Comment by OJFord
6 years ago
The 11 stands for 'eleven letters ommitted'. Cf. k8s (Kubernetes), i18n (internationalisation), l10n (localisation).
6 years ago
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).
They're a bit older than that – this credible report suggests 'i18n' was in use at DEC in 1985, with appearances in public online discussions by 1989, and in books by the early 1990s:
http://www.i18nguy.com/origini18n.html
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeronym
Fancy web people are too cool for acronyms
What was the acronym for "accessibility" again?
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