Acronym (or abbreviation) soup; * How three little letters can mean so many different things. Network World (7/14/2005)
...that by some definitions, an acronym should be something that makes...The example cited was that "radar" was an acronym, while MTU was an abbreviation...allowing abbreviations and acronyms to be interchangeable. After...Connection Identifier) is an ...

WEATHER RADAR PLAN CAUSES BERNE CONCERN.(Local) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (12/29/1988)
...to build a weather- tracking radar station in the sparsely populated...environmental statement on the new radar technology, said David Smiley...no." The proposed unmanned radar station, which the government...system is known as NEXRAD, an acronym for "next ...

A SUNNY FORECAST BETTER RADAR WILL ALLOW EARLIER WARNING Post-Tribune (IN) (4/23/1996)
...was not what it should be. NEXRAD, an acronym for NEXt generation RADar), is also known as doppler radar, a more sensitive and accurate weather...Weather Service continues to operate older radar systems in Fort Wayne and South Bend, but...

ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (2/11/2001)
`WHEN ACRONYMS INSPIRE ACRIMONY...THE WORD CALLS RSVP AN ACRONYM?" WROTE STEVE KENDALL...school, too: that an acronym was an abbreviation sounded as a word, like radar and WAC. If you had...let's note that acronym itself is a youngish...the ...

Comparing six small-boat radars. (includes related article on selection and installation) (Evaluation) Trailer Boats (10/1/1993)
...review of small-boat radars, TBM focused on six...Shakespeare 1600. Radar, an acronym meaning Radio Detection...boat and small-boat radar in principle and operation...All the small-boat radars we tested operate on marine ...

Radar in retrospect: how it helped win the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Okinawa. Journal of Electronic Defense (10/1/1991)
...controllers relying on radar, the acronym formed from radio detecting...foremost was the design of the radar transmitters and receivers...which to mount the separate radar antennas to transmit and receive...the range directly from the radar ...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY SEVERE WEATHER.(LOCAL) The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) (10/24/2008)
...weather radar work? A Radar, an acronym for Radio Detection And Ranging...storm. Uniquely, Doppler radar can measure the speed of the...precipitating regions. A Doppler radar receiver "hears" waves of...particles are moving toward the ...

Recalling the routes of radar; During the war a sleepy spa town became a centre for defence research. Chris Upton reports on Malvern's history. The Birmingham Post (England) (7/29/2000)
...system. And thus what we know as radar (an acronym for 'radio detection and ranging') was born. In the short term radar detection demanded a ring of 'lighthouses...direct ships in foggy weather. Radar was an invention for the long term...

Radar. (includes related article on how radar works)(2000: The Power of Invention: How We Fight) Newsweek (12/22/1997)
...precious secret: a revolutionary radar transmitter called the cavity...secretly recruited to develop radar devices based on the British...assessment in 1946, well before radar's peacetime spinoffs became...fabulous legacy." "Radar" is an ...