Re: paper on FAQ's

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> On Wed, 26 Apr 1995, Bill Wohler wrote:
>
> Even the name -- Frequently Asked Questions -- no longer fits in
> all cases. Though generally called FAQs (since that term is so ingrained
> into net.culture), it's an entire family of informational documents, from
> newsgroup charters to lists of lists.

That's been a definite trend with most TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms) in use
the net. RFCs main purpose is no longer as a Request For Comment -- they
provide specifications. Heck, many TLAs are more than TLs in length --
like "HTML."

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