Initials

It makes sense that people who talk and write about a common subject might develop a short word or set of letters to refer to their subject instead of writing out a long name over and over.  In addition, the modern business world searches for meaningful, memorable product names or tries to invent them.  Google Search, Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Duckduckgo, Apple Safari and other software will search the internet to offer definitions and explanations when I run into an acronym or new word.  They help when my aging memory can’t produce a term that I used to know. 

 “Recognition works when memory doesn't” is a principle that people who 

write tests understand, too.  When I can’t think of my greatgrandmother’s last name, I may be able to recognize it in a list of possibilities.

Would you rather type “antiphospholipid syndrome “  or APS over and over?