“That's a particularly dour abbreviation - Normal Operating Procedure - but I don't claim to have invented that one.”

“Nevertheless, abbreviation pays off in having everything fit into a tight volume.”

“If searching for a forename below try the abbreviation first, and if not successful use the full forename.”

“He keeps close at hand the Dizionario di abbreviature latine ed italiane, an alphabetized list of abbreviations frequently used by medieval scribes.”

“Some of the chapters, of which the Greek is lost, have been preserved to us by his abbreviator Moschion.”

“The abbreviator himself, however, is dated to the end of the seventh.”

“There are a few abbreviations, things like SMTP and HTTP and such, that are specifically excepted from this rule.”

“The abbreviations for chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and their derivation are as described previously.”

“Third, an 11 page section of endnotes is included to explain abbreviations or items in the text that require further clarification.”