Friday, June 16, 2006 2:14 PM Erwyn van der Meer

Why the acronym for Windows Workflow Foundation is WF and not WWF

Ever wondered why the acronym for Windows Workflow Foundation is WF and not WWF?

Of course, WWF would be more logical, considering the WinFX.NET Framework 3.0 (minus .NET Framework 2.0!) technologies have the following acronyms:

  • WPF = Windows Presentation Foundation
  • WCF = Windows Communication Foundation
  • WF = Windows Workflow Foundation
  • WCS = Windows CardSpace

On this slide from a TechEd 06 presentation (through JevDemon’s blog) you can find a cute explanation:

PS: For those of you who need more explanation: WWF stands for World Wrestling Federation or for World Wide Fund for Nature (Wereld Natuur Fonds in Dutch).

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# re: Why the acronym for Windows Workflow Foundation is WF and not WWF

Friday, June 16, 2006 11:06 AM by Frits

What about "W^2F"? Or "WWfF" ? Or even "Windows WF"?  

Seems to me they gave up too easily on the abbriviation front ;-)))

# re: Why the acronym for Windows Workflow Foundation is WF and not WWF

Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:54 AM by hulk hogan

The WWF (wrestling) is now the WWE because they were sued by the WWF (wildlife) for using their moniker.  The WWF (wrestling) used it for years without argument from the WWF (wildlife).  It wasn't an issue until the mid 90's when the WWF's (wrestling) storylines started to become a bit racier and the WWF (wrestling) gained a huge following that the WWF (wildlife) seemed to have an issue with their name.

I'm sure WWF (workflow) wanted to avoid this fate so they dropped a W.

# re: Why the acronym for Windows Workflow Foundation is WF and not WWF

Wednesday, June 21, 2006 8:11 AM by dege

or even W2F..but yes I agree