Acronym

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• Characteristics of the acronyms
• Examples of acronyms

The acronym they are linguistic signs generally formed with the initial letters of each term that make it up. For example: UN (United Nations).

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• Acronyms
• Acronyms and acronyms in English

Characteristics of the acronyms

• Acronyms are written without periods between the letters that comprise them. For example: SA (Anonymous society). Unlike abbreviations that do have a point. For example: p.
• Some acronyms include more than one letter of each term, to facilitate pronunciation. For example: CONADEP (National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons).
• In the case of those that exceed four letters, such as INDEC (by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses) many prefer to write them in lower case. For example: Indec.
• The acronyms that should be read as if it were a word. For example: the acronym SA is pronounced “sa” and not “ese a”.
• The plural of acronyms is not graphically marked with theyes but Yes it is correct to pronounce the s orally. For example: NGOs ("NGOs" is incorrect).
• When an acronym represents plural words, each initial is placed twice. For example: HR (Human Resources).

Examples of acronyms

1. INC: Central Intelligence Agency (In Spanish, Central Intelligence Agency).
2. ILO: International Labor Organization.
3. SIDE: State Intelligence Secretariat.
4. IMF: International Monetary Fund.
5. CPI: Consumer price index.
6. WHO: World Health Organization.
7. CNV: National Value Comission.
8. DNI: National identity document.
9. FIFA: International Federation of Association Football.
10. VAT: Value Added Tax.
11. RAE: Royal Spanish Academy.
12. UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (In Spanish, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
13. UN: United Nations.
14. AFA: Argentine Soccer Association.
15. UOM: Union of Metalworkers.
16. NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
17. SME: Small And Medium Business.
18. PJ: Justicialist Party.
19. CONADEP: National Commission on the Disappearance of Persons.
20. UFO: Unidentified flying object.
21. UIA: Argentine Industrial Union.
22. CASLA: Athletic Club San Lorenzo.
23. RIP: Requiescat In Pace (Latin. In Spanish: Rest in Peace).
24. UNICEF: United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (In Spanish, United Nations Children's Fund).
25. FIBA: International Amateur Basketball Federation.
26. GDP: Gross Domestic Product (Many say Gross Domestic Product).
27. FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (In Spanish, Federal Bureau of Investigation)
28. AC: BC.
29. OPEC: Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
30. UCR: Radical Civic Union.
31. PDF: Portable Document Format (In Spanish, Portable Document Format)
32. DEA: Drug Enforcement Administration (In Spanish, Administration for Drug Control).
33. COI: International Olympic Committee.
34. UBA: Buenos Aires' University.
35. HR: Human Resources.
36. UPS: Uninterruptible Power System.
37. CPU: Central Processing Unit (In Spanish, Central Processing Unit).
38. VIP: Very Important Person (In Spanish, Very Important Person).
39. CBU: Unique Banking Code.
40. PIN: Personal Identification Number.