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Acronyms

Acronyms are very much like abbreviations. Here are some examples: 


	PIN: Personal Identification Number

	SCUBA:  Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

	AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

	NASA: National Aeronatics and Space Administration
The special thing about acronyms is that instead of saying the letters separately (as in N-A-S-A), you say them as a word or a name (as in NASA).

Here are a few more examples: 


	RAM: Random-Access Memory

	ROM: Read-Only Memory

	AWOL: Absent WithOut Leave

	OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Acronyms are always written as all capitals.

Acronyms are different than initializations. In an initialization you say the letters separately not as a word. Here are some initializations: 


	FBI: Federal Bureau of Investication

	UFO: unidentified flying object

	BLM: Bureau of Land Management

	EPA: Environmental Protection Agency

	CIA: Central Intelligence Agency

	UK: United Kingdom
Remember that an acronym is said as a word (not as a sequence of letters).

Here are a few more acronyms: 


	NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

	SWAT: Special Weapons Action Team

	SNAFU: situation normal, all fouled up

	MADD: Mothers Against Drunk Driving

	RIF: Reading is Fundamental

	SADD: Students Against Drunk Driving
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