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Acronyms and abbreviations are commonly used by Wikipedia editors: Wikipedia:Wikipedia abbreviations , a directory of all the abbreviations used on Wikipedia Wikipedia:List of shortcuts , abbreviated redirects to non-main namespace
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.
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
This is a directory of abbreviations used on Wikipedia for various pages, processes, policies, and proposals. For the guideline on the use of abbreviations in articles, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Abbreviations .
This is a list of computing and IT acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations. 0–9. 1GL—first-generation programming ... NDPS—Novell Distributed Print Services;
The word acronym is formed from the Greek roots akro-, meaning 'height, summit, or tip', and -nym, 'name'. [6] [unreliable source] This neoclassical compound appears to have originated in German, with attestations for the German form Akronym appearing as early as 1921. [7]
Acronym for Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. COIN Acronym for Wikipedia:Conflict of interest noticeboard. Comment out To hide from normal display whilst retaining the material for editors to see. This is done by inserting the characters <!--at the start of the comment text and --> at the end.
An unambiguous acronym can be linked as-is, but an ambiguous acronym should be linked to its expansion. Upon re-use in a long article, the template {} can be used to provide a mouse-over tooltip, giving the meaning of the acronym again without having to redundantly link or spell it out again. The template inserts a <abbr> tag into the page's HTML.