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Expand Up @@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ npm <command>

#### Is "npm" an acronym for "Node Package Manager"?

Contrary to popular belief, **`npm`** **is not** in fact an acronym for "Node Package Manager"; It is a recursive bacronymic abbreviation for **"npm is not an acronym"** (if the project was named "ninaa", then it would be an acronym). The precursor to **`npm`** was actually a bash utility named **"pm"**, which was the shortform name of **"pkgmakeinst"** - a bash function that installed various things on various platforms. If **`npm`** were to ever have been considered an acronym, it would be as "node pm" or, potentially "new pm".
Contrary to popular belief, **`npm`** **is not** an acronym for "Node Package Manager." It is a recursive backronymic abbreviation for **"npm is not an acronym"** (if the project were named "ninaa," then it would be an acronym). The precursor to **`npm`** was actually a bash utility named **"pm"**, which was the shortform name of **"pkgmakeinst"** - a bash function that installed various things on various platforms. If **`npm`** was ever considered an acronym, it would be "node pm" or, potentially, "new pm".