numeronym

A number-based word.

Noun

  1. A number-based word.
    • Given a history of failed and unpopular solutions, the problem of concurrency has even been assigned its own numeronym: "The C10K problem". How should network software confidently serving 10,000 simultaneous clients be...
    • Finally, the E7 countries—a numeronym standing for 'Emerging' market economies—include the BRIC countries, along with Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey. - 2018, Aurélia Durand, Marketing and Globalization, Routledge, →ISBN:
  2. An abbreviation formed by replacing letters within a word by the number of letters replaced, such as "I18n" for "Internationalization".
    • Is the numeronym a11y accessible?

Origin

From numero- + -nym.

Forms

numeronyms