Numeronym

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A numeronym is a word that contains at least one number as a representative short form. It is a special case of the abbreviation .

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This article or section needs to be revised: "of this type" needs to be clarified. The reference refers to English terms such as S12n, m17n (multilingualization), i18n (internationalization), i.e. first letter-number-final letter. German 08/15 is certainly older, but of a different kind. O5 (reference to World War II etc.) also existed before 1985.
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According to Tex Texin, the first symbol of this kind was “S12n”: the email name given to Jan Scherpenhuizen, an employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) around 1985 . This was because his last name was too long to be an account name. Many colleagues could not pronounce this name either and found it easier to call it “S12n” for short, because there were 12 letters between the first and last letter of his name. The use of such abbreviations soon became part of DEC's corporate culture . Often the number 2 is used for the word "to" ( German zu ) because of its homophony , z. B. F 2 P for free- to- play.  

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  1. ↑ a b i18n ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / erdfisch.de
  2. ↑ Tex Texin: Origin Of The Abbreviation I18n . Retrieved February 12, 2014.