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Abbreviations: 50 Popular Internet Acronyms
Abbreviations: 50 Popular Internet Acronyms
Acronyms
An acronym (from Latin acro- meaning “beginning” + -onym meaning “word,
name”) is a pronounceable word formed mostly (but not always) from the
initial letters of a descriptive name or title.
Examples: radar = radio detecting and ranging / ASAP = as soon as possible
The term initialism uses a similar method, but the word is pronounced letter
by letter. Example: BBC British Broadcasting Corporation or USA United
States of America.
And last but not least, there are symbols and/or units of reference, like min for
minute or kg for kilogram.
Please note: even though the acronyms below are written in ALL CAPS, it is not
mandatory to use the capital letters, and most people tend to mix upper- and lowercase
depending on personal taste. To use caps for the acronyms themselves is generally not
considered poor netiquette; however, writing whole words or sentences in ALL CAPS is
usually read as "shouting", and thus easily considered offensive.