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Abbreviated [Coded] [Rendition] of Name [Yielding] Meaning.
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An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA).
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An acronym is an initial abbreviation that can be pronounced as a word, such as NASA or [WASP]. This term is also used to refer to a series of initials pronounced individually, such as FBI or [TGIF], but the technical term is [initialism].
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