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Quiz : What do these acronyms mean ? (HTML, PHP, SQL...)

Clément Gaudinière on December 28, 2021

Hello, today I propose you a quiz to test your knowledge on the acronyms of the web languages, some will seem easier than others of course, but do ...
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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

You haven't included the correct answer for PHP.

PHP is a recursive acronym for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor

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Clément Gaudinière

This question is a trap since the letters are not in the right order.

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Jon Randy 🎖️

What do you mean? The letters are in the correct order

P HP
H ypertext
P reprocessor

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Clément Gaudinière • Edited

Where does the first letter come from ? I wanted to say that compared to the other propositions of the quiz, this one was not obvious since the answer does not start with a P

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Jon Randy 🎖️ • Edited

The P comes from PHP... as I said, it's a recursive acronym. Other examples include:

  • WINE – WINE Is Not an Emulator.
  • cURL – cURL URL Request Library.
  • RPM – RPM Package Manager
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Clément Gaudinière

Or Bing:

  • Bing is not Google

For php historically, this recursive acronym was the abbreviation of Personal Home Page; in 2008, the recursive acronym is the official meaning of PHP. So it is a recursive acronym but for me it is a special case.

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Yes, it was originally Personal Home Page. How is it a special case? It's no different to the other recursive acronyms

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Clément Gaudinière • Edited

It later became a recursive acronym, but it was not initially recursive, unlike many others. But I have now specified in the article that PHP is a recursive acronym. Thanks.

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Azlan-Syed

i know them all btw you haven't included php ?

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Clément Gaudinière

The question XVI is about PHP.

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Azlan-Syed

oh sorryyy

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Clément Gaudinière

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