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--- abbreviations_acronyms_initialisms [2022/01/13 09:44]
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+++ abbreviations_acronyms_initialisms [2022/01/13 12:42] (current)
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-====== Abbreviation, Acronym, and Initialism ======
+====== Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms ======
 In order to prevent further confusion and embarrassment in meetings, this page provides definitions and examples of  abbreviations, acronyms, and initialisms.  After reading this, there is no excuse for using the wrong term.
-([[list_of_acronyms|Here are some of the ones we use.]])
+([[list_of_acronyms|Here are some more.]])
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-**Bonus Material:** There is a special HTML tag for abbreviations, it's <html><code>&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;</code></html>, and should include a <html><code>title</code></html> attribute which spells-out the abbreviation. And since initialisms and acronyms are just special cases of abbreviations, this tag should be used for those as well.
+**Bonus Material:** There is a special HTML tag for abbreviations.  It's <nowiki><abbr></nowiki>, and should include a <html>title</html> attribute which spells-out the abbreviation. And since initialisms and acronyms are just special cases of abbreviations, this tag should be used for those as well.
 Here is an example:
-<html>
-<code><strong>&lt;abbr title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration"&gt;NASA&lt;/abbr&gt;</strong></code>
-</html>
-which renders as:
+<nowiki>
-<html>
 <abbr title="National Aeronautics and Space Administration">NASA</abbr>
-</html>
+</nowiki>

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