Parola formata dalle iniziali (di solito) di una frase, usata per ragioni di brevità, ma a discapito della comprensione. Tutte le pubblicazioni di informatica (libri, depliant, riviste... e persino i libretti di istruzioni) sono pieni di acronimi mai spiegati.
Un esempio: AGP, acronimo di Accelerated Graphics Port.
Di solito gli acronimi si scrivono in tutte maiuscole, tranne quando diventano così popolari ed usati da essere equiparati ad una parola di senso compiuto, ed allora si scrivono con la sola iniziale maiuscola.
Esempio di questo tipo: Basic, acronimo di Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, ma ormai entrata nell'uso comune come parola autonoma.
Un altro esempio di acronimi sono quelli usati nelle chat, i chat acronym.
Argomenti correlati a "Acronimo"
AFAIK, As Far As I know AFK, Away From Keyboard AKA, Also Known As ASAP, As Soon As Possible ATYS, Anything You Say B4, Before BAK, Back At Keyboard BBFN, Bye Bye For Now BBIAB, Be Back In A Bit BBL, Be Back Later BBS, Be Back Soon BCNU, Be Seein' You BRB, Be Right Back BTW, By The Way CUL8R, See You Later CUL, See You Later Chat chat acronym Chat audio Chat video DIIK, Damned If I Know DYJHIW, Don't You Just Hate It When Dating EG, Evil Grin F2F, Face-To-Face FDROTFL, Falling Down Rolling On The Floor Laughing FITB, Fill In The Blanks FOAF, Friend Of A Friend FOTCL, Falling Off The Chair Laughing FWIW, For What It's Worth FYA, For Your Amusement FYI, For Your Information GA, Go Ahead GBH, Great Big Hug GIWIST, Gee I Wish I'd Said That G, Grin HB, Hug Back HH, Ha Ha H, Hug ICOCBW, I Could Of Course Be Wrong ICQ IDK, I Don't Know IMHO, In My Humble Opinion IMO, In My Opinion IM, Instant Messaging IOW, In Other Words IWBNI, It Would Be Nice If JAM, Just A Minute JAS, Just A Second J/K, Just Kidding KB, Kiss Back KISS, Keep It Simple Stupid KOTC, Kiss On The Cheek K, Kiss L8R, Later LOL, Laughing Out Loud LTLYB, Love To Love You Baby MORF, Male OR Female MYOB, Mind Your Own Business NBD, No Big Deal NHOH, Never Heard Of Him/Her NP, No Problem NRN, No Reply Necessary OBTW, Oh By The Way OIC, Oh I See OTOH, On The Other Hand PITA, Pain In The Ass PMJI, Pardon My Jumping In RL, Real Life ROTFLMAO, Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off ROTFL, Rolling On The Floor Laughing Room SB, Smile Back SOL, Sh*t Outta Luck SUP, What's Up? SWEIN, So What Else Is New? SYL, See You Later S, Smile TAFN, That's All For Now TIA, Thanks In Advance TTBOMK, To The Best Of My Knowledge TTFN, Ta-Ta For Now TTUL, Talk To You Later TTYL, Talk To You Later TTYS, Talk To You Soon UOK?, Are You OK? VEG, Very Evil Grin VES, Very Evil Smile VWG, Very Wicked Grin VWS, Very Wicked Smile WG, Wicked Grin WTF, What The F**k WTHDTM, What The Hell Does That Mean? WTH, What The Hell W, Wink YAFIYGI, You Asked For It, You Got It