Acronym
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acronym-183-7488936
title:
Acronym
text:
Tōdai An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation. For some, initialism, or alphabetism, connotes this general meaning, and acronym is a subset—pronounced as a word rather than as letters. In this sense, NASA is an acronym but USA is not. The broader sense of acronym, ignoring pronunciation, is its original meaning and in common use. Dictionary and style-guide editors dispute whether the term acronym can be le
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description:
Abbreviation consisting of initial letters of a phrase
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym
date created:
2001-09-13T20:35:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:43:32Z
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