backronym (back acronym)

The treatment of a word as an acronym even though it is not. For

example, ping is a utility used to test a path from one host computer to another across an IP-based network in what is essentially a command to echo the packet from the remote host computer back to the originating host. Ping is a word, not an acronym. However, Dr. David L. Mills reverse-engineered ping into an acronym for packet Internet groper and a great many people believe that was the original meaning. It was not. See also acronym, anacronym, and ping.

• Facsimile over Internet Protocol (FoIP)
• fair use policy
• fallback modem
• Family Radio Service (FRS)
• fantail circuit
• far-end cross talk (FEXT)
• farther
• fast busy signal
• FAST (Framed ATM over SONET/SDH Transport)
• fast packet services
• fast retrain
• fat access point
• fat AP (fat Access Point)
• fat client
• FATE (Frame-based ATM Transport over Ethernet)
• fatware
• fault management
• fax emulation
• fax (facsimile)
• fax-on-demand (FOD)
• fax-on-demand (FOD)
• Fax over Internet Protocol (FoIP)
• Fax over Internet Protocol (FoIP)
• fax relay
• fax spoofing