Category:Acronyms

Acronyms are words created from the initial letters of the words in a phrase. Example: NATO means North Atlantic Treaty Organization. They differ from initialisms in that acronyms are pronounced as they are spelled, e.g. NATO, whereas initialisms are pronounced as their component initials, e.g. FBI. Items that are both, or have some letters pronounced individually, the rest as a word-sound (e.g. JPEG) should be included in both categories to avoid ambiguity.

Some references do not differentiate between acronyms and initialisms, instead labelling them all acronyms.

Acronyms are typically in all upper case, unless they have been adopted as bona-fida words such as scuba or radar.

Articles in category "Acronyms"

There are 49 articles in this category.

ACRONYM ASAP ASCII B BASIC BIOS BOB C CSICOP D DASD E EPIRB F FED FOB FOLDOC FUBAR FUDIE Fud G GUI

H HOT I IATA INMARSAT J JPEG L LART LOL M MADD MUMPS Mac N NAT NATO NEET O OPEC P PICOW Peta Pita Q Qor

R Rem S SAC SAR SSTH SUAR SWAT T TAC Template:-acronym- Template:Acronym Transwiki:POSLQ Transwiki:WGWAG W WAF WIMP WYSIWYG X XPCOM Y YIFF