@itemize @bullet
@item
-Choice of algebraic or RPN (stack-based) entry of calculations.
+Choice of algebraic or Reverse Polish notation (RPN),
+i.e. stack-based, entry of calculations.
@item
Arbitrary precision integers and floating-point numbers.
@key{RET}, @key{TAB}, @key{DEL}, and @key{SPC} are the Return, Tab,
Delete, and Space keys.
-@strong{RPN calculation.} In RPN, you type the input number(s) first,
-then the command to operate on the numbers.
+@strong{RPN calculation.} In Reverse Polish notation (RPN), you type
+the input number(s) first, then the command to operate on the numbers.
@noindent
Type @kbd{2 @key{RET} 3 + Q} to compute
@subsection RPN Calculations and the Stack
@cindex RPN notation
+@cindex Reverse Polish notation
@noindent
@ifnottex
-Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN
-system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript.
-(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician
-Jan Lukasiewicz.)
+Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar
+with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or
+PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish
+mathematician Jan Lukasiewicz.)
@end ifnottex
@tex
-Calc normally uses RPN notation. You may be familiar with the RPN
-system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or PostScript.
-(Reverse Polish Notation, RPN, is named after the Polish mathematician
-Jan \L ukasiewicz.)
+Calc normally uses Reverse Polish notation (RPN). You may be familiar
+with the RPN system from Hewlett-Packard calculators, FORTH, or
+PostScript. (Reverse Polish Notation is named after the Polish
+mathematician Jan \L ukasiewicz.)
@end tex
The central component of an RPN calculator is the @dfn{stack}. A