Top "Abbreviation" questions

For questions related to short forms of words or phrases.

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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