What is an acronym? 11/07/2014

What is an acronym? Do you know the meaning of short forms like NAFTA, NASA, NATO, CUPE, CSIS, scuba, radar, sonar, laser, ROTFL, LOL, WYSIWYG, and CAD/CAM? How about NORAD?

An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a name or by combining initial letters of a series of words.

NAFTA :  North American Free Trade Agreement.

NASA   : The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

NATO   : North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

CUPE   : Canadian Union of Public Employees.

CSIS    : Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

scuba  : self-contained underwater breathing apparatus.

RADAR : Radio Detection And Ranging.

RADAR : Royal Association for Disability And Rehabilitation.

SONAR :  Sound Navigation & Ranging.

SONAR : Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response.

LASER :  Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.

ROTFL  : Rolling On The Floor Laughing.

LOL : Laugh(ing) Out Loud. LOL, Lots Of Love. LOL, League of Legends (game). LOL, Little Old Lady. LOL, Lots Of Laughs.

WYSIWYG  : What You See Is What You Get. WYSIWYG.


CAD/CAM  : Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing.

NORAD

:  North American Aerospace Defense Command.