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	initialism Information Center - abbreviations, acronyms, & initialisms
		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".
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Linguistic_Topics_H_-_M/initialism.html (1586 words)

	acronym Information Center - acronym
		Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known, and many dictionaries, speakers air force acronyms and writers refer to all abbreviations formed from initial letters as acronyms.
		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 acronym dictionary desirable.
		Initialism originally referred to abbreviations formed from initials, without reference to pronunciation, but during the middle portion of the twentieth acronym rca stand for 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".
	www.scipeeps.com /Sci-Linguistic_Topics_A_-_Co/acronym.html (1600 words)

	Acronyms Information Portal @ SXKK.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Acronyms and initialisms are usually pronounced in a way that is distinct from that of the full forms for which they stand: as the names of the individual letters (as in IBM), as a word (as in NATO), or as a combination (as in Explain Acronym Search).
		Initialism originally described abbreviations formed from initials, without reference to pronunciation; but, during the mid 20th century, when such abbreviations saw more use than ever before, the word acronym was coined for abbreviations pronounced as words, such as acro- and NATO.
		List of Songs Titled As Acronyms or Initialisms - Large list of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, and short forms that are used by or useful to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
	www.sxkk.com (1761 words)

	Dictionaries: Acronyms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Acronym Master List for LANL - Large list of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, and short forms that are used by or useful to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
		Acronyms - Lists hundreds of original, funny, and sometimes educational and mnemonic acronyms.
		List of US Government Acronyms - A glossary compiled by Deborah Hollis and Norberto Lozoya-Escobar of acronymns found in US government databases or bulletin boards on the Internet and in print publications.
	www.zhengpages.com /Dictionaries/Acronyms (845 words)

	TQF AcronymGenie
		Simply type the first few letters of the acronym or abbreviation you are looking for and the list of acronyms will narrow down to a more specific list until you have a match.
		The AcronymGenie database is a list of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms gathered from various sources.
		Presence of an acronym in the database is no evidence that the acronym is an accepted or standard term in its area.
	www.topqualityfreeware.com /misc/misc37.html (441 words)

	List of acronyms and initialisms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
		This means that only alphanumeric characters have any significance in determining order, and that lowercase letters occupy the same ordering position as uppercase (in tie-breaker cases, list lower case first).
		Because of the list's size, acronyms and initialisms beginning with certain characters appear in separate articles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_acronyms_and_initialisms (459 words)

	LearningStation ResourceCenter: Dictionaries/Acronyms
		Acronyms and abbreviations dictionary for training and business - Contains acronyms and abbreviations with origins in the army, navy, medical, computers, internet, and business and training fields.
		List of US Government Acronyms - A glossary compiled by Deborah Hollis and Norberto Lozoya-Escobar of acronyms found in US government databases or bulletin boards on the Internet and in print publications.
		Veterinary Abbreviations and Acronyms Glossary - Abbreviations and acronyms commonly used in veterinary practice.
	resource.learningstation.com /Dictionaries/Acronyms (1078 words)

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		The list includes entries for governmental and non-governmental bodies with any relationship to British education, and the acronyms used by those organisations.
		The list excludes: all general abbreviations, such as those readily found in dictionaries; all abbreviations of journals and serial publications, which can be found for example in Periodical title abbreviations, ed.
		No list of this kind can ever be complete or fully up to date, and all users are encouraged to inform the compiler of any omissions or errors and of any new items for inclusion in a future edition.
	www2.worc.ac.uk /lise/pdf/acronyms.doc (429 words)

	Open Directory - Reference: Dictionaries: Acronyms
		Acronym Server Simplified - A list of acronyms hosted by University College Cork, gathered from many sources and submitted by users.
		Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations - Acronyms and abbreviations that are common in Quaternary studies
		List of US Government Acronyms - A glossary of terms found in US government databases and in print publications.
	dmoz.org /Reference/Dictionaries/Acronyms (660 words)

	Acronyms - DoD & Information Technology Related Acronyms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase.
		He compliled the original list of 1,500 acronyms in 1999.
		In March 2000 Lon R. Dean of the DACS began to administer this listing.
	www.dacs.dtic.mil /topics/acronym/acronyms.shtml (107 words)

	Acronyms: Dictionaries at Canadian Content
		Additional Information: Lists of abbreviations constructed mostly from the initial letters of the words of a phrase, with their meanings.
		Large list of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, and short forms that are used by or useful to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
		Lists hundreds of original, funny, and sometimes educational and mnemonic acronyms.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Reference/Dictionaries/Acronyms (1065 words)

	Net Lingua (Internet Language) > Acronyms and abbreviations
		Here is a useful list of acronyms, initialisms, and abbreviations you may come across in e-mails, chat rooms, online games, instant messaging, or elsewhere on the Internet or in phone text messages.
		The lists contain various sorts of abbreviation, including acronyms, which are words made from the ititial letters of other words, and pronounced as a word themselves, and initialisms, which are like acronyms, but pronounced by spelling out the letters individually.
		Although all these abbreviations are given in upper case letters (as acronyms and initialisms should be, standardly), you are just as likely to enounter many of them written, in informal situations, in lower case characters.
	www.fun-with-words.com /acronyms.html (456 words)

	Abbreviation - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Acronyms are sometimes referred to with only the first letter of the abbreviation capitalised.
		Initialisms (which are similar to acronyms but which are not pronounced as words) are always written in capitals, for instance the British Broadcasting Corporation is abbreviated to BBC, never Bbc.
		Internet slang, list of computing and IT abbreviations, list of medical abbreviations, list of government and military acronyms, abbreviations used in CIA World Factbook,
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=1171 (747 words)

	Acronyms Dictionaries Reference
		- Lists hundreds of original, funny, and sometimes educational and mnemonic acronyms.
		- Large list of acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, and short forms that are used by or useful to Los Alamos National Laboratory.
		- Explanations to acronyms and abbreviations used on IRC and generally on the net.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Reference/Dictionaries/Acronyms (845 words)

	Y-12 National Security Complex: Acronym List
		More than 10,000 abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms are included in alphabetical lists compiled from documents prepared by contributing editors of the Communications and Public Affairs organization at the Y-12 National Security Complex and other staff members of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the former Oak Ridge K-25 Site, and Y-12 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
		If you cannot find what you are looking for, send a message asking to have the acronym and its definition added to our list.
		Definitions of abbreviation, acronym and initialism can be found in Definition of Terms.
	www.y12.doe.gov /library/acronyms (204 words)

	Master Acronym List for EDA - Find any acronym. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Complete listing of US military and related terms and acronyms with their definitions.
		Browse this alphabetical list of medical and veterinary science abbreviations and acronyms.
		Dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations in common use in Quaternary studies, including societies and technique abbreviations.
	www.edasolutions.com /acronyms/index.htm (839 words)

	The Ultimate TLA - American History Information Guide and Reference
		The TLA (Three-Letter Acronym or Abbreviation) is the most popular type of abbreviation in computing and telecom terminology and Internet slang, and is also common in political jargon.
		There is some disagreement about whether abbreviations like TLA actually constitute acronyms (see acronym and initialism), and this has led to the increasing use of the word abbreviation as opposed to acronym in expanding the term.
		Increasing numbers of TLAs, and other abbreviations, are showing Redundant Acronym Syndrome, in which usually the last of the abbreviated words is added to the TLA (for example, ATM machine, PIN number, HIV virus).
	www.historymania.com /american_history/TLA (676 words)

	ARRLWeb: Surfin': Got AAIs (Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms)?
		However, some still differentiate between acronyms and initialisms: an acronym was originally a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words, such as NATO or RADAR, from RAdio Detection And Ranging, while an initialism referred to an abbreviation pronounced as the names of the individual letters, such as TLA.
		Some of the abbreviations on the ARRL list are acronyms and some are initialisms, such as ASCII (pronounced "askey") and AFSK respectively.
		Another helpful place to find the meaning of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms is the Acronym Finder Web site where you can "find out what over 2,435,000 acronyms and abbreviations stand for." And if you can't find it there, the folks at Acronym Finder suggest checking the Acronym Attic and Military Words Web sites.
	www.arrl.org /news/features/2005/09/30/1 (608 words)

	Acronyms and initialisms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		You may know the definition that says that an acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other words; e.g.
		An acronym is a word that is formed from the initial letters of other words; e.g.
		An acronym is a word that is formed from the initial letters of other words and is pronounced as a word, not spelled out one letter at a time; e.g.
	www.scribe.com.au /tip-w001.html (279 words)

	Acronyms for Health Information Resources
		Acronyms for global information and data resources in health, medical, and veterinary sciences.
		The acronyms and their expansions appear in the languages of origin.
		I am grateful to all those who have provided acronyms or sites to include here, and who have sent Internet address changes.
	www.geocities.com /~mlshams/acronym/acr.htm (155 words)

	Acronyms, Abbreviations, the A to Z of Acronyms, & - Dictionary, Glossary, Lexicon, Thesaurus & Terminologies
		Acronyms, Abbreviations, the A to Z of Acronyms, and - Dictionary, Glossary, Lexicon, Thesaurus and Terminologies
		Acronyms, Abbreviations, The A to Z of Acronyms
		A comprehensive list in common usage in the computer, electronics and engineering fields.
	www.ats-group.net /glossaries/glossary-lexicon-acronyms4.html (258 words)

	Glossary of Terms: Technical Communications & Hypertext
		The list of acronyms and initialisms below is designed to save space.
		This Website has a reference page that lists the ASCII codes for characters often used in Websites, but not normally found on computer keyboards, noting those which HTML does, and does not, support.
		A color map is a list of colors used (also called a "palette"); mapping in software help is the linking of a help topic to the corresponding portion of the program.
	scribble-count.com /Ref/glossary.htm (5439 words)

	Find in a Library: L.I.S.T. : a list of acronyms and initialisms in information studies
		Find in a Library: L.I.S.T. : a list of acronyms and initialisms in information studies
		L.I.S.T. : a list of acronyms and initialisms in information studies
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/dc59f635c64a0929a19afeb4da09e526.html (83 words)

	Frequently Seen Space/Astronomy Acronyms
		This list is offered as a reference for translating commonly appearing acronyms in the space-related newsgroups.
		Note also that the total number of acronyms in use far exceeds what I can list; special-purpose acronyms that are essentially always explained as they're introduced are omitted.
		PS: Strictly speaking, most of these are "initialisms" or "abbreviations" rather than "acronyms"; pedantically, it's only an "acronym" if you make a word out of it, like "laser" or "radar." In practice, though, everybody calls 'em acronyms.
	tla.surly.org (454 words)

	Spacecraft: Go Look It Up
		Another version, found here, includes some pages of information on science fiction, space movies, and space comics.
		Here's a list of Acronyms and Initialisms, and this Russian site has links to many online Technical Glossaries, such as this Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker, this Glossary of Electric Motor Terms, and this Basics of Space Flight Glossary.
		The Aerospace Academy has an extensive list of links to Astronomy and Space Glossaries.
	www.aoe.vt.edu /~cdhall/Space/archives/000351.html (250 words)

	NRDC: The Internet and the Bomb - Acronyms
		A Los Alamos Laboratory-prepared list -- "Acronym Master List: Acronyms, Initialisms, Abbreviations, and Short Forms" (June 1995) -- is online at http://www.lanl.gov:8010/subject/acronyms/BrowseAcronymList and seems one of the best overall guides dealing specifically with nuclear matters.
		The Internet and the Bomb: A Research Guide to Policy and Information about Nuclear Weapons is written and maintained by William M. Arkin and Robert S. Norris.
		Any questions, comments or suggestions should be sent to the authors at warkin@igc.org and rnorris@nrdc.org.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nuguide/acronyms.asp (103 words)

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