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:Re-expansions of existing acronyms
Common acronyms given new expansions relevant to their better-known ones.
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AA
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ADO
ADS
AM (2)
AMD
ANZAC
AOL
ASCII
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ATI
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5
beginning with
B
BBN
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BSD
22
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C
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CSC
20
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D
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DSL (9)
8
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E
EDS
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EDS (3)
EDS (4)
EDS (5)
EDS (6)
ERNIE
EULA
3
beginning with
F
FA (2)
FM
FTP
4
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G
GM
GNU
GNU (2)
GPF
3
beginning with
H
HTML
HTTP
HTTP (2)
20
beginning with
I
IBM
IBM (2)
IBM (3)
INS
IRS
IS
ISDN
ISDN (2)
ISDN (3)
ISDN (4)
ISDN (5)
ISP
ISP (2)
ISP (3)
ISP (4)
ISP (5)
ISP (6)
ISP (7)
ISP (8)
IT (2)
2
beginning with
J
JPEG
JPEG (2)
4
beginning with
K
KFC
KLR
KLR (2)
KLR (3)
3
beginning with
L
LASER
LCBO
LZ
10
beginning with
M
MAF
MAFF
MCP
MCT
MCT (2)
MMORPG
MOAB (2)
MSDN
MSDN (2)
MSDN (3)
11
beginning with
N
NASA
NASA (2)
NASA (3)
NATO
NCR
NEC
NET
NIC
NTFS
NTFS (2)
NZ
9
beginning with
O
OA
OBE
OCR
OCR (2)
ODBC
OOP
OOP (2)
OSH
OSH (2)
28
beginning with
P
PAL
PC
PC (2)
PC (3)
PC (4)
PC (5)
PC (6)
PC (7)
PC (8)
PCI-E
PCMCIA
PDA
PH.D.
PHP
PMS
PMS (2)
PMS (3)
PMS (4)
PMS (5)
PMS (6)
POP
POP (2)
PPC
PPC (2)
PPC (3)
PPC (4)
PVC
PVC (2)
7
beginning with
Q
QA
QA (2)
QA (3)
QA (4)
QA (5)
QIC
QY
8
beginning with
R
RADAR
RAM
RCMP
REM
RSH
RSH (2)
RSVP
RSVP (2)
20
beginning with
S
SA
SARS
SARS (2)
SARS (3)
SARS (4)
SARS (5)
SCUBA
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SETI
SETI (2)
SETI (3)
SETI (4)
SETI (5)
SLIP
SMTP
SMTP (2)
SMTP (3)
SOAP (3)
SSH
STD
2
beginning with
T
TRCLHCA
TCP/IP
18
beginning with
U
UA
UA (2)
UA (3)
UA (4)
UAJAPPFIUSC
UDE
UDE (2)
UIFSA
UNESCO
UNICEF
UPS
UPS (2)
URL
USA PATRIOT
USB
USB (2)
USL
USL (2)
3
beginning with
V
VA
VCD
VFAT
18
beginning with
W
WHEC
WINFS
WIX
WMD
WMS
WMS (2)
WMV
WMV (2)
WMV (3)
WMV (4)
WTC
WTC (2)
WTC (3)
WTC (4)
WTC (5)
WTC (6)
WWDC
WWF
4
beginning with
XYZ
XML
YAST
ZIFF
ZZV
245 apronyms in total