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Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Abbreviations- Shortened names for things |
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Titles before names
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| Mrs. | misses |
| Mr. | mister |
| Ms. | miss |
| Prof. | professor |
| Dr. | doctor |
| Gen. | general |
| Rep. | representative |
| Sen. | senator |
| St. | saint |
Titles after names |
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| Sr. | Senior |
| Jr. | Junior |
| Ph.D | Doctor of Philosophy |
| M.D. | Medical Doctor |
| B.A. | Bachelor of the arts |
| M.A. | Master of the arts |
Names of |
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Familiar Institutions |
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| Uconn | University of Connecticut |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| UCLA | University of California Los Angeles |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
countries |
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| U.S.A. | United States of America |
| U.K. | United Kingdom |
corporations |
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| IBM | |
| CBS | Central Broadcasting Service |
| NPR | |
| CNN | Central News Network |
famous people |
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| LBJ | |
| JFK | John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| FDR | Franklin Delanor Roosevelt |
familiar objects |
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| TV | Television |
| VCR | |
| CD-ROM | |
units of measurement |
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| in. | inch |
| ft | foot |
| kg | kilogram |
| m | meter |
| lb. | pound |
common phrases |
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| IQ | Intelligent Quotient |
| rpm | revolutions per minute |
| mph | miles per hour |
| mpg | miles per gallon |
Words used with numbers |
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| a.m. | Ante Meridium |
| B.C. | Before Christ |
Common Latin terms |
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| etc. | et cetera — and so forth |
| i.e. | id est — that is |
| e.g. | exempli gratia — for example |
| et al. | et alii — and others |
| Acronyms- the first initials of a phrase or compounded-word and using those initials to form a word that stands for something | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| LASER | Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
