Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ihnp4!ihlpf!apxpecc
From: apxpecc@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Jeffrey P. Horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 6386 WGS - What does the suffix 'WGS' mean?
Message-ID: <5308@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Jul 88 21:18:20 GMT
References: <365@pyuxf.UUCP> <1403@lznv.ATT.COM> <25057@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <5282@ihlpf.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: apxpecc@ihlpf.UUCP (Jeffrey P. Horvath)
Organization: AT&T Network Systems, Lisle IL
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In article <5282@ihlpf.ATT.COM> cem@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Malloy) writes:
>In article <25057@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, brand@janus.uucp (Graham Brand) writes:
>> I have seen the suffix WGS appended to both the 6386 and the older
>> 6300 machines. Is it an acronym for something and, if so, what?
>
>WGS is indeed an acronym. It stands for Work Group System.  The older

I think people should be clear about the use of the word "acronym" versus
"abbreviation".  Based on WEBSTER's Collegiate Dictionary,
an acronym is a word formed from the initial letter or letters of each of
the successive parts or major parts of  a compound term (as "radar" or "snafu").
An abbreviation is the shortened form of a written word or phrase.
In my opinion, WGS is an abbreviation, NOT an acronym.  I feel
too many people within AT&T are quick to call their abbreviations acronyms
without realizing that there is a world of difference between the two.