numeronym

/ˈnjuːməɹəʊˌnɪm/

Etymology

From numero- + -nym.

noun

  1. A number-based word.“Given a history of failed and unpopular solutions, the problem of concurrency has even been assigned its own numeronym: "The C10K problem". How should network software confidently serving 10,000 simultaneous clients be designed?”
  2. An abbreviation formed by replacing letters within a word by the number of letters replaced, such as "I18n" for "Internationalization".“Is the numeronym a11y accessible?”