On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 07:55:30 +0100, Hugh de G you wrote:
>>At 18:50 08/08/1996 -0400, Trefor wrote:
>>>In a message dated 07/08/96 00:19:05, ChristopherCollins writes:
>>>
>>>>Acronyms can be a little
>>>>intimidating if they are not universal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Can I again ask if we should set up an acronym glossary?
>>>
>There are glossaries on the net - I located one with YAHOO last year but
>have lost the URL. It had some 17,000 entries plus a wish list of acronyms
>it had heard of but didn't kow the meaning of, amongst which was HISS.
>Adrian Stokes and I produced a slim volume of acronyms and abbreviations
>used in health informatics and in the NHS last year (the BJHC Abbreviary)
>which ran to some 3500 entries, about 2500 computing-related and 1000 of the
>things the young clinical secretary ought to know. Cassell does the Cassell
>Dictionary of Abbreviations with 40,000 entries across a wide range of
>subjects plus a number of Latin, French, and German abbrevs.
Try
http://www.ihi.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/explain
TTFN
John Farenden
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