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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)
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- 1, - Onekama, Michigan (word play based on "one, comma")
- 2D - (i) Two-dimensional
- 2.5D - (p) "Two-and-a-half-dee": two-dimensional computer graphics where some flat images lie in front of others
- 2G - (i) Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
- 2.5G - (p) Second-and-a-half-generation mobile telephone system
- 3D - (i) Three-dimensional
- 3G - (i) Third-generation mobile telephone system
- 3i - (i) Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
- 3M - (i) Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
- 4D - (i) Four-dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes 4 spatial ones)
- 4G - (i) Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
- 4GL - (i) Fourth-generation programming language
- 4WD - (i) Four Wheel Drive (cf. AWD)
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