From Webster:
abbreviation: a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of
the whole
acronym: a word (as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or
letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term;
also : an abbreviation (as FBI) formed from initial letters
I'd say both USS and CICS could be considered both abbreviations and
acronyms.
From: Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Annd yet more pedantry( was: USS pedantry (was Friday musings
on the future of 3270 applications)
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:33:45 -0600
On 6 Jun 2007 10:15:27 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote:
>
>I also agree with "S.Metz" that USS is an abreviation, not an acronym.
>:-)
I wonder - I guess for some of us, CICS is an abbreviation, for others
an acronym. (I never say "kicks").
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