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« on: September 21, 2021, 10:21:42 AM »
As someone who drives a steam Jazz (modern in it's day) but likes to keep up with current thinking, I wonder if someone would please produce a "sticky" on all the abbreviations one needs to know to drive a modern Honda Jazz today.

I’m OK with TPMS (I think).

What do LKAS, ACC, RDMS and all the others stand for?

Anything post 2015 would be good!  :)

Thank you

PS

CMBS - anyone? Google suggests Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS).

For RDMS - Google suggests Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS). :-[

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2021, 11:14:32 AM »

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2021, 11:22:43 AM »
RDMS = Road Departure Mitigation System, often referred to as just RDM (Road Departure Mitigation)

DWS = Deflation Warning System - an Indirect version (Non-pressure sensors) of TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System)

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2021, 12:57:02 PM »
WTFDTM

(translation, I truly wonder what on earth that could possibly mean)  ;D

NIWTI (no idea what that is)

HACAT (haven't a clue about that)

TUTWIWNU (totally useless thing which I will never use)

CRHTAI (can't remember how to adjust it)
« Last Edit: September 28, 2021, 12:58:45 PM by embee »

WelshBeauty

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #4 on: September 28, 2021, 03:43:29 PM »
Acronyms and not Abbreviations.

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #5 on: September 28, 2021, 05:20:33 PM »
Acronyms and not Abbreviations.

If it's an abbreviation which is pronounceable as a word it's an acronym, e.g. NATO, SNAFU. 

If it's just a succession of consonants which isn't pronounceable as a word, it's an abbreviation, e.g. RDMS, RTFM.

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2021, 05:36:38 PM »
Acronyms and not Abbreviations.

If it's an abbreviation which is pronounceable as a word it's an acronym, e.g. NATO, SNAFU. 

If it's just a succession of consonants which isn't pronounceable as a word, it's an abbreviation, e.g. RDMS, RTFM.
That is incorrect.  An acronym is an abbreviation but more specifically it is formed from the first letters of a multi-word term.

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Re: Abbreviations
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2021, 08:54:27 PM »
Acronyms and not Abbreviations.

If it's an abbreviation which is pronounceable as a word it's an acronym, e.g. NATO, SNAFU. 

If it's just a succession of consonants which isn't pronounceable as a word, it's an abbreviation, e.g. RDMS, RTFM.
That is incorrect.  An acronym is an abbreviation but more specifically it is formed from the first letters of a multi-word term.
Strictly speaking they are initialisms unless the letters form a readable word.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/whats-an-acronym
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I find all these abbreviations a PITA. ( but which is that? :-\ )
Added comment.
TTFN
« Last Edit: September 29, 2021, 08:35:48 AM by JimSh »

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