Abbreviations.com

Hi All,

Neat site alert!  Abbreviations.com is the world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. 

The site has hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories (computing, web, government, medicine, business and more) and is maintained and expanded by a large community of editors.

Broad topics on the site include: Academic/Science, Business/Finance, Community, Computing, Governmental, Internet,  Miscellaneous, Medical, Regional, International.

Enjoy the links and the abbreviations and the acronyms and the intialisms!

Regards,
Stu

Acronym Finder

Hi All,


Have you ever wondered what the acronym gif, or jpeg means? Or what about IMDB or LOL or MLS or IMHO or RBI or ROFL? 

Well, the one thing all these letters have in common is that they are acronyms.  They all stand for the letter of a word in the phrase.  For example...FBI stands for 'Federal Bureau of Investigation'.  And LOL stands for 'Laugh Out Loud' - usually in the context of a text message.  You get the idea.

So...with Acronym Finder you can find more than 1,000,000 human-edited definitions.  According to the site, Acronym Finder is the world's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.  Combined with the Acronym Attic, Acronym Finder contains more than 5 million acronyms and abbreviations. 

The site is easy to search and loads quickly. 

Enjoy the site!

Regards,
Stu

Acronym Finder

Hi All,

What do IMHO, BTW, FAL, NYM, GWB, POTUS and NOAA have in common?

Well, by the end of this blog entry you'll have a better idea - and you'll know where to get the answer to this fun question.

Today we're talking about acronyms.  What the heck is an acronym?  An acronym is 'a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or words'. Click here for the link from Dictionary.com for more on this definition.

For example, 'NYY' is an acronym for 'New York Yankees'.  Take the first letter from each word and you get 'NYY'....get it?

So here are a few good sites for acronyms...fyi, they are everywhere!
Acronym Finder - 'find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initialism stands for'. Over 4 million acronyms, abbreviations and initalisms included.

The Free Dictionary - By Farlex...an extensive list of acronyms...alphabetical and comprehensive.  enter the acronym and the meaning appears

Acronym Attic - searching over 3 million abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms.  Interesting site.

Finally, here's an acronym that you probably won't find anywhere else. At the library we have a computer assistance program called CHIP Chat.  I made the acronym up - CHIP stands for 'Computer Help, In Person'.  What do you think of that acronym?

Finally, we have a CHIP Chat class on Thursday, May 23rd at 10am.  Click on this link if you want to sign up for the class.  

Enjoy the acronyms...and the answers are:
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion - an online abbreviation that users and writers use on blogs, newsgroups and the web/internet
BTW - By the Way
FAL- Farmingdale Public Library
NYM - New York Mets
GWB - George Washington Bridge - from Easy Pass
POTUS - President of the United States
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\

Enjoy the links and the sites.
Regards,
Stu