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Acronym Finder is an online database of abbreviations (acronyms, initialisms, and otherwise) and their meanings. It includes over 900,000 human-edited and verified definitions, many of them related to computers, technology, telecommunications, science, medicine and the military. While the database is not open content, users can help to expand the database by submitting new definitions, which are subject to editorial control. The name of anyone contributing more than 50 definitions is listed on the website. Thanks to these contributors, the site's database grows at the rate of over 6,000 new definitions each month.

Acronym Finder also includes a Systematic Buzz Phrase Projector, a light-hearted tool that randomly generates jargon-like phrases and abbreviations — usually initialisms that would be unpronounceable as acronyms — and meanings from 30 cleverly chosen buzz words.

The database was founded in 1997 by Mike Molloy, who continues to develop it. Today, it is published by Mountain Data Systems LLC.

External links

Acronym Finder
Article www.acronymfinder.com at Chicago Tribune
Review at killerstartups.com
Info at faqs.org
Info at Finday
Article at ncs-tech.org
Citation at oami.europa.eu
Citation in The Times of India article Tongue-tied? Sites to help you loosen up
Article at Apple.com
Listing at lib.ucdavis.edu
Listing at resources.library.georgetown.edu
Listing at www.uscupstate.edu/library/
Article at library.mcmaster.ca
siteinfo at Alexa.com

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+*[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-07-29/features/0707201232_1_bone-marrow-transplant-spectre-ultimate-test Article ''www.acronymfinder.com''] at ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
+*[http://www.killerstartups.com/review/acronymfinder-com-find-acronyms-meanings Review] at killerstartups.com
+*[http://websites.faqs.org/acronymfinder.com/ Info] at faqs.org
+*[http://finday.com/w/acronym-finder Info] at [[Finday]]
+*[http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=518 Article] at ncs-tech.org
+*[http://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/OHIM/OHIMPublications/newsletter/1109/CTM/ctm1.en.do Citation] at oami.europa.eu
+*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-10-17/india/28268158_1_search-engine-body-odour-colour Citation] in ''[[The Times of India]]'' article ''Tongue-tied? Sites to help you loosen up''
+*[http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/acronymfinder.html Article] at [[Apple Inc.|Apple.com]]
+*[http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=127 Listing] at [[University of California, Davis|lib.ucdavis.edu]]
+*[http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/page.phtml?page_id=110&from= Listing] at [[Georgetown University|resources.library.georgetown.edu]]
+*[http://www.uscupstate.edu/library/virtualrefdesk/default.aspx?id=1404 Listing] at [[University of South Carolina Upstate|www.uscupstate.edu/library/]]
+*[http://library.mcmaster.ca/articles/acronym-finder Article] at [[McMaster University|library.mcmaster.ca]]
+*[http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/acronymfinder.com siteinfo] at [[Alexa Internet|Alexa.com]]
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