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[โ€“] spazzman6156@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Ok I'm inferring here, but why does DSL mean more than one thing in the technology/computer field? The only one I know is Digital Subscriber Line

[โ€“] kevincox@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

Because every three letter acronym means more than one thing. There are only 17 576 TLA so they are going to be heavily duplicated.

You should almost always spell out acronyms on the first use.

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