Acronyms are abbreviation that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name. The word "acronym" was coined in 1943 by Bell Laboratories and is widely used to describe any abbreviation formed from initial letters. Some common acronyms that you come across are US (for United States), CEO (for chief executive officer), and UN (for United Nations).
In your writing, it's important that you don't overload the reader with acronyms. If it's a well known acronym (such as those listed above), you don't need to worry about stating what it stands for. If, however, you use a not-so-well-known acronym (such as FATDEC), you should state the true name first with all of the words and then give the acronym in parentheses. Here's an example of how that would be done.
The Florida Adult and Technical Distance Education Consortium (FATDEC) is hosting four summer trainings in July.
Here are some common acronyms. Take a minute and see if you can find what they stand for by using Google or another search engine to assist you! Once you know, you can post the acronym and its meaning.
1.) BBC
2.) AAA
3.) NCAA
4.) LED
5.) IRA
6.) FAQ
7.) SAT
8.) AWOL
9.) NATO
10.) NYC
Here's an example of what you can submit for your blog post!
TLC = Tender Loving Care
16 comments:
1.) BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
2.) AAA American Anthropological Association
3.) NCAA National Collegiate Athletic Association
4.) LED Light Emitting Diode
5.) IRA Irish Republican Army
6.) FAQ Frequently Asked Question
7.) SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test (both no longer in use, it is now simply the SAT Reasoning test)
8.) AWOL Absent Without Official Leave
9.) NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10.) NYC New York City
1)BBC=British Broadcasting Corporation
2)AAA=American Automobile Association
3)NCAA=National Collegiate Athletic Association
4)Light Emitting Diode
5)IRA=Individual Retirement Account
6)FAQ=Frequently Asked Question
7)SAT=Scholastic Aptitude Test
8)AWOL=Absent Without Official Leave
9)NATO=North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10)NYC=New York City
11)DEA=Drug Enforcement Administration
12)PTA=Parent Teacher Association
13)FBI=Federal Bureau of Investigation
14)WIC=Women,Infant and Children
mirlene Acronymns
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation
AAA- National Automobile Association
NCAA -National collegiate Athletic Association
LED-Light Emittinng Diodes
IRA- Individual Retiment Arrangement and individualRetiment Account
FAQ- Frequently Asked Questions
SAT- Scholastic AssessmentTest
AWOL- Absent Without officil leave
NATO- North Atlatic Treaty Organization
NYC- New York City
BBC British Broadcasting Channel
I LOVE IT!!!!
Rebekah W.
IRA Individual Retirement Account
Rebekah W.
NYC
New York City
Rebekah W.
BBC-British Broadcast Corporation
AAA-American Accounting Association
NCAA-NATO Civil Air Augmentation
LED-Low Energy Detector
IRA-International Reading Association
FAQ-Fax Additional Questions
SAT-Scholastic Aptitude Test
AWOL-Absent Without Official Leave
NATO-National Association of Theatre Owners
NYC-National Youth Council
-Jolene H
BBC Billionaire Boys Club
AAA American Anthropological Association
NCAA National Civil Aviation Authority
LED Library Education Division
IRA Import Risk Assessment
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
SAT Stanford Achievement Test
AWOL A way of Life
NATO National Association of Tobacco Outlet
NYC National Youth Comnmission
1.) BBC ~ British Broadcasting Corporation
2.) AAA ~ Agricultural Adjustment Administration
3.) NCAA ~ National Collegiate Athletic Association
4.) LED ~ Light Emitting Diode
5.) IRA ~ Individual Retirement Account
6.) FAQ ~ Frequently Asked Questions
7.) SAT ~ Scholastic Aptitude Test
8.) AWOL ~ Absent Without Official Leave.
9.) NATO ~ North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
10.) NYC ~ New York city
Alicia.T
1.) BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
2.) AAA: American Automobile Association
3.) NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association
4.) LED: light-emitting diode
5.) IRA: Indian Rationalist Association
6.) FAQ: Frequently Asked Question(s)
7.) SAT: Scholastic Aptitude Test
8.) AWOL: Absent Without Official Leave
9.) NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10.) NYC: New York City
Geraldine G.
Acronymns-Use Them Wisely
1.) BCC-British Broadcast Corp.
2.) AAA-American Automobile Association
3.) NCAA-National Colleigate Association
4.) NAACP-National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
5.) LED-light-emmitting diode
6.) DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid
7.) USA-United States of America
8.) IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
9.) WAC-Women's Army Corp.
10.)flak-Fleigerabwhrkanone (German word)
-Angelica
1.) BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
2.) AAA
abdominal aortic aneurysm
3.) NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
4.) LED
Light emitting diodes
5.) IRA
Individual Retirement Account
6.) FAQ
Frequently asked questions
7.) SAT
Standard achievement test
8.) AWOL
Absent without official leave
9.) NATO
North atlantic treaty organization
10.) NYC
New york city
Archarna J.
"Acronntmns-Use Them Wisely"
1.)BBC-British Broadcast Corp.
2.)AAA-America Automobile Associaton
3.)NCAA-National Collegiate Association
4.)NAACP-National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
5.)LED_light-emmitting diode
6.)DNA-deoxyribonucleic acid
7.)USA-United States of America
8.)IEEE-Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
-Angelica
I enjoyed Sandra B's acronyms. Very creative. I don't have too much to offer, but here goes...
1.) IOU = I Owe You
2.) SOP = Standard Operating Procedure
3.) CD = Compact Disc or Certificate of Deposit
4.) ATM = Automated Teller Machine
5.) VIP = Very Important Person
6.) ID = Identification Data
7.) UFO = Unidentified Flying Object
8.) CPU = Central Processing Unit
9.) LAN = Local Area Network
10.) RAM = Random-Access memory
1.) BBC-British Broadcasting Corporation
2.) AAA-American Automobile Association
3.) NCAA-National Collegiate Athletic Association
4.) LED-Light Emitting Diode
5.) IRA-Irish Republican Army
6.) FAQ-Frequently Asked Question
7.) SAT-Scholastic Aptitude Test
8.) AWOL-Absent Without Official Leave
9.) NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization
10.) NYC- New York City
Luz Croce
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Maria Rodriguez-Trelles
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