Re: note 16875 added to faq.general

From: Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 17:32:56 +0000
Subject: Re: note 16875 added to faq.general
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On November 16, 2001 09:39 am, abbie@abbiethoms.com wrote: > What does PHP stand for? Thanks for the note! I have added an entry ot the FAQ. To answer your question, PHP stands for 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor' This confuses many because the acronym is the first word in the acronym - this type of acronym is called a recursive acronym. Drop by foldoc.org if you are curious about recursive acronyms. -- Zak Greant PHP Quality Assurance Team http://qa.php.net/ "We must be the change we wish to see." - M. K. Ghandi

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