A retronym is a newer name for something that differentiates it from something else that is newer and similar; thus, avoiding confusion between the two...

A retronym is a newer name for an existing subject, that differentiates the original form or version from a subsequent one. Retronyms are typically used...

in mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. "Traditional" as such is a retronym applied to non-simplified character sets in the wake of widespread use...

to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such...

optical disc drives within an external enclosure. The term "DAS" is a retronym to contrast with storage area network (SAN) and network-attached storage...

music-only soundtrack in place of dialogue. The term silent film is a retronym—a term created to retroactively distinguish something from later developments...

S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), including: SHA-0: A retronym applied to the original version of the 160-bit hash function published...

with the dramatically increased use of precision-guided munitions, a retronym was needed to separate "smart bombs" from free-fall bombs. "Dumb bomb"...

around 50% of mobile telephony. Feature phone is a term typically used as a retronym to describe mobile phones which are limited in capabilities in contrast...

rectal tenesmus is simply called tenesmus. The term rectal tenesmus is a retronym to distinguish defecation-related tenesmus from vesical tenesmus. Vesical...

science fiction television series Star Trek (which eventually acquired the retronym Star Trek: The Original Series) starred William Shatner as Captain James...

for communicating with DRAM chips. The original DRAM, now known by the retronym "asynchronous DRAM" was the first type of DRAM in use. From its origins...

The knucklehead is a retronym used by enthusiasts to refer to a Harley-Davidson motorcycle engine, so named because of the distinct shape of the rocker...

live game A game with a lot of action. See also live poker. live poker A retronym for poker played at a table with cards, as opposed to video poker or online...

reintegration of Self with Universal Self (Brahman)". The term became a modern retronym in the 19th-century when Swami Vivekananda equated raja yoga with the Yoga...

operating systems. Smail may also refer to: Snail mail, a disparaging retronym referring to missives carried by conventional postal delivery services...

'breakdown'. Acronymization Acrostic Mnemonic Pseudo-acronym Recursive acronym Retronym Satiric misspelling "Backronym – Definition of backronym in English by...

liberalism was called economic liberalism. Later, the term was applied as a retronym, to distinguish earlier 19th-century liberalism from social liberalism...

chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge. The term "battle rifle" is a retronym created largely out of a need to differentiate automatic rifles chambered...

refer to: Iowa Highway 16 Intel's 16-bit x86 processor architecture (a retronym) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title...

used to refer to some interceptors as well. The term is an example of a retronym: before the development of effective dedicated night fighter aircraft early...

Writing portal Revisionism (fictional) Historical revisionism Pseudohistory Retronym For instance, Arthur C. Clarke stated in his Author's Note to 2061: Odyssey...

"black liquorice" would formerly have been redundant, but has become a retronym in North America. Choo Choo Bar Crows Good & Plenty Liquorice allsorts...

Old IRA may refer to: Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), retronym "Old IRA" distinguishes it from later organisations using the name IRA National Association...

Old Telephone Service (POTS), or Plain Ordinary Telephone System, is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission...

June 1961. It was written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The title is a retronym; the episodes were not originally identified individually. Hancock plays...

of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquired the retronym of Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS) to distinguish the show within...

immediately after the World Wars and into the early Cold War era, and was a retronym originally made to differentiate from intermediate-power rifle cartridges...

"electronic mail", first appeared in the 1970s. The term snail mail is a retronym to distinguish it from the quicker email. Various dates have been given...

Terminal 1 opened in 2004, replacing Aeroquay One (also referred to by its retronym: the original Terminal 1) and Terminal 2. Measuring over 346,000 square...