TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: Calling all philologists! From:Robert Bononno <bononno -at- ACF2 -dot- NYU -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 31 May 1994 21:37:08 -0400
It's an initialism. We have acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms.
Robert Bononno /// Techline
bononno -at- acf2 -dot- nyu -dot- edu
CIS 73670,1570
On Fri, 27 May 1994, Margaret Gerard wrote:
> Hi All,
> What's the word for (or the name of the process of making) an
> abbreviation out of the initial letters of a set of words, in the
> case where the abbreviation is not going to form an acronym?
> If there is no word other than "abbreviation", how do you
> differentiate between the "btw" type of abbreviation and the
> "dept" (department) type of abbreviation?
> Thanks,
> Margaret Gerard email: margaret -at- toshiba -dot- tic -dot- oz -dot- au
