From 9f51fd264b5b2bafb9f45bdebcef6732fefb241b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Gensler <jordangens@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:12:19 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [guide] Add notes on acronyms and initialisms to naming

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 README.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 63dfc192..4a844bcb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2761,6 +2761,36 @@ Other Style Guides
     export default AirbnbStyleGuide;
     ```
 
+  <a name="naming--Acronyms-and-Initialisms"></a>
+  - [22.9](#naming--Acronyms-and-Initialisms) Acronyms and initialisms should always be all capitalized, or all lowercased.
+
+    > Why? Names are for readability, not to appease a computer algorithm.
+
+    ```javascript
+    // bad
+    import SmsContainer from './containers/SmsContainer';
+
+    // bad
+    const HttpRequests = [
+      // ...
+    ];
+
+    // good
+    import SMSContainer from './containers/SMSContainer';
+
+    // good
+    const HTTPRequests = [
+      // ...
+    ];
+
+    // best
+    import TextMessageContainer from './containers/TextMessageContainer';
+
+    // best
+    const Requests = [
+      // ...
+    ];
+    ```
 
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