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AP/English
Any shortened form of a word is
an abbreviation
Acronyms are special kinds of
abbreviations, such as NATO (North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and OPEC
(Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countries), that can be pronounced as
words.
All acronyms are abbreviations, but not
all abbreviations are acronyms.
Initialisms
FBI and CIA are examples of initialisms
because they're made up of the first
letters of
Federal Bureau of Investigation and
Central Intelligence Agency, respectively,
but they can't be pronounced as words.
Truncation are another type of
abbreviation which consists of only
the first part of the word.
Dec for December
Mon for Monday
Apheresis are another type of
abbreviation where in a longer word
the first portion is usually dropped.
Phone for Mobile Phone
Contractions are another type of
abbreviation where only the first
and the last letters are used.
Dr for Doctor
 Pronounced as a word containing only
the initial letters.
e.g.
AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome
NATO – North Atlantic Treaty
Organization
SCUBA – Self Contained Underwater
Breathing Apparatus.
Backronyms - Acronyms which are constructed
from already existing words in the dictionary
APPLE –Airane Passenger Pay Load
Experiment
BOOK- Box Of Organized Knowledge
Euphonious Acronyms - Acronyms which are
constructed by adding or subtracting letters to
produce a pronounceable word
Laser, Radar
Pseudo-acronyms - Acronyms which are
constructed by a sequence of characters which,
when pronounced as intended, invoke other
longer words with less typing. (Internet Slang)
CQ – Seek you
Q8 – Kwait
K9 - Canine
Redundant Acronyms – A word or a phrase
which forms a part of the acronym is repeated
again as a word
ATM Machine, PIN Number
Macronyms/ Nested Acronyms - Acronyms in
which one or more of its constituent letters
stand for acronyms themselves
POWER – Performance Optimization With
Enhanced RISC (RISC stands for Reduced
Instruction Set Computing)
SECS – SEMI (SEMI stands for Semiconductor
Equipment Manufacturing Industries)
Equipment Communication Standards