Abbreviation Noun Synonyms
initialism, acronym, shortening, contraction
UK is one kind of abbreviation, initialism, NATO, which is pronounced as a word, is another,ually called an acronym.
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Entertainment / Tennis / Five: An expression of a number of games completed (e.g. '7-5' is spoken as 'seven-five'), or (curiously, in the uk) as a spoken abbreviation of '15' in points (e.g. A score of 40-15 is spoken as 'forty-fiv MORE
Technology / Television (TV) / RGB: The abbreviation for red, green and blue signals, the primary colors of light (and television). Cameras and telecines have red, blue and green receptors, the TV screen has red, green and blue phosphor MORE
Technology / Programming / Rdbms: Rdbms is the abbreviation for 'relational database management system', a system for the creation, manipulation, and deletion of relational databases in part or in toto. Well known rdbms systems are po MORE
Entertainment / Photography / TTL: Abbreviation for 'through-the-lens' as referring to a metering system in which a suitable light sensitive mechanism within the camera body measures exposure from the image light passing through the le MORE
Entertainment / Photography / Frames Per Second (Fps): Used to describe how many frames can a motor drive or winder handle automatically. MORE