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  2. List of English abbreviations made by shortening words

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    professional prof professor prom promenade promo promotion prop propaganda propeller proposition property (especially in theater sense) psych psychology psycho psychopath pub publication public house pullie pullover pulsar pulsating star pyro pyromaniac pyrotechnic

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    MCP—Microsoft Certified Professional MCSA [ broken anchor ] —Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator MCSD [ broken anchor ] —Microsoft Certified Solution Developer

  4. List of aviation, avionics, aerospace and aeronautical ...

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    Abbreviation Term Notes N # compressor speed [1] N 1, N 2, etc. refers to the specific compressor spool (in the order that air passes over them). (See: Jet engine) N g: gas generator speed [1] N h: high rotor speed [1] N p: power turbine speed [1] N r: rotor speed (helicopters)

  5. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Abbreviations

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    An acronym is sometimes considered to be an initialism that is pronounced as a word (e.g. NATO), as distinct from an initialism pronounced as a string of individual letters (e.g. "UN" for United Nations). In this document the term acronym includes initialisms. The term word acronym can be used to refer to acronyms which are not initialisms.

  6. List of business and finance abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    K – Is used as an abbreviation for 1,000. For example, $225K would be understood to mean $225,000, and $3.6K would be understood to mean $3,600. Multiple K's are not commonly used to represent larger numbers. In other words, it would look odd to use $1.2KK to represent $1,200,000. Ke – Is used as an

  7. List of style guide abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    This list of style guide abbreviations provides the meanings of the abbreviations that are commonly used as short ways to refer to major style guides. They are used especially by editors communicating with other editors in manuscript queries, proof queries, marginalia , emails, message boards , and so on.

  8. List of email subject abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    However, clients may use different abbreviations if the computer is set up for a non-English language, e.g. "AW:" for German, and this can mean that a conversation between two participants can build up convoluted subject lines like "Re: AW: Re: AW: ..".

  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. For example: etc. is the usual abbreviation for et cetera.