Non-technical Examples
Recursive acronyms are not limited to computing terminology. For example:
- TIARA — TIARA is a recursive acronym
- GURGA - Group of Useless Recursive and Gurga Acronyms.
- Shavuot - שבעת is interpreted as also an acronym for Shavuot, Bikkurim, Atzeret, Torah, in Hasidic thought.
Some organizations have been named or renamed in this way:
- BWIA — BWIA West Indies Airways (formerly British West Indian Airways)
- GES — GES Exposition Services (formerly Greyhound Exposition Services)
- LINK — Link Interchange NetworK, the UK ATM switching organization.
- Heil — Heil Environmental Industries Limited, maker of garbage trucks
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