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GNU Info (vera.info)AcronymAcronym ******* An acronym is a word derived from the initial letters or groups of letters of several other words. Popular examples are: _Laser_, from "(l)ight (a)mplification by (s)timulated (e)mission of (r)adiation", _Radar_, from "(ra)dio (d)etecting (a)nd (r)anging" or _snafu_, which should politely be rendered as "(s)ituation (n)ormal, (a)ll (f)ouled (u)p". The word acronym itself derives from the Greek words _akros_ "the highest, the most outer" and _onyma_ "name". Please note that acronyms are always pronounced as the spelling indicates. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |