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"no change in the term (or its use) since its creation changes the fact that it originated as an acronym"

Exactly my point: what the original, evolved, etc. meaning is is irrelevant. We all get the jest of what the conversation is about when the term is used (unless you're talking about cleaning the kitchen sink).

Of course, this is your little world so you are its master - I just came back to see how hot the flames had gotten lol.

Peace.

Posted in /blog/2007/apr/ajax-is-not-an-acronym.

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 at 06:33:16: Link

I don't care what you, Jesse James Garrett, Microsoft, or anybody else calls it.

When he had the foresight to coin the intersection of Asynchronous JavaScript and XML with the term 'AJAX', he used it in the context of an acronym.

From the Merriam Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: ac·ro·nym

Pronunciation: 'a-kr-"nim

Function: noun

Etymology: acr- + -onym

: a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters

I listen to dictionaries, which is exactly why I change every occurance I comeacross into proper English when saving items to my del.icio.us account. Since AJAX is old news and there is nothing here to save, I'll skip this one though.

Posted in /blog/2007/apr/ajax-is-not-an-acronym.

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 at 17:26:11: Link