Abstract
Abbreviating words into useful mnemonic names has been a primary concern of programmers from the earliest days of computing. There are many abbreviating schemes about, and each programmer seems to have a favorite. However, processes are only as effective as the tenets upon which they are built. Methods that are not well thought out and principled are not able to handle the stream of coding alterations that occur during maintenance.
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Smith, D.D. (1999). Abbreviations and Mnemonics. In: Designing Maintainable Software. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1500-4_7
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