RE: [xml-dev] XML Buzzwords. RFC

> Actually, an acronym is a word (nym) formed from the beginning (acro)
> letters of a set of words.  Being a word doesn't actually require that
> it be pronounceable phonetically.  IOU is a word that's not pronounced
> phonetically, but is an acronym.

XML, FUBAR, and SMURSH are all initialisms. SOAP, OASIS, and UNCLE are all
acronyms.

Later,

Jeff