Does this need emphasis?

[Ceri Davies]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 09:52:25AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 03:42:09PM +0000, Tom Hukins wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 12:07:13PM +0000, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2004 at 07:31:31PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > > >             <para><emphasis>PXE</emphasis>: The &intel; Preboot Execution
> > > >               Environment system is a form of smart boot ROM built into some
> > > >               networking cards or motherboards.  See &man.pxeboot.8; for more
> > > >               details.</para>
> > > > 
> > > > I think that the emphasis markup here is extraneous.  Does anybody mind
> > > > if I get rid of it?
> > > 
> > > Nope.  <acronym> might be a better choice.
> > 
> > A minor point:  Technically, this is an abbreviation, not an acronym,
> > as each letter in PXE is pronounced individually.  Therefore, <abbrev>
> > might be a better choice.
> 
> You want pedantic, you go it.
> 
> According to my reading of the duck book, <acronym> would be more
> appropriate.  It says:
> 
> 	Abbrev
> 		An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.
> 	Acronym
> 		An _often_ pronounceable word made from the initial (or 
> 		selected) letters of a name or phrase.
> 
> [emphasis mine]
> 
> By this definition, PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) is clearly an 
> acronym.

I agree, and that's what I've committed.

As a side point, I think it would be nice if we changed firstterms to
link to the glossary if building with WITH_GLOSSARY.  I don't really
have time to work on this at the moment, so if anybody can beat me to
it, please do.

Ceri
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