List of acronyms
This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends .
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)
0–9
- 0D - Zero Dimensional
- 1, – Onekama, Michigan (word play based on "one, comma")
- 1AM – Air Mechanic 1st Class
- 1D - One-Dimensional
- 2AM – Air Mechanic 2nd Class
- 2D – (i) Two-dimensional
- 2.5D – (p) "Two-and-a-half-dee": two-dimensional computer graphics where some flat images lie in front of others
- 2G – (i) Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
- 2.5G – (p) Second-and-a-half-generation mobile telephone system
- 2LA - Two Letter Acronym
- 2Lt – 2nd Lieutenant
- 3AM – Air Mechanic 3rd Class
- 3D – (i) Three-Dimensional
- 3G – (i) Third-generation mobile telephone system
- 3i – (i) Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
- 3M – (i) Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
- 4D – (i) Four-Dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes four spatial ones)
- 4G – (i) Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
- 4GL – (i) Fourth-generation programming language
- 4WD – (i) Four-wheel drive
- 5D - Five-Dimensional
- 6D - Six-Dimensional
- 7D - Seven-Dimensional
- 8D - Eight-Dimensional
- 9D - Nine-Dimensional
See also
- Backronym
- Jargon
- List of reporting marks
- List of government and military acronyms
- List of information technology acronyms
- List of medical abbreviations
- List of abbreviations in photography
- List of abbreviations for market segments
- List of Hebrew acronyms
- List of U.S. government and military acronyms
- Wikipedia:List of all single-digit-single-letter combinations
- Wikipedia:List of all single-letter-single-digit combinations
- Wikipedia:List of all single-letter-double-digit combinations
- Wikipedia:TLAs
External links
- Abbreviations.com database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 330,000 entries)
- askacronym.com Ask Acronym acronyms and expansions with a description about it
- Acronym Search database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 50,000 entries)
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- Acronym Geek database of acronyms and initialisms (over 3,000,000 entries)
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- Apronyms & Acronyms a collection of apronyms
- Internet Acronym Server database of acronyms with submission form (over 33,000 entries)
- Smart Define database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 2,000,000 entries)
- Special Dictionary acronyms and abbreviation database
- Laurier Library Canadian Government abbreviations and acronyms]
- Logistics World Transportation Acronyms with some U.S. Government and Military Acronyms
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