Meaning of abbreviated terms

Fri May 11 02:28:06 EDT 2018

On Fri, 11 May 2018 07:20:36 +0000, Bob Martin wrote:

> in 793605 20180511 044309 T Berger <brgrt2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 6:45:46 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote:
>>> On 2018-05-05 17:57, T Berger wrote:
>>> > What does the "p" in "plist" stand for? Is there a python glossary
>>> > that spells out the meanings of abbreviated terms?
>>> >
>>> "plist" is "property list". It's listed in the Python documentation.
>>
>>Thanks for the answer. Missed it till now.
> 
> In IBM-speak it was parameter list.

But that's not where plists came from, was it? As I understand it, the 
plist data format was invented by Apple, and they called it a property 
list.

-- 
Steve