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People Can’t Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms
…or PCMCIA for short.
Those are initialisms, not acronyms. mic drop
An acronym is an abbreviation formed using the initial letters of a multi-word name or phrase.
This is what Wikipedia says to that. mic bounces back up straight into your face
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You can check multiple dictionaries (Oxford, Merriam Webster) and they will agree with me.
The oxford that says this?
Acronym
- A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism
or the merriam webster that says this?
Some people feel strongly that acronym should only be used for terms like NATO, which is pronounced as a single word, and that initialism should be used if the individual letters are all pronounced distinctly, as with FBI. Our research shows that acronym is commonly used to refer to both types of abbreviations.
Anybody want to translate the acronyms into their alternative meanings?
Men seeking men
Big beautiful woman
Bondage discipline sadism masochism
Wireless sensor network
