A retronym is an alternate name assigned to something that has existed for a period of time, mainly in order to differentiate it from something else that's...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

the original, general term for this stringed instrument is guitar, the retronym 'acoustic guitar' – often used to indicate the steel stringed model – distinguishes...

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...

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...

dependence upon the properties of computer terminals and not just text), is a retronym describing a type of user interface (UI) common as an early form of human–computer...

term real was first used by journalists in the early 20th century as a retronym to distinguish the ancient game from modern lawn tennis (even though, at...

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

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...

system was called Jetronic, but the name D-Jetronic was later created as a retronym to distinguish it from subsequent Jetronic iterations. D-Jetronic was essentially...

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

"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...

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...

length is varied. This use of the term "prime lens" is an example of a retronym. Early in photography only primary camera lenses were available, and were...

slash used to mark division. (U+2215 ∕ DIVISION SLASH) forward slash A retronym used to distinguish slash from a backslash following the popularization...

עקרבּים akrabím. List of English back-formations Folk etymology Backronym Retronym Rebracketing or juncture loss Onomasiology Unpaired word Crystal, David...

of smartphones, the feature phone has sometimes been referred to by the retronym dumbphone. However, some feature phones can provide functions found in...

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