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WeeWilly		 How did the anagram ACIS come about? View All
The letters A C I S were formed to represent a standard that most of us use today. What does it stand for?
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Niel Leon
 Willy:

Do you mean acronym instead of anagram?

As with any acronym, you really need to use it in context. In a Google search I found at least 5 different usages of ACIS. They all have very unique usages.

Also, the standard for usage is to define it in a document before using it. This helps remove the ambiguity

If you are talking about it in relationship to 3D CAD then there is some argument whether it is even an acronym. See the wikipedia reference below.

Some acronyms have even moved to the common enough usage were they are now accepted words (e.g. radar, laser).

Niel

5 months ago

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACIS


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