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Category: Abbreviations

Abbreviations are shortened forms of words or phrases. They are typically used to save time and space, or to make a long phrase easier to remember. Abbreviations can be made up of letters (such as “USA” for “United States of America”), numbers (such as “2” for “to” or “4” for “for”), or a combination of both. Abbreviations are commonly used in many different contexts, including business, government, education, and even everyday life. In the corporate world, abbreviations have become ubiquitous in emails and other forms of communication. In the medical field, abbreviations are often used to save time in documenting patient care. In education, abbreviations are widely used in textbooks and research papers to refer to sources quickly and concisely. One type of abbreviation that is widely used is acronyms – words formed using the first letter of each word in a phrase. For example, WHO stands for World Health Organisation; PAHO stands for Pan American Health Organisation; WIPO stands for World Intellectual Property Organisation; ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine; DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc; etc. Acronyms can also be formed using numbers instead of letters – such as 3G (third-generation mobile network) or 4K (a resolution format for digital video). In addition to acronyms, there are many other types of common abbreviations that can be seen on a daily basis such as ASAP (as soon as possible) or FYI (for your information). The use of abbreviations can help make communication faster and easier by saving time on typing out full words or phrases.

American University in Dubai
May 15, 2023

American University in Dubai (AUD)

According to abbreviationfinder, American University in Dubai is commonly known as AUD. American University in Dubai (AUD) was established in 1995 as a private, non-profit…

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists
May 8, 2023

American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB)

According to abbreviationfinder, American College of Veterinary Behaviorists is commonly known as ACVB. The American College of Veterinary Behaviorists (ACVB) was formed in 1995 as…

American College of Neuropsychiatrists
May 1, 2023

American College of Neuropsychiatrists (ACNP)

According to abbreviationfinder, American College of Neuropsychiatrists is commonly known as ACNP. The American College of Neuropsychiatrists was founded in 1971 by a group of…

American College of Cardiology
March 19, 2023

Comprehensive Guide to ACC

According to abbreviationfinder, American College of Cardiology is commonly known as ACC. The American College of Cardiology (ACC) was founded in 1949 by six cardiologists…

Al-Quds Open University
March 12, 2023

Comprehensive Guide to Al-Quds Open University

According to abbreviationfinder, Al-Quds Open University is commonly known as QOU. Al-Quds Open University (AQU) was founded in 1991 as a non-profit educational institution. It…

Abilene Christian College
February 19, 2023

Comprehensive Guide to Abilene Christian College

According to abbreviationfinder, Abilene Christian College is commonly known as ACC. Abilene Christian College (ACC) is a private, Christian, liberal arts college located in…

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
April 24, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

According to abbreviationfinder, BSE stands for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. It is a chronic, non-febrile and fatal disease; characterized by a long incubation period followed by…

Operating System
April 16, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Operating System (OS)

An operating system (or OS according to abbreviationfinder) is the program or set of programs that carry out the management of the basic processes…

Micro SD
April 14, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Micro SD

Micro Secure Digital (short for microSD according to abbreviationfinder). It is a format for flash memory cards derived from SanDisk’s TransFlash. It is especially…

GTK +
March 22, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to GTK +

GTK + and The GIMP Toolkit is a set of libraries Multiplatform to develop graphical user interfaces (GUI), mainly for graphical environments GNOME, XFCE and…

GPS Receiver
March 21, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to GPS Receiver

A microprocessor, to calculate the errors of the GPS system and to generate the structure of the message that is sent to the receivers….

muscle problems
March 20, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Contracture

The Latin word contrahĕre, translatable as “ contraer ”, derived in contractūra, which came to our language as contracture. This is the name of…

Comprehensive Guide to CEO
March 13, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to CEO

A CEO, i.e. a Chief Executive Officer (British English: Managing Director, MD*) is at the top of the corporate hierarchy and heads the entire…

Comprehensive Guide to Freezing
February 20, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Freezing

Before entering fully into the meaning of the term freezing, we are going to proceed to know its etymological origin. In this case, we…

Comprehensive Guide to Contest
February 13, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Contest

From the Latin concursus, contest is the concurrence or group of people. The concept is used to name collaboration, participation or assistance in some…

Heart Muscle Inflammation
February 6, 2022

Comprehensive Guide to Heart Muscle Inflammation

According to abbreviationfinder, heart muscle inflammation or myocarditis is a disease of the heart. This inflammation of the heart muscle can be both chronic…

Chronic Venous Insufficiency
December 19, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to Chronic Venous Insufficiency

In medicine, the term chronic venous insufficiency describes a venous disease in which a so-called congestion syndrome occurs in the veins. It is particularly…

CD Compact Disc
October 31, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to Compact Disc

In 1984, the compact disc specifications were extended (with the publication of the Yellow Book so that digital data could be stored. CD geometry…

Blow-out Fracture
October 25, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to Blow-out Fracture

Abbreviated as OBF by Abbreviationfinder, a blow-out fracture is a break in what is known as the orbital floor. In many cases, the blow-out…

Comprehensive Guide to Dependency
September 26, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to Dependency

What is a dependency? In software development, a dependency describes that a program needs a certain piece of code (e.g. frameworks, libraries) in order…

Company
September 12, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to Company

To start a business, there are different modalities in which the business or society fits, from the moment of registration. The definition of the type…

Comprehensive Guide to DVD
September 5, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to DVD

According to abbreviationfinder, the acronym for DVD stands for “Digital Versatile Disc”, which in turn is the term that encompasses all the different types…

CNN
August 29, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to CNN

CNN (Cable News Network according to abbreviationfinder), is an American television network founded in 1980 by businessman Ted Turner. It is currently part of Time…

SSH
August 22, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to SSH

SSH (Secure SHell; see abbreviationfinder) is the name of a protocol and the program that implements it, and is used to access remote machines over…

Comprehensive Guide to NATO
August 15, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to NATO

Since 1994 (on the one hand due to the wishes of most of the former Warsaw Pact states to join, on the other hand…

AU - African Union
August 8, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to AU

AU: African Union African Union, short for AU by abbreviationfinder, is a regional organization of 54 African countries and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (d. E….

Comprehensive Guide to United Nations
August 1, 2021

Comprehensive Guide to United Nations

The Security Council has established two special short-term international criminal tribunals for war criminals: one for the former Yugoslavia 1993 (ICTY) and one for…

ISDN
May 9, 2021

Meaning of ISDN

In the past, Internet and telephone were unthinkable without ISDN. But the old standard has now been replaced by the IP network. Find out…

IPTV
May 2, 2021

Meaning of IPTV

Most households in Germany are inconceivable without the television. One form of television is becoming increasingly popular: IPTV. In times in which flexibility plays…

INTERNET TELEPHONY
April 25, 2021

Meaning of Internet Telephony

Internet telephony (also IP telephony) refers to the transmission of telephone calls over the Internet – via a telephone, using software on a laptop…

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