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Subject:Proper proper noun use From:Dave Prior <triton!dap -at- UUSTAR -dot- STARNET -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 24 Mar 1995 07:10:08 CST
Mark Levinson said:
> To progress from solicited opinions to unsolicited, though...
> (a) Broadband Network Analyzer is certainly not a very distinctive
> name and I think anyone would have a tough time claiming it as
> a trademark, and (b) it's a woefully long name; I'd suggest
> using "BNA" extensively in your documentation. (No, not
> "the BNA"...)
I deal with a product with a long, unwieldy name: "Communications Control
Center". The documentation, after an introduction, uses the abreviation
"C3". Problem solved!
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