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.

Parents [+]

This element occurs in 180 elements.

Children [+]

This element contains 29 elements.

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.

Last revised by Norman Walsh on 6 Jun 2011 (git hash: 6ffcc7640bbc5f852a318e452c9f210f03292cb9)