Acronyms

Short version of a word or phrase that contains parts of the full word. For example, the acronym PCMCIA is much easier to read and remember than "Personal Computer Memory Card International Association". The PCMCIA acronym is also referred to as "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms" because of how many different computer acronyms there are.

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Also see: Antonym, Definition, Synonym