three-letter acronym

(TLA) The canonical self-describing abbreviation for the nameof a species with which computing terminology is infested.Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, DMU,FPU, TLA. For a complete list of the TLAs in thisdictionary, see TLAs.

Sometimes used by extension for any confusing acronym. Peoplewho like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have threeletters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters.One also hears of "ETLA" (Extended Three-Letter Acronym) beingused to describe four-letter acronyms. The term "SFLA"(Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported.

See also YABA.

The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is oftenused to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a randomof the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "Whatdo you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the90s?" Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 =17,576.)

单词	three-letter acronym
释义	three-letter acronym three-letter acronym (TLA) The canonical self-describing abbreviation for the nameof a species with which computing terminology is infested.Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, DMU,FPU, TLA. For a complete list of the TLAs in thisdictionary, see TLAs. Sometimes used by extension for any confusing acronym. Peoplewho like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have threeletters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters.One also hears of "ETLA" (Extended Three-Letter Acronym) beingused to describe four-letter acronyms. The term "SFLA"(Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported. See also YABA. The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is oftenused to bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a randomof the journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "Whatdo you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the90s?" Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 =17,576.)
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