[Sigia-l] "Acrobat file" vs. "PDF file"

[Bob Stromberg]

PDF is to portable document file as JPG is to joint photographic experts
group.

Sometimes expanding the acronym helps with comprehension. Later, remembering
the full name requires some mental effort.

I'd be listening to crickets except that it's raining and I'm indoors.

Bob Stromberg
Cambridge, NY

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Skot Nelson <skot at penguinstorm.com> wrote:

> Any thoughts or strong preferences? I'm inclined to the latter in a search
> context, but could be swayed.
>
> (I view PDF files but I don't use Acrobat, making the former technically
> incorrect.)
>
> Cue the crickets...
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