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Subject:Re: What do you call this? From:Rick Lanser <rickl -at- SLIP -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 19 Jul 1995 12:46:05 -0400
Nancy Holt inquired:
>I'm writing a definition of the word bit. It is "short for" binary
>digit. Is there a more formal word for "short for" here? It's not an
>acronymn or initialism or anything like this. What is it?
Might I suggest you could legitimately call it a contraction? I know it
lacks the apostrophe, but otherwise the description seems to fit.
Rick Lanser
Publishing Specialist, Graco Children's Products, Inc.
rickl -at- slip -dot- net
Don't put a damper on my metaphors.
