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perl -le 'print length("PRNG")'
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FOUR letter acronym?

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Re^3: max random
by gargle (Chaplain) on Sep 27, 2005 at 07:02 UTC

    My mistake, I should have linked to the jargon file, especially entry 2. The jargon file states that a TLA can have more than 3 letters!

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Re^3: max random
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 27, 2005 at 09:56 UTC
    TLA: Three Letter Acronym
    ETLA: Extended Three Letter Acronym
    DETLA: Double Extended Three Letter Acronym

    'TLA' is a TLA, 'ETLA' is a ETLA and 'DETLA' is a DETLA.

    AM