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@c %**start of header
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@setfilename vera.info
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@settitle V.E.R.A@. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms
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@setchapternewpage on
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@c %**end of header
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@c Last edited: 4 August 2020
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@paragraphindent 0
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@c Variables that (may) change with each edition
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@set EDITION Edition 1.24
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@set NONGNUEDITION 7.10
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@set RELEASE August 2020
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@set ACTYEAR 2020
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@set ACRONYMCOUNT 12665
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@set FOLDOCURL https://foldoc.org/ (as of August 2020)
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@set ACTMAINTAINER Oliver Heidelbach
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@set MAINTAINEMAIL < ohei [at] snafu . de >
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@set AUTHOREMAIL < ohei [at] snafu . de >
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@c End of variables
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@ignore
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@ifinfo
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@format
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START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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* V.E.R.A.: (vera). Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms
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END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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@end format
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@end ifinfo
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@end ignore
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@ifinfo
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This is a special GNU edition of V.E.R.A.,
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a list dealing with computational acronyms.@*
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Copyright @copyright{} 1993/@value{ACTYEAR} Oliver Heidelbach@*
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@value{AUTHOREMAIL} @*
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< ohei [at] snafu de >
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Please send corrections to @value{ACTMAINTAINER} @value{MAINTAINEMAIL}.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with
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no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU FDL''.
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Within the above restrictions the distribution of this
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document is explicitly encouraged and I hope you'll find
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it of some value.
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This dictionary has nothing to do with Systems Science Inc.
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or its products.
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@end ifinfo
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@titlepage
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@sp 10
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@c The title is printed in a large font.
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@title V.E.R.A.
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@subtitle @b{Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@sp 1
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@subtitle An overview of
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@subtitle common and not so common acronyms
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@subtitle in the field of computing
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@sp 1
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@subtitle @value{EDITION} (Texinfo)
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@subtitle Released @value{RELEASE}
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@c The following two commands start the copyright page.
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@page
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@vskip 0pt plus 1filll
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Special GNU edition of V.E.R.A. @*
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Released @value{RELEASE} @*
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Currently maintained by @value{ACTMAINTAINER} @value{MAINTAINEMAIL}
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@sp 2
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
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with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with
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no Back-Cover Texts.
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A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU FDL''.
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This dictionary has nothing to do with Systems Science Inc.
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or its products.
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Copyright @copyright{} 1993/@value{ACTYEAR} Oliver Heidelbach
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@end titlepage
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@iftex
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@headings off
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@everyheading @thistitle @| @| page @thispage
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@everyfooting @value{EDITION} @| @| @today{}
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@end iftex
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@node Top, 0, (dir), (dir)
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@iftex
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@chapter Foreword to the printed edition
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@cindex Foreword to the printed edition
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@cindex Printed edition, Foreword to the
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@cindex Structure of this document (printed version)
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@noindent
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@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@noindent
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If you had decided to print this document with @TeX{}, you
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are probably missing the introduction normally found at this place.
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Because this document is mainly designed to be used online, the
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important information, i.e. the acronym list, comes first.
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@noindent
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Please see @ref{About}, for some kind of introduction to this document.
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You will find more information in the following chapters:
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@table @asis
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@item @ref{Format}.
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The systematic approach of the acronym list.
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@item @ref{Acronym}.
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A definition of the word "acronym".
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@item @ref{History}
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News, changes, requests and other release related information
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@item @ref{Acknowledgments}.
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A list of contributors and other credits.
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@item @ref{Disclaimer}.
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Please read before printing, copying or distributing.
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@item @ref{GNU FDL}.
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The GNU Free Documentation License.
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@end table
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@noindent
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The @ref{Index}, will of course be an invaluable help if you
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ever should be looking for something else than an acronym.
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@end iftex
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@ifinfo
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@cindex Online overview
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@cindex Overview, Online
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@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@sp 2
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@ref{0}. @ref{A}. @ref{B}. @ref{C}. @ref{D}.
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@sp 1
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@ref{E}. @ref{F}. @ref{G}. @ref{H}. @ref{I}.
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@sp 1
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@ref{J}. @ref{K}. @ref{L}. @ref{M}. @ref{N}.
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@sp 1
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@ref{O}. @ref{P}. @ref{Q}. @ref{R}. @ref{S}.
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@sp 1
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@ref{T}. @ref{U}. @ref{V}. @ref{W}. @ref{X}.
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@sp 1
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@ref{Y}. @ref{Z}.
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@sp 1
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@c Note: all acronyms nodes go in the first place, so that
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@c Info searches do not stop at the examples nodes.
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@c This may not be book-like, but is definitely more convenient.
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To search for an acronym type @kbd{s ^@emph{ACRONYM}}.
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@menu
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* About:: What is V.E.R.A.?
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* Format:: Systematic approach of the acronym list (if any)
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* Acronym:: Definition of the word @emph{acronym}
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* History:: News, changes, requests, @dots{}
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* Acknowledgments:: List of contributors and other credits
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* Disclaimer:: Please read before printing, copying or the like
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* GNU FDL:: The full legalese for copying and distributing
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* Help on: (info). Getting used to the Info browsing system
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* Index::
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@end menu
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@flushright
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@value{EDITION} (Texinfo)
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Released @value{RELEASE}
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@end flushright
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@end ifinfo
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@node 0, A, Top, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- 0 ---
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@cindex 0, Acronyms beginning with
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@cindex Numbers, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.0
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@node A, B, 0, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- A ---
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@cindex A, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.a
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@node B, C, A, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- B ---
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@cindex B, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.b
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@node C, D, B, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- C ---
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@cindex C, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.c
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@node D, E, C, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- D ---
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@cindex D, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.d
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@node E, F, D, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- E ---
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@cindex E, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.e
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@node F, G, E, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- F ---
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@cindex F, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.f
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@node G, H, F, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- G ---
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@cindex G, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.g
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@node H, I, G, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- H ---
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@cindex H, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.h
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@node I, J, H, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- I ---
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@cindex I, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.i
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@node J, K, I, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- J ---
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@cindex J, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.j
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@node K, L, J, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- K ---
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@cindex K, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.k
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@node L, M, K, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- L ---
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@cindex L, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.l
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@node M, N, L, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- M ---
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@cindex M, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.m
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@node N, O, M, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- N ---
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@cindex N, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.n
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@node O, P, N, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- O ---
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@cindex O, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.o
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@node P, Q, O, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- P ---
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@cindex P, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.p
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@node Q, R, P, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- Q ---
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@cindex Q, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.q
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@node R, S, Q, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- R ---
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@cindex R, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.r
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@node S, T, R, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- S ---
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@cindex S, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.s
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@node T, U, S, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- T ---
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@cindex T, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.t
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@node U, V, T, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- U ---
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@cindex U, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.u
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@node V, W, U, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- V ---
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@cindex V, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.v
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@node W, X, V, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- W ---
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@cindex W, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.w
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@node X, Y, W, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- X ---
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@cindex X, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.x
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@node Y, Z, X, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- Y ---
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@cindex Y, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.y
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@node Z, About , Y, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered --- Z ---
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@cindex Z, Acronyms beginning with
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@include vera.z
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@node About, Format, Z, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@chapter About@dots{}
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@cindex What is V.E.R.A.?
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@cindex V.E.R.A., What is it?
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@cindex About V.E.R.A.
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@ifinfo
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@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@end ifinfo
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@noindent
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V.E.R.A. is a free list of acronyms all of which are used in the field
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of computing.
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@noindent
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V.E.R.A. is primarily meant to be used as an online reference,
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although some efforts have been taken to make its @TeX{} output
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looking acceptable. However I doubt that somebody would like to print
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it. The original release from 1997 compiled to 250 pages.
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@noindent
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This edition is a special contribution to the GNU project
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similar to the version @value{NONGNUEDITION} of V.E.R.A. It contains approximately
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@value{ACRONYMCOUNT} acronyms.
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@noindent
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The idea to make V.E.R.A. available in Texinfo format came after reading
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two other Info files both of which are available on the Internet, the
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@emph{Standards} and the @emph{Languages} file, both dealing with
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antique DEC mainframe environments and both distributed stand-alone;
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that is, both are not serving as a software manual like most of Texinfo
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files. I thought it would be very handy to have a list of acronyms
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available while using Emacs.
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@noindent
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It may be considered only a very little contribution. However
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I make it to express my appreciation for the GNU project and its
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philosophy. This project does not only make software available free to
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everyone, it also seems that it sets the only standard `everyone'
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supports nowadays.
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@noindent
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I started V.E.R.A. around easter 1993. The ASCII version was posted to
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the German=speaking newsgroups @emph{z-netz.alt.listen} and
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@emph{de.etc.lists} every three months until those faded to exist in
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2004 and 2007 respectively. Nowadays the list is not posted to Usenet at
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all. It was never posted to an international newsgroup, because the
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introduction as well as many internal references are only available in
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German.
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@noindent
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Please note that the original version of V.E.R.A. is not related to the
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to the Free Software Foundation or the GNU project at all.
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@noindent
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The list is far from being complete as dozens of new acronyms evolve
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every month. Also I am not an every day Unix user, so I am pretty sure
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that a lot of acronyms from the Unix world are missing. The same is true
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for the Apple world. Please don't be angry if your field of computing
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seems little or not represented at all. Instead please consider
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contributing the missing acronyms to let other people share what you
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know.
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@noindent
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The shift from the original format of V.E.R.A. to Texinfo format took a
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whole week. Please forgive any errors which still remain. For hints
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how to submit corrections or to report bugs, please see @ref{History}.
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@noindent
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For a more in-depth discussion of some of the more common acronyms
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contained in this document you may want to consider visiting the
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@emph{Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)}, at least if you
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have access to the World Wide Web. It can be found at
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@value{FOLDOCURL}.
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@node Format, Acronym, About, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@chapter List format
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@cindex Acronyms, Common style of
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@cindex Approach, Systematic
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@cindex Common style of acronyms
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@cindex Format used
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@cindex German umlauts
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@cindex List format
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@cindex Systematic approach
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@cindex Umlauts, German
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@cindex Used format
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@ifinfo
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@cindex Searching for acronyms (online)
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@cindex Acronyms , Searching for (online)
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@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@end ifinfo
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@noindent
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Some notes on the systematic approach of the acronym list:
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@noindent
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Because often acronyms are being referenced not very unique in style,
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the acronyms in V.E.R.A. do not contain any special characters; only
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characters and numbers are used. Please remember this, when you are
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searching for acronyms.
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@noindent
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German umlauts are expressed with AE, ae, OE, oe, UE, ue and ss.
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@noindent
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Examples:
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@noindent
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ASN.1 = ASN1 @*
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@noindent
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OS/2 = OS2 @*
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@noindent
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DFUE, Foerderung, Grossforschungseinrichtung, @dots{}
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@noindent
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What is thought to be the common style can be found at the end of
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the line(s) in quotation marks.
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@noindent
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Examples:
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@table @asis
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@item ASN1
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Abstract Syntax Notation One (OSI), "ASN.1"
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@item ATT
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American Telephone and Telegraph, "AT&T"
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@end table
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@sp 2
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@menu
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* Style:: Style of the acronym expansions.
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* Alternatives:: Alternative expansions.
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* Explanations:: Additional explanations.
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* References:: Reference tags for acronyms.
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* Concatenation:: Concatenated acronyms.
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* Versions:: Acronyms pointing to versions.
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* File extensions:: A note on file extensions.
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* Gaps:: Huh --- what is that?
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@end menu
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@node Style, Alternatives, Format, Format
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@section Style of the acronym expansions
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@cindex Expansions, Style of
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@cindex Style of expansions
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@noindent
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The acronym expansions basically follow their acronyms in style.
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Exceptions are made if expansions are containing acronyms themselves.
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This often leads to an kind of odd or even wrong orthographical style.
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@noindent
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Examples:
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@table @asis
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@item AUX
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Apple UniX, "A/UX"
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@item XT
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eXtended Technology
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@item ACL
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Advanced CMOS Logic
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@end table
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@node Alternatives, Explanations, Style, Format
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@section Alternative expansions
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@cindex Alternative expansions
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@cindex Expansions, Alternative
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@noindent
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If alternative expansions for the same acronym are known these are
|
|
separated by a slash. However that is not true for acronyms of
|
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basically different meanings.
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@noindent
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Examples:
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@table @asis
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@item AE
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Apple Events
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@item AE
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Application Entity / Environment / Engineering (APE)
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@end table
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@node Explanations, References, Alternatives, Format
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@section Additional explanations
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@cindex Additional explanations
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@cindex Explanations, Additional
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@noindent
|
|
Terms in square brackets show additional explanations, of which do not
|
|
directly belong to the acronym's expansion, but rather to the acronym's
|
|
meaning.
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|
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|
@noindent
|
|
Examples:
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|
|
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@table @asis
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@item ARM
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|
Annotated [c++] Reference Manual
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@item RLL
|
|
Run Length Limited [encoding]
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|
|
|
@end table
|
|
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|
|
@node References, Concatenation, Explanations, Format
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@section Reference tags for acronyms
|
|
@cindex Acronyms, References for
|
|
@cindex References for acronyms
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|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
The terms in parenthesis which often appear behind the expansions are
|
|
reference links to certain topics or firms and should help you to get an
|
|
idea of in which context an acronym is being used.
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|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Examples:
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|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@item WB
|
|
WorkBench (Amiga)
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|
|
|
@item WYSIWYG
|
|
What You See Is What You Get (DTP)
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|
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Please note that the original version of V.E.R.A. is meant to be
|
|
formatted in a hypertext environment. Thus some references may seem
|
|
redundant in an environment which does not support such links.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Examples:
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@item API
|
|
Application Program Interface (API)
|
|
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
|
|
@node Concatenation, Versions, References, Format
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@section Concatenated acronyms
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Often-used concatenated acronyms appear without the space or any special
|
|
characters between them.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Examples:
|
|
|
|
@table @asis
|
|
@item AMTPE
|
|
Apple Media Tool Programming Environment (Apple), "AMT PE"
|
|
|
|
@item RISCOS
|
|
RISC Operating System (Acorn), "RISC OS"
|
|
|
|
@end table
|
|
|
|
|
|
@node Versions, File extensions, Concatenation, Format
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@section Acronyms pointing to versions
|
|
@cindex Acronyms pointing to versions
|
|
@cindex Versions, Acronyms pointing to
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
When there is a series of related acronyms differing by a number at the
|
|
end, V.E.R.A. usually has just one entry, which omits the number. For
|
|
example, there are many versions of MNP (Microcom Networking Protocol),
|
|
distinguished by numbers; but we do not list MNP4, MNP5 or MNP10, only
|
|
MNP.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
So if you look for an acronym that ends in a number, and you don't find
|
|
it, try leaving out the number(s).
|
|
|
|
|
|
@node File extensions, Gaps, Versions, Format
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@section File extensions
|
|
@cindex File extensions
|
|
@cindex Extensions (files)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Please note that file extensions are not covered by V.E.R.A. at the
|
|
moment, although some exceptions were made. You will not find things
|
|
like EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) or GIF (Graphics Interchange Format).
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
There are many such lists on the Internet if you should be looking
|
|
for file extensions.
|
|
|
|
|
|
@node Gaps, , File extensions, Format
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@section Gaps
|
|
@cindex Gaps
|
|
@cindex Expansions, Missing
|
|
@cindex References, Missing
|
|
@cindex Missing expansions or references
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
You will probably notice that some acronym expansions or references are
|
|
tagged with three question marks (@samp{???}). This indicates that an
|
|
expansion or reference is still missing or uncertain.
|
|
|
|
@node Acronym, History, Format, Top
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@chapter Acronym
|
|
@cindex Acronym, Definition of the term
|
|
@cindex Acronyms, Pronunciation of
|
|
@cindex Definition of the term acronym
|
|
@cindex Pronunciation of acronyms
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
An acronym is a word derived from the initial letters or
|
|
groups of letters of several other words.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Popular examples are: @*
|
|
@ifinfo
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@emph{Laser}, from "(l)ight (a)mplification by
|
|
(s)timulated (e)mission of (r)adiation",
|
|
@emph{Radar}, from "(ra)dio (d)etecting (a)nd
|
|
(r)anging" or @emph{snafu}, which should politely be rendered
|
|
as "(s)ituation (n)ormal, (a)ll (f)ouled
|
|
(u)p".
|
|
@end ifinfo
|
|
@iftex
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@emph{Laser}, from "@strong{l}ight @strong{a}mplification by
|
|
@strong{s}timulated @strong{e}mission of @strong{r}adiation",
|
|
@emph{Radar}, from "@strong{ra}dio @strong{d}etecting @strong{a}nd
|
|
@strong{r}anging" or @emph{snafu}, which should politely be rendered
|
|
as "@strong{s}ituation @strong{n}ormal, @strong{a}ll @strong{f}ouled
|
|
@strong{u}p".
|
|
@end iftex
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
The word acronym itself derives from the Greek words
|
|
@emph{akros} "the highest, the most outer" and @emph{onoma} "name".
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Please note that acronyms are always pronounced as the
|
|
spelling indicates.
|
|
|
|
|
|
@node History, Acknowledgments, Acronym, Top
|
|
@c node-name, next, previous, up
|
|
@chapter History and other useful information
|
|
@cindex Acronyms, How to submit new
|
|
@cindex Bugs, How to report
|
|
@cindex Call for submissions
|
|
@cindex Changes
|
|
@cindex Current maintainer
|
|
@cindex History
|
|
@cindex How to install in the Info environment
|
|
@cindex How to report bugs
|
|
@cindex How to submit new acronyms
|
|
@cindex Info environment, Installation in the
|
|
@cindex Installation in the Info environment
|
|
@cindex Maintainer, Current
|
|
@cindex News
|
|
@cindex Release notes
|
|
@cindex Reporting bugs
|
|
@cindex Requests
|
|
@cindex Submissions, Call for
|
|
|
|
@ifinfo
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
|
|
|
|
@end ifinfo
|
|
@noindent
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.10} (August 2020)
|
|
|
|
Version 7.10 (Texinfo release 1.24) contains about 450 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 12665 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Please use
|
|
|
|
@code{makeinfo --force vera.texi}
|
|
|
|
to compile the info file(s). They will work as expected.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.9} (February 2016)
|
|
|
|
Version 7.9 (Texinfo release 1.23) contains about 200 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 12214 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Please use
|
|
|
|
@code{makeinfo --force vera.texi}
|
|
|
|
to compile the info file(s). They will work as expected.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.8} (September 2014)
|
|
|
|
Version 7.8 (Texinfo release 1.22) contains about 130 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 12013 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Please use
|
|
|
|
@code{makeinfo --force vera.texi}
|
|
|
|
to compile the info file(s). They will work as expected.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.7} (January 2014)
|
|
|
|
Version 7.7 (Texinfo release 1.21a) is a bug fix release.
|
|
V.E.R.A. would not compile correctly with recent versions
|
|
of @file{makeinfo}.
|
|
|
|
This is still partly true to the nested structure of the
|
|
Top node: The convenient multicolumn letter listing is not
|
|
a menu section, which newer versions of @file{makeinfo} bleat
|
|
about. It is perfectly safe to ignore those errors for now.
|
|
|
|
Please use
|
|
|
|
@code{makeinfo --force vera.texi}
|
|
|
|
to compile the info file(s). They will work as expected.
|
|
|
|
In the process of cleaning up the Texinfo formatting I have
|
|
also replaced the GNU Free Documentation License (FDL) 1.2
|
|
with version 1.3.
|
|
|
|
Thanks to Dmitry Sivachenko < trtrmitya # gmail . com > for
|
|
pointing out the problems.
|
|
|
|
Sorry for the inconvenience.
|
|
May be V.E.R.A. needs beta testers ;-)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.7} (January 2014)
|
|
|
|
Version 7.7 (Texinfo release 1.21) contains about 70 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 11880 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Please note that Ryan Kavanagh < rak [at] debian . org >
|
|
now maintains the Debian vera package.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.6} (September 2013)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 7.6 (Texinfo release 1.20) contains about 440 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 11812 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
There has been a request to release a new GNU version of V.E.R.A.,
|
|
which took a while to accomodate, but still I am happy to follow.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.4} (September 2008)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 7.4 (Texinfo release 1.19) contains about 170 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 11373 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.3} (March 2007)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 7.3 (Texinfo release 1.18) contains about 177 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 11202 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.2} (June 2006)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 7.2 (Texinfo release 1.17) contains about 405 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 11025 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 7.0} (June 2005)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 7.0 (Texinfo release 1.16) contains about 106 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 10620 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.9} (March 2005)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.9 (Texinfo release 1.15) contains about 262 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 10514 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.7} (September 2004)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.7 (Texinfo release 1.14) contains about 92 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 10252 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Until I find out how to put V.E.R.A. back into the GNU system, I
|
|
will provide it on my home page at http://home.snafu.de/ohei.
|
|
I have repeatedly written to addresses given in postings,
|
|
asking for information on how to access the GNU server to
|
|
no availability. Those guys must be busy, very busy.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.6} (June 2004)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.6 (Texinfo release 1.13) contains about 290 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 10160 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Until I find out how to put V.E.R.A. back into the GNU system, I
|
|
will provide it on my home page at http://home.snafu.de/ohei.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.5} (December 2003)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.5 (Texinfo release 1.12) contains about 210 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 9870 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Until I find out how to put V.E.R.A. back into the GNU system, I
|
|
will provide it on my home page at http://home.snafu.de/ohei.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.3} (June 2003)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.3 (Texinfo release 1.11) contains about 150 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 9660 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
I had problems finding an proper way to upload the last release
|
|
(Texinfo release 1.10) to the GNU server. All seem to have changed,
|
|
the old FTP Server is down, my e-mail contact is gone etc.
|
|
|
|
Until I find out how to put V.E.R.A. back into the system, I
|
|
will provide it on my home page at http://home.snafu.de/ohei.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.2} (March 2003)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.2 (Texinfo release 1.10) contains about 300 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 9510 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
For the log: There neither had been a GNU nor a Non-GNU edition
|
|
of V.E.R.A. in September 2002.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 6.0} (June 2002)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 6.0 (Texinfo release 1.9) contains about 289 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 9203 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Fixed some formatting bugs which had accumulated. Thanks for
|
|
reporting those.
|
|
|
|
There has been a request to add a 'README' file to the
|
|
distribution. I added one.
|
|
|
|
Also added a Perl search routine for V.E.R.A. from
|
|
Andres Soolo < soolo [at] math . ut . ee >. You will find
|
|
it in the @code{./contrib} directory of the distribution.
|
|
For bug reports please contact Andres.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 5.8} (December 2001)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 5.8 (Texinfo release 1.8) contains about 426 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 8914 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 5.5} (March 2001)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 5.5 (Texinfo release 1.7) contains about 320 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about 8440 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
There had been no update of the GNU version for nearly a year,
|
|
which was mostly due to the lack of significant increase of
|
|
acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Please note that this is the first GNU edition of V.E.R.A.
|
|
to be released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
|
|
|
|
Please also note that Bob Hilliard < hilliard [at] debian . org >
|
|
now maintains the Debian vera package as well as the dict-* packages
|
|
for the Debian GNU/LINUX distribution.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 5.2} (June 2000)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Welcome to the first GNU edition of V.E.R.A. in the year 100,
|
|
eh, I mean 1900+100 :)
|
|
|
|
Version 5.2 (Texinfo release 1.6) contains about 500 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about
|
|
than 8119 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
There had been no update of the GNU version for over a year,
|
|
which was mostly due to the lack of significant increase of
|
|
acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Thanks to all the supporters, some of which did send huge
|
|
lists with new acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 4.7} (March 1999)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 4.7 (Texinfo release 1.5) contains about 100 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about
|
|
than 7592 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
Corrected a bug in my script to replace german comments
|
|
with the according english terms which led to the comment
|
|
brackets being deleted in every line touched by it.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 4.6} (December 1998)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 4.6 had not been released as Texinfo version,
|
|
because there was no significant increase in the count
|
|
of acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 4.5} (September 1998)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 4.5 (Texinfo release 1.4) contains about 90 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about
|
|
than 7490 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
I also received a lot of spelling corrections for the
|
|
acronym expansions as well as for the text of this
|
|
Texinfo release. Thanks to the submitters.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 4.4} (June 1998)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 4.4 (Texinfo release 1.3) contains about 250 acronyms
|
|
more than the last release. Now V.E.R.A. knows about more
|
|
than 7400 acronyms.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Version 4.2 had accidently been released containing
|
|
ISO 8859-1 characters. I received no complaints, but I
|
|
believe not everyone can display these characters as
|
|
meant to be, so I switched back to 7 bit with this version.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
Recently V.E.R.A. ran into copyright/trademark problems. It's
|
|
unbelievable how small the name space in the computer field
|
|
went over the years. To give you an example there are acronyms
|
|
in this list which have five or more different meanings.
|
|
However Systems Science Inc. agreed to solve the problem
|
|
by including the following sentence into the distribution:
|
|
"This dictionary has nothing to do with Systems Science Inc.
|
|
or its products."
|
|
Please don't wonder if you surprisingly run into this sentence.
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
@strong{Version 4.3} (March 1998)
|
|
|
|
@noindent
|
|
I found no time to release V.E.R.A. 4.3 as Texinfo version
|
|
in March 1998 as I was busy with other things. As compiling
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the Texinfo version is always additional work to do, I thought
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of to spare the March version and release the next Texinfo version
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on the next release date (June, 1st).
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@noindent
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@strong{Version 4.2}
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@noindent
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Version 4.2 contains about 180 acronyms more than the last release.
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I also received a mail from the folks who maintain the GNU catalogue.
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This may mean that V.E.R.A. will be included on the GNU CD-ROM
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distribution, but I'm not sure.
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@noindent
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@strong{Version 4.1} (December 1997)
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@noindent
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Version 4.1 contains about 500 acronyms more than the initial release.
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Now V.E.R.A. knows about more than 7000 acronyms.
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@noindent
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Besides I wrote a script which automagically translates the German
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references sometimes to be found behind the acronym expansions in the
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original version of V.E.R.A. into the appropriate English terms.
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It also adds `Germany' to German locations. However I still may have
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missed some German terms or locations.
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It is kind of awful to proof-read 7000 acronym expansions.
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If you still spot German terms in the references, please let me know
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about.
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@noindent
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@strong{Installation as Info file}
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@noindent
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If you like to install V.E.R.A. in your Info environment, there are three
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steps to do so:
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@enumerate
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@item
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Make an Info file from the Texinfo source, type:
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@kbd{makeinfo vera.texi}
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@noindent
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(The file extension may differ in your environment.)
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@item
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Copy the files generated by the previous step to the directory
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where the Info files reside on your site.
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@item
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Go to your Info directory and edit the @code{dir} file. Insert a line
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like the following where appropriate.
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@kbd{* V.E.R.A.: (vera). Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@end enumerate
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@noindent
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@strong{Bugs}
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@noindent
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This edition of V.E.R.A. has been translated from German and has not
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been intensively proofread. Please report bugs concerning the use of
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broken or unsound English used in this document to the current
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maintainer of this document.
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@noindent
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If you spot any faults in the acronym chapters, these will be considered
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a bug too. Please report those bugs to the current maintainer of this
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document.
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@noindent
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@strong{Call for submissions}
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@noindent
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This acronym list is not and will never be complete. However if you
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feel that something particular is missing, please submit it to the
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current maintainer. Your submission will be included in the next
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edition of V.E.R.A.
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@noindent
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@strong{Current maintainer}
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@noindent
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The current maintainer of this document is @*
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@value{ACTMAINTAINER} @value{MAINTAINEMAIL}
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@node Acknowledgments, Disclaimer, History, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@chapter Acknowledgments
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@cindex Acknowledgments
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@cindex Contributors
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@cindex Credits
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@cindex People who contributed
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@ifinfo
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@noindent
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@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@end ifinfo
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@noindent
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The following people contributed to this document: @*
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(In order to block spam-robots all @@ have been replaced with #.)
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@format
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peterk#cbmger.de.so.commodore.com
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Wolfgang Houben < castor#newswire.de >
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Hans Fischer < profi#romeo.berlinet.de >
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Harald Welte < h.welte#silver.nbg.sub.org >
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a.lessmann#link-k.zer
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Rainer Frohnhoff < r.frohnhoff#aworld.zer >
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Marcus Cai Degler < m.c.degler#ithh.sh.sub.de >
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Sven van der Meer < vdmeer#cs.tu-berlin.de >
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elmar#peggy.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de
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Patrick Hess < patrick.hess#metazoa.de >
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Hans-Georg Forster < h.g.forster#parabol.cl.sub.de >
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thahn#berg93.in-berlin.de
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jochen#wip.mhs.compuserve.com
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Stefan Rinne < s_rinne#trashcan.mcnet.de >
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Wolfgang Kopp < kopp#naranek.camelot.de >
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ismias#wi.uni-muenster.de
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smendoza#yeti.dit.upm.es
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tms#dame.shnet.org
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Alexander Senne < akki#terra-i.rhein-ruhr.de >
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Frank Schlueter < frs#frs.in-berlin.de >
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Frank-Th. Bonnemeyer < Frank-Thomas.Bonnemeyer#eds.com >
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Olaf Naumann < amandus#esrf.fr >
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Keith Edgerley < edgerley#ebu.ch >
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Kristian Koehntopp < kk#netuse.de >
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Andreas Kempf < Andreas_Kempf#sidoun.go.germany-online.de >
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Thomas Rexroth < 100414.42#compuserve.com >
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Christoph Lechner < Lechner#edvz.uni-linz.ac.at >
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Timothy Slater < t.slater#link-m.de >
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J.P. Lodge < jpl1#doc.ic.ac.uk >
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Andre Torrez < andre#frontside.com >
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Jeff Jewell < jcjewell#concentric.net >
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Peter H. Wendt < phw#compunet.de >
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Rene Caspersen < rene#sondagsavisen.dk >
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Carsten Schymik < cschy#zedat.fu-berlin.de >
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Noah Friedman < friedman#splode.com >
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Robert Bihlmeyer < robbe#orcus.priv.at >
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Matt Hillman < dhillman#netgate.net >
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Claude Gingras < CGingras#telebec.qc.ca >
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David Frewen < a-davfre#microsoft.com >
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Thorsten 'thh' Hempel < thh#valis.netestate.de >
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Bruno Haible < haible#ilog.fr >
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Andreas Waibel < Andreas.Waibel#studbox.uni-stuttgart.de >
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Martin Zierke < Martin.Zierke#gaia.de >
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Leonard < acmeman#myriad.net >
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Otto Stolz < Otto.Stolz#uni-konstanz.de >
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Wolfgang Borgert
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Stefan Hackebeil < stefan#hackebeil.l.uunet.de >
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Wolf Ivo Lademann < wil#kiel.netsurf.de >
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Werner Henze < beinhart#cs.tu-berlin.de >
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Kai Reese < reese#tecs.de >
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John L. Sokol < sokol#livecam.com >
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Guy Dumais < dumais#rgl.polymtl.ca >
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Gerhard Moeller < Gerhard.Moeller#offis.uni-oldenburg.de >
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Mike Moxcey < mmoxcey#email.aphis.usda.gov >
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Marco Koering < Marco.Koering#swisscom.com >
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Olaf Columbus < Olaf.Columbus#nortel-dasa.de >
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Craig Menefee < cmenefee#cwia.com >
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Kevin L. Burns < kburns#cogswell.edu >
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Timm Cordes < tc#Informatik.TU-Cottbus.DE >
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Thomas Ludwig < thomas_ludwig#hotmail.com >
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Torsten Halter < halter#prokom1.gg.uunet.de >
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Dr. Stephan Buehne < SBUEHNE#DE.oracle.com >
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H. Kronenberg < kronenberg#imst.de >
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Darren Baker < dbaker#tcon.net >
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Heiko Degenhardt < Heiko.Degenhardt#rz.tu-ilmenau.de >
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Simon Conti < sconti#dircon.co.uk >
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Mac Schwarz < mac#phil.uni-erlangen.de >
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Sven Heidelbach < Sven.Heidelbach#RegTP.de >
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Nicholas Stallard < Snowy#nsstalla.dialup.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de >
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Patrick Wibbeler pwibbele#Adobe.COM >
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Bastian Schick < elw5basc#gp.fht-esslingen.de >
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davint < davint#gensw.com >
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'The Lonegunmen' < tlgm#hamburg.crosswinds.net >
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Tim < directorSPAMMENOT#sympatico.ca >
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Daniel Lynde < Daniel.Lynde#Gateway.com >
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Jens Abromeit < jens.abromeit#tcpip-gmbh.de >
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Albrecht Schmiedel < atms#alibi.in-berlin.de >
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Joachim Nerz < nerz#rz.uni-mannheim.de >
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Prognos M. Voedisch < Michael.Voedisch#prognos.com >
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Peter A.Henning < P.Henning#FH-Karlsruhe.de >
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Ricardo Linden < rlinden#gotec.com.br >
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Robert Klemme < klemme#unity.de >
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Axel Kielhorn < A.Kielhorn#tu-bs.de >
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Mark Heitbrink < m.heitbrink#kamas.de >
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Philipp Steinau < Philipp.Steinau#gmx.de >
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Pressman AS/400 < STEVE.GIBSON#PRESSMAN-TOY.COM >
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Uwe Borchert < borchert#informatik.unibw-muenchen.de >
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Georg Oehl < oehlg#yahoo.com >
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Thomas Rohde < thomas.rohde#ecrc.de >
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Will < broly#online1.magnus1.com >
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Knut Kuelsen < Knut_K#kuelsen.de >
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Rene Ermler < rene.ermler#informatik.stud.uni-erlangen.de >
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Brian Hines < bhines#ppl.plesman.com >
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Tomasz Wegrzanowski < maniek#beer.com >
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Martin Mueller < martin.mueller#iuct.fhg.de >
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Florian Laws < florian#void.s.bawue.de >
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Adam Goode < adam#myrealbox.com >
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Henning Jonat < henningjonat#home.com >
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Norbert Zuber < zbx#topmail.de >
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Eckard Wolff Postler < Eckard.Wolff-Postler#Gtsgroup.com >
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Tomasz Wegrzanowski < maniek#beer.com >
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Jennifer < jenluk#chickmail.com >
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Nils < otott.buerotechnik#t-online.de >
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Ernst-Guenter Giessmann < ErnstG.Giessmann#telekom.de >
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Andreas Krause < andreas.krause#uni-dortmund.de >
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j l < jenluk#chickmail.com >
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Carsten Leonhardt < leo#debian.org >
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Robert D. Hilliard < hilliard#debian.org >
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Nils Rennebarth < nils#ipe.uni-stuttgart.de >
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Michael Schmitz < michael.schmitz#e-trend.de >
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Kerstin Assmus < praktika#bechtle.de >
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Michael Vielhaber < michael.vielhaber#fh-hof.de >
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Martin Biallas < martin#mbiallas.de >
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Joachim Ayasse < Joachim_Ayasse#genua.de >
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Arvind Mollin < amollin#cisco.com >
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Michael Ruehr < Michael.Ruehr#blb.de >
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Stefan Westerkamp < Stefan.Westerkamp#ger.sas.com >
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Nils Herzog < Nils.Herzog#DERTOUR.DE >
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Thomas Lack < lack#nexgo.de >
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Andreas Mock < A.Mock#tuvit.de >
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Volker Brune-Flueh < bruneflue#solutionline.com >
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Thimo Koenig < thimo.konig#evidian.com >
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Jim Scarborough < jims#iname.com >
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Falk Hauke < falk.hauke#gmx.de >
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Patrick Cowan < patrick#fifthera.com >
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Tomasz Wegrzanowski < taw#users.sourceforge.net >
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Christoph Probst < chris#cprobst.de >
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Tim Bannister < isoma#compsoc.man.ac.uk >
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Lutz Hohaus < lutz.hohaus#ruhr-uni-bochum.de >
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Ingo Maurer < ingo#maurer.net >
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Gerhard Brosig < Gerhard_Brosig#genua.de >
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Alois Reisinger < reisi#reisi.com >
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Brian Wolf/Dayacorp < brian.wolf.613#mindspring.com >
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Steven Duhon < SDuhon#mpea.com >
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< Philphillips28#aol.com >
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Axel Veil < Axel.Veil#mediaways.net >
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Tobias Ueberwasser < tobias.ueberwasser#cerberus.ch >
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Karsten Huppert < ed.treppuh-netsrak#karsten-huppert.de >
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Felix Schindele < zhamara#atheist.com >
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Klaus Juettermann < Klaus.Juttermann#sitel.de >
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Cecilie Rise < cecilie.rise#sbb.at >
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Jeff Orrok < jeff#rt.com >
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Ingo Russmann < ingo#linus.net-market.de >
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John E. Hein < jhein#timing.com >
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Christian Brandau < christian#cbra.de >
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Ben Armstrong < synrg#sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca >
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Matthias Kring < automatthias#web.de >
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Matthias Hinnah < mhinnah#deloitte.de >
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Axel Hornung < A.Hornung#ASC.DE >
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Jakob Hirsch < jh#plonk.de >
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Matt Zimmerman < mdz#csh.rit.edu >
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Stephan Boldt < Stephan.Boldt#epost.de >
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Pekka Lampila < medar#kapina.org >
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Maurice Leone < Leone.Maurice#swm.de >
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Michel Messerschmidt < 9messers#informatik.uni-hamburg.de >
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Chong Yidong < yidong#stanford.edu >
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Jan Neumann < jan.neumann#bln1.siemens.de >
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Heiko Reddingius < heiko-stg#reddingius.de >
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Christian Griebel < Christian.Griebel#merck.de >
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Pedro Izecksohn < izecksohn#yahoo.com >
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Boris Masinovsky < boma#cs.tu-berlin.de >
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Reinhard Scholz < Reinhard.Scholz#wimi.landsh.de >
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Leslie Polzer < leslie.polzer#gmx.net >
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Tobias Toedter < t.toedter#web.de >
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Dan Avramescu < Dan.Avramescu#t-systems.com >
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Martin Meyerspeer < e9325116#stud4.tuwien.ac.at >
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Arnaud Giersch < giersch#icps.u-strasbg.fr >
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Pierre-Paul Lavoie < ppl#nbnet.nb.ca >
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Jutta Wrage < jw#witch.westfalen.de >
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Pauli Manninen < pajuma#iki.fi >
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Matthew Harris < mharris#litech.org >
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David Mohn < david.mohn1#web.de >
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Steffen Beyer < sbeyer#reactor.de >
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Dr. David Linke < linke#aca-berlin.de >
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Alexander Kemp < Alexander.Kemp#gmx.de >
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Hans Thielen < hans.thielen#ipt.fraunhofer.de >
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Michael Wegner < michael-wegner#gmx.de >
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Vitaly Lipatov < lav#altlinux.ru >
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Ralph Bauer < rkhb#gmx.net >
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Markus Greil < m.greil#gcd-printlayout.de >
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Francesco Potorti < Potorti#isti.cnr.it >
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Ward Allen < Ward#sdfi.com >
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Andreas Pickart < vera#lehm.ath.cx >
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Thomas Duerholt < thomas.duerholt#gfd.de >
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Wouter Cloetens < wouter#mind.be >
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Bruno Bonfils < asyd#asyd.net >
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Justin Pryzby < jpryzby#quoininc.com >
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Christoph 'Mehdorn' Weber < christoph.weber#das-mehdorn.de >
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Heinz-Jürgen Oertel < oe#port.de >
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Caspar Wahl-vom Bruch < cwvb#wtal.de >
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Sasha Boyd < sasha.boyd#gov.adatsa.org >
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@format
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@group
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About 200 acronyms dealing with the ATM subject were taken
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from the online collection of the ATM forum.
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By courtesy of ATM forum.
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@end group
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@group
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Another batch of acronyms was taken from the freely available
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acronym collection "Internet Perls 22" (@emph{iperls22.zip}).
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By courtesy of William Hogg < wmhogg#execpc.com >.
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@end group
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@group
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A lot of military related acronyms as well as several others
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were taken from the online collection of the DISA Center for
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Standards.
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By courtesy of DISA Center for Standards.
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@end group
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@end format
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@noindent
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Thanks to all of them and everybody who should be missing
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accidently.
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@noindent
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Also thanks to the following people:
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@noindent
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Richard M. Stallman @*
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For his encouraging words to get this edition done and some comments
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on how a Texinfo file should be formatted.
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Also for the efforts taken to deal with the Systems Science Inc.
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copyright/trademark incident in April 1998.
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@noindent
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Horst von Brand < vonbrand#sleipnir.valparaiso.cl > @*
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For pointing to the inconsistency between the file name in
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@code{@@setfilename} (upper case) and the suggested info entry
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(lower case).
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@noindent
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Ricard Torres < root#tamino.udg.es > @*
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For pointing to some Un*x install problems in release 1.3.
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@noindent
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Carsten Leonhardt < leo#arioch.oche.de > @*
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For sending in a lot of spelling corrections for the
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text of release 1.3. It were 17 if I counted right.
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What a shame.
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@noindent
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H. Kronenberg < kronenberg#imst.de > @*
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For submitting numerous spelling corrections
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for acronym expansions.
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@noindent
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Henning Jonat < henningjonat#home.com > @*
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For sending a long list with acronym expansions which
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were still missing.
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@noindent
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Alexander Mai < st002279#hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de > @*
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For pointing out a left over ISO character my
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replacing routine had ignored and for suggesting
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to add a 'README' file to the distributon.
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@noindent
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Andres Soolo < soolo#math.ut.ee > @*
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For contributing a Perl search routine for V.E.R.A.
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@noindent
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Leslie Polzer < leslie.polzer#gmx.net > @*
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For pointing out that the definition of the word acronym
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contained "@emph{onyma}" which is aeolian while it should be
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"@emph{onoma}" which is the more common attic form.
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@noindent
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Vitaly Lipatov < lav#altlinux.ru > @*
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For taking the effort to proof-read V.E.R.A. and sending
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in 46 spelling corrections.
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@noindent
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< lolilolicon#gmail.com > @*
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For eliminating all the wrong double spaces and pointing
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out a formatting glitch.
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@node Disclaimer, GNU FDL, Acknowledgments, Top
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@c node-name, next, previous, up
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@chapter Disclaimer
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@cindex Copying policy
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@cindex Disclaimer
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@cindex Distribution policy
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@cindex Legal stuff
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@cindex Modifications policy
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@cindex Printing policy
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@cindex Translations policy
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@ifinfo
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@strong{V.E.R.A. --- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms}
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@end ifinfo
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@noindent
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This is a special GNU edition of V.E.R.A.,
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a list dealing with computational acronyms. It is currently
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maintained by @value{ACTMAINTAINER} @value{MAINTAINEMAIL}.
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@noindent
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Although V.E.R.A. has been corrected and worked over for
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quite a long time, no guarantee can be given for the
|
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correctness of any part of its contents. Please don't
|
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get it wrong and help to correct any faults you may find.
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@noindent
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Please send corrections to the current maintainer.
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@noindent
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The author suggests not to redistribute corrected versions
|
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of this document, but instead to inform the actual maintainer
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about corrections you might have. This would help not to
|
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confuse users because of different versions.
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@noindent
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For a complete legal disclaimer please read
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@ref{GNU FDL}.
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@noindent
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Within the above restrictions the distribution of this
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document is explicitly encouraged and I hope you'll find
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it of some value.
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@noindent
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Please note that another version of V.E.R.A. exists, which
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is not related to the GNU project.
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@noindent
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This dictionary has nothing to do with Systems Science Inc.
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or its products.
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Oliver Heidelbach (original author) @*
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@value{AUTHOREMAIL}
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@noindent
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Copyright @copyright{} 1993/@value{ACTYEAR}
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@node GNU FDL, Index, Disclaimer, Top
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@include fdl-1.3.texi
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@node Index, , GNU FDL, Top
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@comment node-name, next, previous, up
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@unnumbered Index
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@printindex cp
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@c I don't think a full TOC is needed.
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@summarycontents
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@bye
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