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Acronyms Made Easy 436
School of Conservative Arts, Office of Edicts
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Students must pass an online test of Acronyms to achieve credit.
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Christian Bagnoli-Borg
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2006-08-26 12:01:44
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Ana you just copied those lists from wikipedia
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Erik G. McStamp-Smeets
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my list |
2006-08-25 09:00:16
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THOSE: Ten Hebrews on Sunken Enchaladas
THEM: The Human Enemy Morons
THEY: The Human Enemy Yuppies
HOME: Heavy Automation Mechanized Enterprises (as in HOME-made)
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Ana Zeegers
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a less short list |
2006-08-24 16:05:21
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FNMA: (Fannie Mae) Federal National Mortgage Association
LASER: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
SCUBA: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
SQL: Structured Query Language
CD-ROM:Compact Disc read-only memory
IUPAC: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group
PDFORRA: Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representative Association
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
LED: light-emitting diode
OB-GYN: obstetrics and gyn(a)ecology or obstetrician and gyn(a)ecologist
AAA: American Automobile Association or anti-aircraft artillery
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NCAA: National Collegiate Athletic Association
* shortcut incorporated into name
3M: originally Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
W3C: World Wide Web Consortium
GNU: GNU’s Not Unix
HURD: HIRD of Unix-Replacing Daemons, where "HIRD" stands for "HURD of Interfaces Representing Depth"
VISA: VISA International Service Association
ICQ: "I seek you"
IOU: "I owe you"
OU812: "Oh, you ate one, too?", a Van Halen album
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Ana Zeegers
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2006-08-24 14:21:51
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CHMOD - Chmod, the UNIX and Linux file permission command explained at last.
CGA - Color Graphics Adapter. A video display standard.
EGA - Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A video display standard.
VGA - Video Graphics Array. A video display standard.
SVGA - Super Video Graphics Array. A video display standard.
EVGA - Extended Video Graphics Array. A video display standard.
XVGA - eXtended Video Graphics Array. A video display standard.
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The U.S. Governments premier space exploration organization.
ASC or CSA - Agence Spatiale Canadienne, Canadian Space Agency. Information on Canada's civil space industry.
RKA or RSA - Russian Space Agency. Additional information about the Russian Space Agency. Often seen as RSA or RKA.
AU - Astronomical Unit. What is an astronomical unit? What is it used for?
BEM - Have you ever seen a Bug Eyed Monster? Read up about them here.
SETI - The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence begins here.
BFE - Butt Fudged Egypt
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Ana Zeegers
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A cool free acronym generator |
2006-08-24 13:25:55
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too bad it doesn't generate better definitions :(
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