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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    student sub subaltern subeditor subsidiary sublieutenant submarine subordinate subscriber (especially as subs) subscription subsistence money (an advance payment) substitute subway sum summarize sus (or suss) suspect sush sushi sync or synch synchronization syncopation synth synthesizer syph syphilis

  3. Lists of abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Lists of abbreviations in the English language: Athletics abbreviations; List of business and finance abbreviations; List of computing and IT abbreviations; List of ecclesiastical abbreviations; List of energy abbreviations; List of abbreviations in photography; List of glossing abbreviations (grammatical terms used in linguistic interlinear ...

  4. List of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the ...

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    The abbreviation may be non-obvious. For example, "KU" is the University of Kansas and not "UK," which is commonly the University of Kentucky. In some cases, the nickname may be better known than the formal name. For example, "West Point" for the United States Military Academy or "UCLA" for the University of California, Los Angeles.

  5. Lists of acronyms - Wikipedia

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    Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.

  6. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The UNIX Acronym List This page was last edited on 13 January 2025, at 12:02 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...

  7. List of acronyms: A - Wikipedia

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    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

  8. List of information technology initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviation Meaning Primary Applicability [4] Normative Reference ACK: Acknowledgement Transport and other layers TCP/IP, for example. RFC 793 ACL: Access control list Security, application layer Access control list, Cisco overview: ADSL: Asymmetric digital subscriber line Telecom ITU-T G.992.5 Annex M, for example AES: Advanced Encryption ...

  9. Abbreviation - Wikipedia

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    An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning "short" [1]) is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym) or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened form of a word, usually ended with a trailing period.