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). 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.

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From Yahoo Image Search: "initialisms"
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Full Form of SED.
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Full Form of SED.

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Abbreviation SED Means, SED = Electron-Emitte​r Display.

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Mon Sep 6 06:19:38 2010

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Can anyone come up with a slogan with alphabets 'physics'?
Q. Anyone has any idea how to create a slogan or any inspirational sentence which every word in the slogan must start with the alphabet in word 'physics'? so that PHYSICS is like an acronym or initialism
Asked by kelseeexx - Sat Sep 29 11:37:00 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Physics Hail Yeah Sing Incredible Cadence of Soul Physics Have Your Soul In Calibrating Super Physics Holds Your Saber of Intelligence Cagily Swung
Answered by BadzCatz - Sat Sep 29 13:57:15 2007

Eagle, Globe, and Anchor vs. EGA?
Q. I'm looking for a news article or official USMC document that talks about the use of the initialism 'EGA' in place of Eagle, Globe, and Anchor and how the term EGA is not preferred among Marines because it's considered lazy or just plain disrespectful of our Marine Corps Emblem. Any help would be appreciated. hyperlinks are perfectly fine, thanks.
Asked by CT - Sun May 11 15:18:48 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments
Can you name the cricketer?
Q. To celebrate regaining my TC badge, here's a question for my fellow Cricket Section users. Here come the clues: - His first initials (excluding his last name) make up a commonly used initialism. eg BRB, LOL etc... - His last name is the same as a district in England. So can you name the cricketer? :)
Asked by Kinney - Mon Sep 29 16:34:41 2008 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes, I can. It is Ian Salisbury. (His initials are IDK)
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