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In the computer programming context, several long words are commonly abbreviated using the formula first letter, number of letters between, last letter.
Eg internationalization --> i18n
Is there a name for this technique of abbreviation?
Is there a name for the abbreviation so created?
According to i18nguy.com and Wikipedia, i18n is an example of a numeronym.
That is a word that uses numbers in it.
Other examples include K9 (dog), 411 (information), 101 (basic introduction to a subject).
