acronym

acronym — An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase.

Synopsis

acronym ::= [-]

Description

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).

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in acronym: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example acronym</title>

<para>In the United States, <acronym>NASA</acronym> stands for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
</para>

</article>

In the United States, NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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