Tag: attention to detail
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Not an Acronym
People in the tech industry infamously like acronyms. So much indeed that they sometimes turn perfectly normal words into something that looks like an acronym or initialism. The following list contains words that I’ve often seen used as if they were acronyms, possibly because their actual meaning wasn’t known or…
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Git is not an Acronym
“Git,” the name of the popular version control system, is not an acronym but an English slang term chosen by developer Linus Torvalds. Many incorrectly spell it as “GIT”. Learning the background of tools, such as Git, can help in developing intuition and mastery beyond the absolute basics.
