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What does `hl` stand for?

Various Google API endpoints and webpages use a hl=<language code> parameter in the query string to set …

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What does MR version stand for?

Today I got Android ICS update. The system shows version "Ice Cream Sandwich MR1". I know alpha, beta, rc, rtm, …

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What is the easiest or most effective way to convert month's abbreviation to a number in Perl? (ie "jan" to 1)

If I import a library to use a method, would it be worth it? Does importing take up a lot …

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Naming convention for upper case abbreviations

Should a method that returns an XML stream be called public Stream getXmlStream(); or instead public Stream getXMLStream(); What's your …

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Python - How to intuit word from abbreviated text using NLP?

I was recently working on a data set that used abbreviations for various words. For example, wtrbtl = water bottle bwlingbl = …

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Check if a string is a possible abbrevation for a name

I'm trying to develop a python algorithm to check if a string could be an abbrevation for another word. For …

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What does ZIP stand for (the compression format, not the postal codes)

Does anybody know for what the acronym ZIP stands for which was and is used in programs like PKZIP and …

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