Editing Recursive acronym (section)

==Other examples==

===Companies and organizations===
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* BWIA: [[BWIA West Indies Airways]] (formerly British West Indian Airways)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Airline Timetable Images|url=https://www.timetableimages.com/|access-date=2021-11-16|website=www.timetableimages.com}}</ref>
* [[Cygnus Solutions|CYGNUS Solutions]]: "Cygnus, Your GNU Solutions"
* [[HIJOS]]: Hijas e Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio<ref>{{cite web|title=H.I.J.O.S.|url=https://cl.boell.org/es/2010/10/05/hijos-hijas-e-hijos-por-la-identidad-y-la-justicia-contra-el-olvido-y-el-silencio|lang=es|date=5 October 2010|author=Paloma de la Paz Montes Araya|work=[[Heinrich Böll Foundation|Heinrich Böll Stiftung]] - Santiago de Chile|accessdate=20 June 2024}}</ref> (literally, "Daughters and Sons for Identity and Justice against Forgetfulness and Silence")
* [[HIM International Music|HIM]]: HIM International Music, Taiwanese independent record label
* [[Mega (service)|MEGA]]: MEGA Encrypted Global Access<ref>{{cite web|title=MEGA|url=https://mega.co.nz/#help|access-date=19 January 2013|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102235347/https://mega.co.nz/#help|url-status=live}}</ref>
* MOM: MOM's Organic Market<ref>{{cite web |title=MOM's Organic Market homepage |url=https://momsorganicmarket.com/ |publisher=MOM's Organic Market |access-date=8 June 2022 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610113426/https://momsorganicmarket.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* SAAB: [[Saab Automobile AB]]
* TAP: TAP Air Portugal
* VISA: [[Visa International Service Association]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Visa International Service Association|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/4824Z:US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425235757/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/4824Z:US|archive-date=April 25, 2021|access-date=2021-11-16|website=www.bloomberg.com}}</ref>
* [[ZINC database|ZINC]]: ZINC Is Not Commercial
* OIL: [[Oil India|Oil India Limited]]. However it can be debatable as "Oil" is a noun and the company is in the oil industry.
* [[Die PARTEI]]: Die Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung und basisdemokratische Initiative (Literally, "Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative"), a German satirical political party. Note that the German Article "Die" (literally "The") does not count into the recursive acronym itself.{{Div col end}}

===In media===
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*The initials for the [[Commodore CDTV]] stand for Commodore Commodore Dynamic Total Vision.
* TTP: a technology project in the ''[[Dilbert]]'' comic strip. The initials stand for "The TTP Project".<ref>{{cite web |title=Dilbert's TTP Project |url=http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-05-18 |website=Dilbert |access-date=9 July 2018 |archive-date=10 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710012425/http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-05-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Grunge|GRUNGE]]: defined by [[Homer Simpson]] in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode ''[[That '90s Show (The Simpsons)|That '90s Show]]'' as "Guitar Rock Utilizing Nihilist Grunge Energy", another uncommon example of a recursive acronym whose recursive letter is neither the first nor the last letter.
* [[Bob (Twin Peaks)|BOB]]: the primary antagonist from the series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''. His name itself is an acronym standing for "Beware of BOB".
* [[KOS-MOS]]: a character from the ''[[Xenosaga]]'' series of video games. "KOS-MOS" is a recursive acronym meaning "Kosmos Obey Strategical Multiple Operation System". 
* [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]]'s "A・I・R" stands for "AIR IN RESORT".
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===Brands and products===
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* [[Mazda MX-5|MIATA]]: MIATA is Always the Answer<ref name=MSN-AA1jnSBk> {{Cite web |url= https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/miata-is-the-answer-why-i-finally-bought-one/ar-AA1jnSBk |title= Miata Is The Answer: Why I Finally Bought One |author= David LaChance |date= 4 November 2023 |agency= Hemmings |publisher= MSN }} </ref>
* The [[GNU Hurd]] project is named with a mutually recursive acronym: "Hurd" stands for "Hird Unix-Replacing [[Daemon (computer software)|Daemon]]s", and "Hird" stands for "Hurd Interfaces Representing Depth."
* [[Jini]] claims the distinction of being the first recursive anti-acronym: 'Jini Is Not Initials'.<ref>[http://www.artima.com/jini/faq.html#acronym ''FAQ for JINI-USERS Mailing List''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130917065721/http://www.artima.com/jini/faq.html#acronym |date=17 September 2013 }}, Retrieved 18 November 2013</ref><ref>Introduction to ''The Jini Specification,'' Arnold et al, Pearson, 1999, {{ISBN|0201616343}}</ref> It might, however, be more properly termed an anti-backronym because the term "Jini" never stood for anything in the first place. The more recent "[[Microsoft XNA|XNA]]", on the other hand, was deliberately designed that way.
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===Special===
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* RPM, PHP, XBMC and YAML were originally conventional acronyms which were later redefined recursively. They are examples of, or may be referred to as, backronymization,{{Citation needed|date=September 2010|reason=There's little evidence that this word exists outside of Wikipedia.}} where the official meaning of an acronym is changed.
* Most recursive acronyms are recursive on the first letter, which is therefore an arbitrary choice, often selected for reasons of humour, ease of pronunciation, or consistency with an earlier acronym that used the same letters for different words, such as PHP, which now stands for "PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor", but was originally "Personal Home Page". However [[Yopy|YOPY]], "Your own personal YOPY" is recursive on the last letter.
* A joke implying that the middle initial "B." in the name of [[Benoit B. Mandelbrot]] stands for "Benoit B. Mandelbrot" plays on the idea that [[fractals]], which Mandelbrot studied, repeat themselves at smaller and smaller scales when examined closely.
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===Other===
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* According to [[Hayyim Vital]], a 16th–17th century [[Kabbalah|kabbalist]], the [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word ''adam'' (אדם, meaning "man") is an acronym for ''adam, dibbur, maaseh'' (man, speech, deed).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Pri_Etz_Chaim%2C_Gate_of_Rosh_Hashana.2.23?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en |title=Pri Etz Chaim, Gate of Rosh Hashana 2:23 |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930195059/https://www.sefaria.org/Pri_Etz_Chaim,_Gate_of_Rosh_Hashana.2.23?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en |url-status=live }}</ref>
* According to [[Isaac Luria]], a 16th-century kabbalist, the Hebrew word ''[[tzitzit]]'' (ציצת in its Biblical spelling, meaning "ritual fringes") is an acronym for ''tzaddik yafrid tzitziyotav tamid'' ("a righteous person should separate [the strings of] his ''tzitzit'' constantly").<ref>[https://www.sefaria.org.il/Mishnah_Berurah.8.18?vhe=Wikitext&lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en Mishnah Brurah, 8:18]</ref>
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