What Are Acronyms? (with Examples)

• NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• NAAFI
(Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes)

• Laser
(Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) (Note: Some acronyms are so common, they are often treated like normal words and are written in lowercase letters.)

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Be Careful with the Word "Acronym"

• BBC
(British Broadcasting Corporation)
• LRS
(Linear Recursive Sequence)
• M.O.T.
(Ministry of Transport)
• e.g.
(Latin: exempli gratia)