Abbreviation commonly referring to Advanced Micro Devices, a semiconductor company, or age-related macular degeneration in medical contexts.
Modern acronym from either 'Advanced Micro Devices' (1969) or 'Age-related Macular Degeneration', representing 20th-century trends in technical and medical abbreviation. Context determines which meaning applies.
AMD illustrates how the same three letters can represent completely different fields - technology and medicine - showing how acronyms create parallel linguistic universes. The computer chip company AMD chose letters that coincidentally match a medical condition, demonstrating how abbreviated language can create unexpected overlaps.
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