USS - United Star Ship "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it"
TImOTHY Hillock EC/EDI PROGRAMMER/ANALYST Electronic Gateway Services (Tax ESD) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ken Brick Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 10:43 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: USS Folks, If people folllowed the principles used in academia et al, as I understand them, the first usage of a term is spelt out in full followed by in brackets the acromyn or abbreviation that will be used through the paper. For example Unix System Services (USS) United States Ship (USS) Then no one has a valid cause of complaint Ken ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html