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 Youngsters and Cultural References - Zero
Like TnE I was in the TLA company b4 the dictionary was on "on line". "On Line" didn't exist, and there was a an official big blue company publication, with a publication number, that listed all the TLAs in use in the company. Except its a bit of a misnomer, as there were many three, four and five letter acronyms, anything above 4 usually got a slash to separate it.

Hence CICS, or SMP/E or S390 but OS/390


We did one of those in the bar drunken things on a residential course, and over the course of an evening we worked out that there were more than 2,500 three four or five letter acronyms in use, but more importantly, widely understood. I even worked in an acronym region EMEA.

Given the convoluted names of some of the stuff, it wasn't to keep the uninitiated in the dark, it was a requirement for effective communication.
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