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David Demyan wondered: <<This is just a quick informal survey to see if
we need to be more explicit in our documents with a fairly technical
audience.>>
If that audience is technical writers, then you've come to the right
place for your poll. If not, perhaps you should reconsider whether
we're the right group to be asking this question. That being said:
<<please respond directly to me YES or NO if you know what the term
VoIP means.>>
If it means "Voice over Internet" protocol, then put me down as a
"yes", though I'd have to research the nitty gritty details of just
what that particular term means. If not, count me as a "no".
I suggest that irrespective of your target audience and the results of
the poll, you follow a time-honored tradition and define the acronym
the first time it appears (and again in a glossary). Unless your
audience is specifically and exclusively people who work with Internet
telephony applications, they'll thank you for your consideration. (Even
then.) That's the easiest way to ensure that the 10%, 1%, 0.1%, or
0.01% of your audience who don't know the term can discover its meaning
easily.
--Geoff Hart ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca
(try geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com if you don't get a reply)
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