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initialism
noun()
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
Synonyms: acronym,
Examples:
`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
initialism
noun()
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately
Examples:
HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language.

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