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1Acronym Finder — is an online searchable database of abbreviations (acronyms, initialisms, and otherwise) and their meanings. It includes over 575,000 human edited and verified definitions, many of them related to computers, technology, telecommunications,… …
2Acronym and initialism — For acronyms used on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Acronyms. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial components in a phrase or name. These components may be individual letters (as in CEO) or parts of words (as in Benelux and …
3Acronym — Ein Akronym (=Initialwort) (griech. ἀκρωνύμιον, von ἄκρος/ákros, „die Spitze, der Rand“, und ὄνομα/ónoma, „der Name“) ist ein Sonderfall der Abkürzung. Es gibt zwei konkurrierende Definitionen des Begriffs. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Begriffsdefinition …
4acronym groups — A pun on the word ‘hippie’, ‘yuppie’ is an acronym for Young Urban (or Upwardly mobile) Professional Person. The term was coined in the late 1970s and was followed in the 1980s by many similar acronyms: Guppie (a ‘green’ or environmentally… …
5acronym — /ˈækrənɪm / (say akruhnim) noun 1. a word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words, as radar (from radio detection and ranging) or ANZAC (from Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). Compare initialism. 2. an initialism. {acro +… …
6Recursive acronym — A recursive acronym (synonymous with metacronym,[1] recursive initialism, and recursive backronym) is an acronym or initialism that refers to itself in the expression for which it stands. The term was first used in print in April 1986.[2]… …
7Pseudo-acronym — A pseudo acronym (or empty acronym) [ [http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/ myl/languagelog/archives/003555.html Language Log: Orphan initialisms ] ] is an apparent acronym or other abbreviation which doesn t stand for anything, or cannot be officially… …
8Three-letter acronym — A three letter acronym, three letter abbreviation, or TLA is an acronym, abbreviation, alphabetism or initialism consisting of three letters. These are usually the initial letters of words of the phrase abbreviated, and are written in capital… …
9recursive acronym — n. An acronym that refers to itself, usually by incorporating the acronym as the first word in the expanded phrase. Example Citation: Dear Sir, Since I see a side bar on recursive acronyms (October EXE p. 34), it occurs to me that your readers… …
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