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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (05 January 2017) [foldoc]:
three-letter acronym
TLA
(TLA) The canonical, self-describing acronym for the
name of a species with which computing terminology is infested.
Examples include MCA, FTP, SNA, CPU, MMU, DMU, FPU,
TLA.
This dictionary contains many TLAs.
Sometimes used by extension for any confusing acronym. People
who like this looser usage argue that not all TLAs have three
letters, just as not all four-letter words have four letters.
One also hears of "ETLA" (Extended Three-Letter Acronym) being
used to describe four-letter acronyms. The term "SFLA"
(Stupid Four-Letter Acronym) has also been reported.
See also YABA.
The self-effacing phrase "TDM TLA" (Too Damn Many...) is used to
bemoan the plethora of TLAs in use. In 1989, a random of the
journalistic persuasion asked hacker Paul Boutin "What do you
think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90s?"
Paul's straight-faced response: "There are only 17,000
three-letter acronyms." (To be exact, there are 26^3 = 17,576.)
(2014-08-14)