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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... This is a list of common abbreviations in the English language

  3. Lists of abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    An acronym is a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase, Lists of acronyms; Three-letter acronyms; List of government and military acronyms; List of U.S. government and military acronyms; List of U.S. Navy acronyms

  4. Acronym Finder - Wikipedia

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    Acronym Finder (AF) is a free, online, searchable dictionary and database of abbreviations (acronyms, initialisms, and others) and their meanings. The entries are classified into categories such as Information Technology, Military/Government, Science, Slang/Pop Culture etc. It also contains a database of the United States and Canadian postal codes.

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  6. List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The United States Postal Service (USPS) has established a set of uppercase abbreviations to help process mail with optical character recognition and other automated equipment. [15] There are also official USPS abbreviations for other parts of the address, such as street designators (street, avenue, road, etc.).

  7. United States Postal Service - Wikipedia

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    The full eagle logo, used in various versions from 1970 to 1993. The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or simply the Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas and associated states.

  8. Template:List of acronyms - Wikipedia

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  9. Nixie (postal) - Wikipedia

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    A Nixie is a name given by the United States Postal Service to a piece of mail which is undeliverable as addressed. It is derived from "nix", English slang for the German nichts ("nothing"), and "-ie", an item or a thing. ("Nix" used in English c. 1780–1790, "Nixie" c. 1880–1885.)