I guess people do it to sound cool or something, but I once maintained a legacy project that had an acronym for a name. Not a single person working at the entire company knew what the acronym originally meant, and of course, it was never documented.
Then there are backronyms and names that used to be acronyms, but technically aren't anymore.
Until last week, I had never heard or read the term CNAPP.
"CNAPP is a term first coined by Gartner in 2021 to describe an all-in-one platform that unifies security and compliance capabilities to prevent, detect, and respond to cloud security threats. A CNAPP integrates multiple cloud security solutions that have been traditionally siloed in a single user interface, making it easier for organizations to protect their entire cloud application footprint."
Thanks, Gartner. What a racket they have as a self-ordained arbiter of market segments.