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Revise specific guidance about avoiding 'CPU' #1289

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Remove specific guidance about avoiding 'CPU'
hugovk Mar 14, 2024
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Retain CPU entry: no need to spell out
hugovk Mar 15, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -79,12 +79,7 @@ C API
to write extension modules. All caps and unhyphenated.

CPU
For "central processing unit." Many style guides say this should be
spelled out on the first use (and if you must use it, do so!). For
the Python documentation, this abbreviation should be avoided since
there's no reasonable way to predict which occurrence will be the
first seen by the reader. It is better to use the word "processor"
instead.
Central processing unit. No need to spell out.

POSIX
The name assigned to a particular group of standards. This is always
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