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Q: 

RPX abbreviation expansion?

Does anyone know if RPX is an abbreviation for something or just a name?

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According to this site (no idea how credible) it is "Relying Party X".

Context - "...RPX takes advantage of this and provides a middleman for the user depending on which service they selected they would like to use to login. The name means Relying Party X"

soo  2010-06-14 21:20:57
+1  A: 

This FAQ says:

What does RPX stand for?

Relying Party Accelerator. From the OpenID 2.0 specification, a Relying Party is ...

Jesper  2010-06-14 21:23:16
Thx, seems like i didn't searched with the correct search terms. But the strange thing is, there is nog X in Relying Party Accelerator
Masna  2010-06-14 22:08:33
The "Acc..." sounds a little bit like X in English, this kind of word trick is sometimes used to make the abbreviation look "flashier".
Jesper  2010-06-15 04:27:10
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Jesper is correct, well done.

bkkissel  2010-06-14 21:39:09

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