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What is an acronym?

What is an acronym? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
  2. An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
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It was anti-futuristic, so cumbrous and mechanical that even the acronym seemed dated.
And if I've led you up the garden path just to give you a silly acronym by which to remember something simple and obvious, I'm sorry.
It is usually acceptable to start a sentence with an acronym or initialism that begins with a capital letter.
An acronym, after all, is a word whose full meaning is concealed by its pronunciation.
An acronym is a word group created in a similar way to an initialism but which is pronounced as a word.
The acronym derives from the group composition of postgraduates, faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students.

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