If I'm writing a technical document (i.e. writing on a technical topic),
I might need to refer to the semiconductor type, but I am exceedingly
unlikely to ever refer to a style manual.
If I am writing about the practice of technical writing, on the other
hand, it's pretty unlikely that I will ever have to refer to types of
semiconductors, and if I do I will certainly know to expand the
acronym.
From: Bill Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Asking a favor
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 15:28:57 -0400
... and breed further confusion with CMOS, which means Complementary Metal
Oxide Semiconductor, and is commonly seen in tech writing.
- web
At 2:03 PM -0500 2/2/07, Fred Ridder wrote:
>Chicago Manual of Style is often abbreviated CMoS to avoid this
>confusion.
>
>
>
>>From: Stuart Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: Asking a favor
>>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:51:40 -0500
>>
>>Grant Hogarth wrote:
>>>CMS = "Content Management System" (Not always equal to "Contentment
>>>management system" <g>)
>>>
>>
>>Unless the topic is style guides, in which case it's the Chicago Manual
of Style...
>>
>>--
>>Stuart Rogers
>>Technical Communicator
>>Phoenix Geophysics Limited
>>Toronto, ON, Canada
>>+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
>>
>>srogers phoenix-geophysics com
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