a word (as in "snafu") formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term.
a shortened form of a word or phrase (as in "dept"), used for brevity.
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www.acronymfinder.com
Defines common acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms about all subjects, including information technology, telecommunications, and the military.
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| www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/cgi-bin/acronym
Contains more than 12,000 acronyms from the worlds of science and government; there is a bias towards acronyms and abbreviations in chemistry.
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www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms
A good general source of (mostly) acronyms; there is a related e-mail dictionary and thesaurus service.
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| www.opaui.com/acro.html
A large collection of acronyms and abbreviations, arranged by subject, language, and country.
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www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/JAS.htm
A registry of WWW resources that list or provide access to the full titles of journal abbreviations in such areas as the biosciences, chemistry, computer science, economics, engineering, mathematics, medicine, and physics. |
| www.oxfordreference.com/views/BOOK_SEARCH.html?book=t25&subject=s8
Published by Oxford University Press and available via Oxford Reference Online, this dictionary includes 20,000 abbreviations; 36,000 definitions. This is the most comprehensive dictionary of abbreviations available. In addition to abbreviations used in English-speaking countries, the dictionary includes some non-English terms.
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