend, but wow. We actually managed to come up with something arguably more obtuse than an acronym (and they're hardly the most friendly of things) gmfawcett 6 years ago I'm pretty sure that "i18n" and "l10n" are about fifteen years old -- not exactly a trend any more (at least, not a new one). 3 replies → p1mrx 6 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym Spooky23 6 years ago Fancy web people are too cool for acronyms 16 replies → new_guy 6 years ago TIL
Twirrim 6 years ago Okay, that explains that trend, but wow. We actually managed to come up with something arguably more obtuse than an acronym (and they're hardly the most friendly of things) gmfawcett 6 years ago I'm pretty sure that "i18n" and "l10n" are about fifteen years old -- not exactly a trend any more (at least, not a new one). 3 replies → p1mrx 6 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym Spooky23 6 years ago Fancy web people are too cool for acronyms 16 replies →
gmfawcett 6 years ago I'm pretty sure that "i18n" and "l10n" are about fifteen years old -- not exactly a trend any more (at least, not a new one). 3 replies →
The 11 stands for 'eleven letters ommitted'. Cf. k8s (Kubernetes), i18n (internationalisation), l10n (localisation).
Okay, that explains that trend, but wow. We actually managed to come up with something arguably more obtuse than an acronym (and they're hardly the most friendly of things)
I'm pretty sure that "i18n" and "l10n" are about fifteen years old -- not exactly a trend any more (at least, not a new one).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym
Fancy web people are too cool for acronyms
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TIL