Recursive acronym
Updated: 07/13/2023 by Computer Hope
A recursive acronym is an acronym that refers to itself in its full form. For example, GNU is short for "GNU's Not Unix" and contains "GNU" in its full form.
Computer-related recursive acronyms
The following list are examples of computer-related recursive acronyms.
- ATI (ATI Technologies Inc.)
- cURL (cURL URL Request Library)
- Darcs (Darcs Advanced Revision Control System)
- GNU (GNU's Not Unix)
- LAME (LAME ain't an MP3 encoder)
- PNG (portable network graphics)
- RPM (RPM Package Manager)
- WINE (WINE Is Not an Emulator)
- XNA (XNA's Not Acronymed)
- YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language)