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An acronym is "a word formed from the initial letters of other words", eg. laser, IBM, or Aids. (OUP, 2004). An abbreviation is defined as "a shortened form of a word or phrase", eg. etc., min.. (OUP, 2004).
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abbreviations.
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General acronyms and abbreviations
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A comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms with more than 350 000 definitions. |
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"The source for acronyms and abbreviations" is a search tool that can also be browsed using categories. |
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A list of acronyms for the health, medical, and veterinary sciences, with links to relevant web sites. |
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A glossary of computer oriented abbreviations and acronyms. |
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Acronyms and abbreviations relating to the construction and design industries. |
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Decodes abbreviations and acronyms found in maps, publications and web sites relating to geographic topics. |
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Acronyms and abbreviations relating to Australia's geoscience research and geospatial information |
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A searchable medical abbreviations dictionary. |
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The Opaui guide to lists of acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the World Wide Web |
Generic lists as well as subject-specific acronyms & abbreviations. Arranged alphabetically. |
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This list explains acronyms used in the Australian and global tourism and travel industries. Published by Tourism Tasmania. |
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References:
Oxford University Press 2004, AskOxford.com, viewed 9 July 2004,
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/acronym?view=uk.
Oxford University Press 2004, AskOxford.com, viewed 9 July 2004, http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/abbreviation?view=uk.
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