Abbreviations
To maintain manageable-length identifiers, developers often abbreviate words when constructing identifiers. If these abbreviations are not carefully chosen, they can create confusion.
Following is a list of acceptable abbreviations (in alphabetical order of abbreviated word).
- Warning
- Don't use other abbreviations.
- Note
- Propose additions if you feel something's missing.
Original Word abbreviation
- acknowledge ack
- allocate alloc
- callback cb
- concatenate cat
- delete del
- file descriptor fd
- forward fwd
- handle hndl
- handler hdlr
- initialize init
- iterator it
- laugh out loud lol :)
- message msg
- negative acknowledge nack
- number num
- number of count
- pointer ptr
- previous prev
- receive rx
- reference ref
- register reg
- timer tmr
- transaction txn
- transmit tx
Other C language standards' pages:
Naming Standards
Variables & Function Parameters
C Language Standards
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