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by taneq 1296 days ago
Even that link was 5 pages in (on my phone) before it deigned to mention:

> It is a Conflict-free Replicated Data Type (CRDT)

What happened to the idea of defining all non-universally-recognised acronyms the first time you use the term? With people making up new terms exponentially faster than ever before, it’s now more important than ever.

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To be fair it's one of those terms where merely expanding the acronym doesn't help you much understand what it is. Or if you know what a "Conflict-free Replicated Data Type" is, you've probably heard the acronym more than a few times.
The first use is a hyperlink to a whole article defining the term, what are you on about?
TBF, it uses the acronym 8 times across 500 words before giving you the actual term.
Also, outside the page title/headings and the reference to the name of said external paper the first use in the document _is_ where they use the expanded name.
five pages down.