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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Lisandro on December 10, 2010, 01:42:28 PM
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You know, the acronym BS could bring up funny things in our minds ;D
How should we call the Behavior Shield?
In the poll, you can choose two names.
The origin of the name: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=46324.msg388941#msg388941 :)
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This is a BS poll ;D, i think it would be best to leave it at what everyone already recognises the behaviour shield abbreviation as which is BS :)
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As sure as eggs are eggs people will abbreviate it as it is just too long for common usage. The problem abbreviations can be terrible as they aren't common knowledge. Or worse when there are many different meanings for a given abbreviation.
I Hate BS (but have used on occasion) as BS is a very common American term for Bull S*1t, so the association will always be there.
Bhs = British Home Stores a British (obviously) retail store and this is what I will always associate with Bhs. http://www.bhs.co.uk/
So for me BehavS or BhvS in that order as they don't have a common usage with multiple meanings.
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Not all things should or need to be abbreviated. :)
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Thanks David. I was not aware about previous abbreviations for the ones I've proposed.
Hope other users make these considerations also.
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David's view echoes what I would have posted...though I forgot about bhs ;D
So for me it would probably be one of the last two...that said, I will probably just end up writing BS out of lazyness... ;)
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BeS and BehavS are actually my choice.
Why? I think it's a easier way to specify the name of the shield.
BS it's too simple... :-\
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So for me BehavS or BhvS in that order as they don't have a common usage with multiple meanings.
I like BehavS
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I Hate BS (but have used on occasion) as BS is a very common American term for Bull S*1t, so the association will always be there.
;D ;D ;D At first, that's what I thought people meant when they said BS.
Edit: I voted for BhS, but how about BSh? :P
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Yep I'm up for BSH.
But on the other hand,I have always used BS and have never thought about erroneous implications to anything other then an Avast Real Time Shield.
Hey, but thats just me ;) Whatever,as long as it communicates what is meant.
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The problem with abbreviations is that they are always understood by the person using them and,
guessed at by all others reading them.
The unabbreviated version is always understood by all.
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The problem with abbreviations is that they are always understood by the person using them and,
guessed at by all others reading them.
The unabbreviated version is always understood by all.
Point well taken. ;)
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The problem with abbreviations is that they are always understood by the person using them and,
guessed at by all others reading them.
The unabbreviated version is always understood by all.
+1
but if I ever have to abbreviate, I would go with BhvS.
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Having thought about this now for more than 5 minutes (I know, my attention span is truly awesome, isn't it? ;D) I voted "other".
Tech, if we really have to have a standardized abbreviation, I suggest 'BSh' (or 'BSH', 'bsh' - for the one-finger typists) because,
(a) it seems the most unambiguously understandable, and
(b) it alludes to the avast! 4.x file shield name 'ash' with which some of us are already familiar.
If Behavior Shield was 'BSh'
File Shield could be 'FSh'
Mail Shield 'MSh'
Web Shield 'WSh'
P2P Shield 'PSh'
IM Shield 'ISh'
Network Shield 'NSh'
Script Shield 'SSh'
Virtualization (Shield) 'VSh'
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Tech, if we really have to have a standardized abbreviation, I suggest 'BSh' (or 'BSH', 'bsh' - for the one-finger typists) because,
(a) it seems the most unambiguously understandable, and
(b) it alludes to the avast! 4.x file shield name 'ash' with which some of us are already familiar.
If Behavior Shield was 'BSh'
File Shield could be 'FSh'
Mail Shield 'MSh'
Web Shield 'WSh'
P2P Shield 'PSh'
IM Shield 'ISh'
Network Shield 'NSh'
Script Shield 'SSh'
Virtualization (Shield) 'VSh'
What about two finger typists ???
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What about two finger typists ???
ThEy(we) sHoUldn'T HhaVE anY TRouBLe wITH tHe 'Shift' kEy.
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What about two finger typists ???
ThEy(we) sHoUldn'T HhaVE anY TRouBLe wITH tHe 'Shift' kEy.
Or the Caps Lock key. ;)
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Behavior Shield
File Shield could be
Mail Shield
Web Shield
P2P Shield
IM Shield
Network Shield
Script Shield
Virtualization Shield
Leave it the way it is or 10000 will post asking what this or that abbreviation means.
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I won't type the long form all the time... I know that... B e h a v i o r S h i e l d...
We'll go for an abbreviation. Better if it is officially taken by avast team, the father of the child :)
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Sorry Tech but I have to agree with marc-d-l
Abbreviations only add to confusion. :)
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Sorry Tech but I have to agree with marc-d-l
Abbreviations only add to confusion. :)
You can please some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't please all of the people all of the time?
Why is abbreviation such a big word ???
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Well we can always do what should be done, use the long form followed by the bracketed abbreviation in the first use and use that afterwards, Behaviour Shield (BhavS) or (BSh) or (BhvS), etc. etc. whichever you are using.
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Well we can always do what should be done, use the long form followed by the bracketed abbreviation in the first use and use that afterwards, Behaviour Shield (BhavS) or (BSh) or (BhvS), etc. etc. whichever you are using.
Which is perfectly acceptable since the guess work has then been eliminated in the post or reply if always following that rule.
In that case, even BS is an acceptable abbreviation ;D