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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name. These components may be individual letters (as in CEO) or parts of words (as in Benelux or Delmarva). There is no universal agreement on the precise definition of the various terms (see nomenclature), nor on written usage (see orthographic styling). While popular in recent English, such abbreviations have historical use in English as well as other languages. As a type of word formation process, acronyms and initialisms are viewed as a subtype of blending. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is the difference (if any) between Initialism and Acronym? Q. What is the difference (if any) between Initialism and Acronym? Asked by snail - Fri Dec 16 19:41:36 2005 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. Of the two words, acronym is the much more frequently used and known, and many speakers and writers refer to all abbreviations formed from initial letters as acronyms. However, some differentiate between acronyms and initialisms: an acronym is a pronounceable word formed from the initial letter or letters of the constituent words, such as NATO (nay-toe), and an initialism is an abbreviation pronounced as the names of the individual letters, and is formed only from the initial letter of constituent words, such as TLA (tee [cont.] Answered by Technology Expert - Fri Dec 16 23:30:37 2005 what is acronym and initialism and is it USA (united states OF america)an acronym? Q. what is acronym and initialism and is it USA (united states OF america)an acronym? Asked by hm - Mon Jul 24 08:06:38 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Acronyms are actually a type of abbreviation. An acronym is a pronounceable word formed from each of the first letters of a descriptive phrase, or by combining the initial letters or parts of words from the phrase. (from Acronym Finder: So technically, USA is an abbreviation, but not an acronym because nobody says "yousa". But practically speaking, most people do not distinguish between and acronym and an abbreviation. You emphasized the word "OF" in your question apparently because you are wondering if the abbreviation should be USOF instead of USA. It is not uncommon for small "noise" words such as the, of, in, on and for to be excluded from an acronym or abbreviation, but there are not hard and fast rules. Answered by Susan - Tue Jul 25 10:56:53 2006 ICQ (from "I seek you ") is neither an abbreviation nor an initialism, but what kind of linguistic term is it
Q. ICQ (from "I seek you ") is neither an abbreviation nor an initialism, but what kind of linguistic term is it Asked by Alex N - Sun Jan 27 14:35:21 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. It's called acronym. An acronym is a word whose letters represent other words each. For example, I stands for I, C stands for C and etc, even though this one is a bit weird, because Q doesn't stand for you, but it's still an acronym, because that's the original purpose of ICQ, to shorten words (in this case, 3 words) with their initials. Answered by Kool J. B. - Sun Jan 27 14:50:12 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "initialism"  theregister.co.uk Register, UK - Barbara Axt The initialism "RFID" actually covers a host of technologies, from passive tags powered by current induced from the reader (such as travel passes or contactless credit cards) to active tags with batteries, and even "tags" that incorporate a cellphone ... RFID Journal Introduces Interactive Map of RFID Deployments Emediawire (press release) RFID Journal Introduces Interactive Map of RFID Deployments RFID Journal all 3 news articles  seroundtable.com Search Engine Roundtable SEO is very subjectively-defined initialism . If you take it to mean "whatever gets your website to rank higher" and include things like linkbait I'm not sure a drip of coding is necessary. On the other hand, coding knowledge is a real asset. ...  free-press-release-center.info Free Press Release Center (press release), Canada You can download a sample spreadsheet here: HVAC is an initialism or acronym that stands for 'heating, ventilating, and air conditioning'. HVAC is sometimes referred to as climate control and is particularly important in the design of medium to large ... From Google News Search: "initialism"  yankees.lhblogs.com Peter Abraham 2009-01-14 05:19:15 It's silly, if well intentioned, to try to apply this kind of internal logic once you've switched from a spelled-out term to an . initialism. . The plural of an . initialism. is the . initialism. plus s. Prisoner of war/prisoners of war, ...  linglish.net Thomas Tsoi 2008-12-29 05:11:40 Initialisms. , as a matter of fact, were not in widespread use until relatively recently. The true reason is probably that . initialism. has somehow been associated with trendiness in recent years. MNG. As the purchasing power of the younger ...  fulldhamaal.com Sam 2009-05-14 17:53:23 Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its . initialism. CNN, is a major U.S. cable news network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner.Upon its launch, CNN was the first station to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first ... From Google Blog Search: "initialism" |
