Should You Use Your Full Name or an Acronym? Nonprofit World (7/1/2004)
...the full name is used on the "front page," and the acronym CAP is used almost everywhere else "inside" the site...long-term association with your organization, making the acronym more appropriate. While it makes sense for you to switch from an acronym to your organization's full name with outsiders, ...

ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM The Boston Globe (2/11/2001)
...kind," writes Kenneth G. Wilson - that is, a subset of acronyms, not a separate category. The distinction seems to be...1976 edition of Webster's Third Unabridged.) Maybe the acronym's ambiguity isn't surprising, considering the utter lack of logic behind acronym formation. Why do we pronounce AIDS as a ...

What's your AQ?(Systems & Software Technology)(acronym quotient; computer terms)(Column) Industrial Distribution (4/1/1999)
Without a high acronym quotient, acronyms cause confusion for many Not too long...such a quantum leap in the number of acronyms used in the information technology industry...A standard for compressing video in CD-ROMs and digital video. MPEG provides...frames per second with 24-bit color and ...

InfoEdge publishes new technical dictionary.(The Gartner Group: Glossary of Information Technology Acronyms and Terms) Information Today (12/1/1997)
...Age, The Gartner Group: Glossary Of Information Technology Acronyms and Terms. This new publication provides concise, plain-English...information technology (IT), Internet, and electronic commerce acronyms and terms commonly used in technical documents, proposals, and publications. it is available on ...

Acronyms and abbreviations. Ploughshares Monitor (9/22/2004)
Acronyms and Abbreviations ABM Anti-ballistic missile ASAT Anti-satellite weapon BICC Bonn International Center for Conversion BMD Ballistic missile defence CCC Canadian Council of Churches CD Conference on Disarmament CF Canadian Forces CIDA Canadian International Development Agency COPUOS Committee on the ...

Translating Technical Acronyms: A Black Hole of Techspeak The Journal Record (7/22/1992)
...correct about translating technical acronyms. I came to terms years ago with words...years as a reporter. My problem is with acronyms like VCR, CADCAM, VHF, UHF, CATV wires, CD, dBASE, DOS, CGA Cards, VGA systems, CPU, DIP switches, RAM and PC. I don't like acronyms in the first place. I can't ...

CD-ROMs surge ahead in 1993: CD-ROM users are starting to buy individual CD titles. Graphic Arts Monthly (5/1/1994)
...the graphic arts industry knows the acronym CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc-Read Only...does the industry realize that in 1993 CD software sales were over $202 million...CDs sold via 62 leading publishiers of CD software? According to the Software...

Acronyms. Ploughshares Monitor (6/22/2003)
APFO Africa Peace Forum ASAT Anti-satellite BMD Ballistic missile defence CD Conference on Disarmament CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CPT Christian Peacemaker Teams CSIS Center for Strategic...

DVD-ROM: CD-ROM on steroids; DVD-ROM - in contrast to DVD-Vido - could pose a threat to CD-ROM.(digital video disk)(Column) Information Today (10/1/1997)
...discussed why DVD-Video is not the threat to CD-ROm that it is often depicted to be. I...DVD-ROM could be the kiss of death for CD-ROM -- if it did not look like DVD-Video...full-text Web database or a page-image CD-ROM database (which could benefit enormously...VCRs and laserdisc players for movies. The ...