![]() ![]() The broader sense of acronym-the meaning of which includes terms pronounced as individual letters-is sometimes criticized, but that is the term's original meaning, and is still in common use. Some are not universally pronounced one way or the other and it depends on the speaker's preference or the context in which it is being used, such as SQL (either " sequel" or " ess-cue-el"). They can also be a mixture, as in radar ( Radio Detection And Ranging) and MIDAS ( Missile Defense Alarm System).Īcronyms can be pronounced as words, like NASA and UNESCO as individual letters, like CIA, TNT, NPC, BLM, and ATM or as both letters and words, like JPEG ( JAY-peg), CSIS ( SEE-sis), and IUPAC ( I-U-pak). ![]() ![]() But acronyms sometimes use syllables instead, as in Benelux (short for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg), NAPOCOR ( National Power Corporation), and TRANSCO ( National Transmission Corporation). ![]() Initialisms or alphabetisms are acronyms formed from the string of initials which are usually pronounced as individual letters, as in the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). " NYPD", an acronym for " New York Police Department", used on the side of a police carĪn acronym is a word or name consisting of parts of the full name's words. ![]()
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