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Revise specific guidance about avoiding 'CPU'#1289

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Revise specific guidance about avoiding 'CPU'#1289
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I would prefer to leave the entry for CPU and just state something like "This is a well-known abbreviation and is spelled in all uppercase without periods."

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@hugovk In case it is helpful. Here's the language that I shared with the Editorial Board last month:

Allow use of CPU in text. It is common in today's language. There is no need to expand to "Central Processing Unit" or "processor" or define the term.

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Thanks, I condensed those down to:

CPU
   Central processing unit. No need to spell out.

@hugovk hugovk changed the title Remove specific guidance about avoiding 'CPU' Revise specific guidance about avoiding 'CPU' Mar 15, 2024

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Thanks @hugovk. 🚢

@willingc willingc merged commit 3732839 into python:main Mar 15, 2024
@hugovk hugovk deleted the rm-cpu branch March 15, 2024 15:42
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Style guide: permit "CPU"?

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