The number of recursive abbreviations is as follows:
Recursive abbreviation is an abbreviation that recursively references itself in the full name. Because it is recursive, it cannot be accurately interpreted. The earliest example may be visa: Visa International Service Association, which appeared in 1976.
Recursive Abbreviations:
Cygnus-Cygnus, your GNU support (though Cygnus says this is a backronym, while opponents maintain Cygnus, your GNU sucks)
Eine-Eine is not Emacs
Emacs-Emacs makes a computer slow
Gift-gift: Internet File Transfer, unofficially: "gift isn't FastTrack"
Ginac-ginac is not a cas
GNU-GNU's not UNIX
GNU Hurd-{Hurd = Hird of Unix-replacing daemons; Hird = Hurd of interfaces representing depth}
Lame-lame ain't an MP3 Encoder
Liar-Liar imitates apply recursively
Minc-minc is not c
Mince-mince is not complete Emacs
Mung-Mung until no good
Nil-nil isn' t liero
Php-PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
Pine-pine is not Elm
PNG-PNG's not GIF
Rpm-RPM package manager
Scaled-Scaled Composites: Advanced link to efficient development
Tint-tint is not Teco
TRM-TRM recognizes music
TTP-the TTP Project
Visa-Visa International Service Association
Winamp-Winamp is not an MP3 player
Wine = wine is not an emulator
Yaml = yaml ain't Markup Language
Yodl = yodl online distributed Ludo
Zara = Zara's against recursive Acronyms
Zinf-zinf is not freea * P!
Zinn = Zinn is not notes
Zwei = zwei was eine initially
As you can see, many of them are familiar terms or software, such as cygnus, emacs, GNU, PHP, PNG, wine, etc. But do you know what it means before?
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