Thursday, November 12, 2009

(ā'pěks)

At the ODTUG APEXposed conference in Atlanta this week, a customer asked me to blog about how to abbreviate and pronounce the abbreviation for Oracle Application Express. I've seen numerous abbreviations (Apex, ApEx, APPEx, AppEx, APEX), and I think the lack of a formal abbreviation lends to the confusion in pronunciation. So here goes:

  1. Whenever an abbreviation is used in informal writing, it's abbreviated in all uppercase: APEX
  2. It's pronounced (ā'pěks). It's a long 'A' as in 'acorn'.
  3. In formal written materials from Oracle, it is always written as 'Oracle Application Express' and never abbreviated.

In conversation and in some presentation materials, you will see the Oracle Application Express team use the above spelling and pronunciation.

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Update on March 29, 2020:  In formal, written materials, you can also use Oracle APEX.
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12 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 13, 2009 3:42 AM

    Why not record how you say APEX and put that on your blog? And it's true a lot of people use different case and pronounciations.

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  2. Joel R. KallmanNovember 13, 2009 4:11 PM

    @Dimitri - I'm no production studio here. I'm a busy guy.

    Joel

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  3. Dan McGhanNovember 16, 2009 9:17 AM

    Joel,

    lol, I've been a little backed up so I'm just seeing this now... Nice!

    I'll make sure to adhere to the standard going forward ;)

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  4. Nexi SmithDecember 02, 2009 4:37 PM

    I know its been weeks since this post went up - but, just for the record, the correct pronounciation is AP-EX (as in APplication EXpress).
    However, everyone is calling it A-PEX so I have given up and gone along with the majority! :-)

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  5. Joel R. KallmanDecember 02, 2009 10:41 PM

    DJBali,

    "...the correct pronounciation is AP-EX".

    Hmmm...I'm not sure how you're concluding that you've given the "correct pronunciation". That was the whole point of this post - to relate how the authors and developers of Application Express refer to it.

    Joel

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  6. oraclenerdJanuary 05, 2011 11:55 PM

    Mr. Kallman,

    I was just chided for not bringing to light someone who used the verboten "apex" in code comments...because I am particular...I just pointed them here of course. So they'll be reading this tomorrow and I'll be happier.

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  7. Joel R. KallmanJanuary 06, 2011 12:06 AM

    @oraclenerd,

    I may not be understanding this correctly, but what is verboten about using "apex" in code comments?

    Joel

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  8. oraclenerdJanuary 06, 2011 10:25 PM

    they didn't use the proper uppercase designation, APEX. That was the problem.

    I figured you would be proud that I was fighting the good fight. :p

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  9. H. CookNovember 04, 2013 11:31 PM

    Hey, that was very helpful, thank you!!! I corrected my brand new boss who pronounced it app - x, then said to myself "omg, I can't believe I just did that, better double check!" So thank you!!! (I was right)...

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  10. Mazin AbdulahDecember 02, 2017 4:30 PM

    As it is never abbreviated and when you would like to abbreviate it. you can write it like ApEx. that is how I alway write it.

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  11. Joel R. KallmanDecember 06, 2017 9:49 PM

    Mazin,

    To be clear, ApEx is wrong, APEX is correct.

    Joel

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  12. Joel R. KallmanFebruary 28, 2019 7:37 AM

    As an addendum to the above, you will now see it written in some materials as Oracle APEX.

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