A Web-mining approach to disambiguate biomedical acronym expansions.(Technical report) Informatica (6/1/2010)
...cases, acronyms become proper names referring to countries or...For instance, NER, the acronym we use for Named Entities...of words that defines the acronym. In all cases, an acronym behaves like a named entity...intrinsic ambiguity in most ...

ASAP, WHAT'S YOUR ACRONYM IQ? The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (5/21/1990)
...give back one gold star. An acronym has really made it into the...of organizations to adopt names with meaningful acronyms (FAWN, MADD, DARE), and...bit of clever humor into its acronym, but the humor is probably...monitor the proliferating use of ...

Alphabet soup: there are a lot of acronyms out there. We'll help you sort them out. Mechanical Engineering-CIME (1/1/2003)
...behind these commonly used acronyms are: "standard for the exchange...Maybe not, because those acronyms are so commonly used that...Spelling out the proper name tar these standards doesn...But sometimes when too many acronyms are bandied about, the ...

DEPARTMENT OF ACRONYMS.(MAIN) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (4/17/2004)
...Instruction Code.'' The acronym ``MOUSE'' refers not to...Earth.'' The most familiar acronym to come out of World War II...most unfortunate military acronym in World War II was ``CINCUS...government loves initials and acronyms. Franklin Roosevelt's ...

Critical Path Network: Simple acronym helps staff focus on neuro patients' needs. Hospital Case Management (2/1/2006)
...the list in the order of the acronym's letters. The interdisciplinary...for each of the items in the acronym. Ongoing issues are addressed...5," she says. Using the acronym has ensured that issues such...documentation includes the name of the person ...

Abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare: when shorter isn't sweeter.(Continuing Cursing Education Series) Pediatric Nursing (9/1/2007)
...punctuation. In a sense, the acronym is a combination of abbreviations...separate meaning. The word acronym is derived from the Greek...extreme and onoma, meaning name. In this country the acronym's component letters usually...in a pronounceable word ...

HALT: HELP ACRONYMS LEAVE (MEDICAL) TRIALS The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (8/13/2006)
...sign up for trials with names like CURE (Clopidogrel...The rules for creating acronyms are bent so far by many...that a trial has an acronym convoluted, life...same scrutiny to trial names as it does to drug names. No, researchers ...

GLOSSARY: 'ACRONYM' The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (11/9/1987)
...abbreviations, which they resemble, acronyms are pronounced as words rather...of New English point out, acronyms take on plural forms and are...adjectives and verbs. Many acronyms -- like WAC (a World War...an abbreviation, not an acronym), New York ...

PronProdNam (not PPN). (acronyms and product names) (column) Software Magazine (3/1/1990)
...IBM lobby to keep the code name, instead of more annoying...initials. Initials, not acronyms, because acronyms are what AS/400 and its...Random House Dictionary, an acronym is a "word formed from the...vendors like IBM can't adopt names like ...