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RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome) is a humourous term referring to the common mistake of using one of the words which make up an acronym or initialism as well as the abbreviation itself, thus essentially repeating that word. This is a form of pleonasm.The term is of course an example in itself, but perhaps the most common example is " PIN number", and the phenomenon has also been labelled PNS syndrome for "PIN Number Syndrome syndrome". Other examples include " GUI interface", " ISBN number", " ATM machine", " LCD display", " HIV virus", and the phrase "the CNN Network". A more subtle example is the phrase "please RSVP", which can be seen to be redundant once it is realised that RSVP comes from the French phrase répondez s'il vous plaît, meaning "please respond".
Doubly redundant examples are also sometimes heard, such as "personal PIN number" and " CSS style sheets", and even more redundancy is possible. In one Dilbert comic strip, Dilbert states that the "TTP" project refers to "The TTP Project" (which is also an example of a recursive acronym).
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Some examples have become so common that to say otherwise can lead to confusion. The sentence "I can't remember my PIN" when spoken does not distinguish between a pin and the acronym PIN. People are simply more used to hearing "pin number" and, though technically incorrect, is widely accepted in the spoken form. When written it is more important to get the usage correct. Examples have been known of bank correspondence using the phrase "Personal Identification Number (PIN) number", a clear example of bad copy editingCopy editing is the process of an editor making formatting changes and other improvements to text. Copy in this case a noun, refers to matter (such as handwritten or typewritten pages) to be set (as in typesetting) for printing. The job is called sub-edit.
It should also be noted that certain occurrences are in the interest of clarity: for example, when discussing a mainframe computertower of a personal computer. A computer is a device for making calculations or controlling operations that are expressible in numerical or logical terms. While factually accurate, this definition and those found in other dictionaries are so broad that th's requirements, AC might refer to air conditioningNote: in the broadest sense, "air conditioning" can refer to any form of " heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. This article is specifically about the use of refrigeration for this purpose. The first album of the pop group Curved Air was Airconditi or alternating currentAn alternating current AC is an electrical current, where the magnitude of the current varies in a cyclical form, as opposed to direct current, where the polarity of the current stays constant. The usual waveform of an AC circuit is generally that of a pe depending on the context; the redundant phrase "AC current" can be used to distinguish them. In addition, in many technical contexts, it is highly desirable to be specific as possible, even at the cost of some off-putting redundancy.
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