<P> Whereas an abbreviation may be any type of shortened form , such as words with the middle omitted ( for example , Rd for road or Dr for Doctor ) , an acronym is a word formed from the first letter or first few letters of each word in a phrase ( such as sonar , created from so und na vigation and ranging ) . Attestations for Akronym in German are known from 1921 , and for acronym in English from 1940 . </P>
<P> Whereas an abbreviation may be any type of shortened form , such as words with the middle omitted ( for example , Rd for road or Dr for Doctor ) , an acronym is a word formed from the first letter or first few letters of each word in a phrase ( such as sonar , created from so und na vigation and ranging ) . Attestations for Akronym in German are known from 1921 , and for acronym in English from 1940 . </P>
when the letters of a word stand for something
when the letters of a word stand for something
acronym
acronym