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acronym — An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase
acronym ::= (#PCDATA|acronym|emphasis|trademark|link|olink|ulink|anchor| remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject| indexterm|beginpage)*
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
A pronounceable contraction of initials. An acronym is often printed in all capitals or small capitals, although this is sometimes incorrect (consider dpi or bps).
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.
These elements contain acronym: abbrev, acronym, application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, emphasis, entry, firstterm, foreignphrase, glossentry, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, label, lineannotation, link, literallayout, lotentry, manvolnum, member, msgaud, olink, para, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, quote, refentrytitle, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, systemitem, td, term, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, ulink, wordasword.
The following elements occur in acronym: acronym, anchor, beginpage, emphasis, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, link, olink, remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, ulink.
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<para>
In the United States, <acronym>NASA</acronym> stands for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
</para>In the United States, NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
For additional examples, see also application, command, glossary, hardware, option, variablelist.
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