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	Acronym and initialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form.
		Initialism originally referred to abbreviations formed from initials, without reference to pronunciation, but during the middle portion of the twentieth century, when they saw more use than ever before, the word acronym was coined for abbreviations which are pronounced as a word, like NATO or AIDS.
		In the English language, the widespread use of acronyms, initialisms, and contractions is a relatively new linguistic phenomenon, having become most popular in the 20th and 21st centuries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acronym (4079 words)

	Top 20 Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations such as NATO, laser or DNA, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced based on this abbreviated written form.
		Acronyms and initialisms often occur in jargon or as names of organizations because they often serve as abbreviations of long terms that are frequently referenced, so a shortened form is desirable.
		Initialism originally referred to abbreviations formed from initials, without reference to pronunciation, but during the middle portion of the twentieth century, when acronyms and initialisms saw more use than ever before, the word acronym was coined for abbreviations which are pronounced as a word, like "NATO" or "AIDS".
	encyc.connectonline.com /index.php/Acronym (1701 words)

	Acronym and Initialism @ WorthAClick.com (Worth a Click) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There is no agreement as to what to call abbreviations that contain single letters, but can otherwise be pronounced as a word, such as JPEG (jay-peg) or MS-DOS (em-ess-doss).
		Because acronyms so closely relate to the common vernacular, they facilitate widespread usage, which makes it possible for them to enter the lexicon without people knowing their etymology.
		An example of this is the use of B.C. and A.D. in dating events.
	www.worthaclick.com /encyclopedia/Acronym_and_initialism (4343 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Acronym and initialism
		Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form.
		Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known; and some dictionaries, speakers, and writers use it to describe any abbreviation formed from initial letters.
		The term "initialism" is now typically taken to refer to abbreviations which are pronounced by sounding out the name of each constituent letter (e.g., HTML).
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