Abbreviations Dictionary

Abbreviations Dictionary
Author: Dean A. Stahl
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1549
Release: 2018-10-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1351829815

Published in 2001: Abbreviations, nicknames, jargon, and other short forms save time, space, and effort - provided they are understood. Thousands of new and potentially confusing terms become part of the international vocabulary each year, while our communications are relayed to one another with increasing speed. PDAs link to PCs. The Net has grown into data central, shopping mall, and grocery store all rolled into one. E-mail is faster than snail mail, cell phones are faster yet - and it is all done 24/7. Longtime and widespread use of certain abbreviations, such as R.S.V.P., has made them better understood standing alone than spelled out. Certainly we are more comfortable saying DNA than deoxyribonucleic acid - but how many people today really remember what the initials stand for? The Abbreviations Dictionary, Tenth Edition gives you this and other information from Airlines of the World to the Zodiacal Signs.

The Gobbledygook Book

The Gobbledygook Book
Author: Franklin W. Fox
Publisher: Momentum Books LLC
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1996
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781879094505

Texting Dictionary of Acronyms

Texting Dictionary of Acronyms
Author: Randall Manning
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2022
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578365978

The most comprehensive Texting Dictionary to date. This pocket size reference book lists over 1500 symbols and acronyms used by the mainstream texting public. This book helps us identify and understand the latest language used by kids to grandparents today. Sentences and phrases are compressed into acronyms, abbreviations and symbols. This is the latest edition on the market today. Though it is edited for all ages, it is the most complete Texting Dictionary to date.

NetLingo

NetLingo
Author: Vincent James
Publisher: NetLingo Inc.
Total Pages: 534
Release: 2002
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780970639677

With emphasis on the personal, business, and technology aspects that make using the Internet so unique, this handy reference presents more than 2,500 computer-related terms and industry-specific jargon for anyone who needs to learn the new language of the Net. Newbies as well as techies will find commonly used shorthand, modern office phrases, and a large collection of emoticons and ASII art. An index sorts the terms into 10 popular categories with a complete list of international country codes and file extensions.

Dictionary of Military Abbreviations

Dictionary of Military Abbreviations
Author: Norman Polmar
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1994
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

This reference clearly defines the myriad of initials and acronyms used by the armed forces.

The Leadership Acronym

The Leadership Acronym
Author: Fofo Thomas
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2016-07-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1504350170

The Leadership Acronym is based on leadership abilities. On how a leader can gain and use influence to win over the hearts of people and to get desired things done. Anyone who have ever led an organisation, a group of people or a department has struggledat the beginningas a leader. Not because they lack ideas or have wrong motives, but because they lack the unique leadership ingredient. It takes influence for any leader to successfully lead. Without influence, leadership will be based on power and positionwhere the leader will abuse and assault people in order to carry out instructions. Leadership is not meant for a selected few. There is no one born with the wisdom of leadership. All successful leaders learn to lead.

Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations

Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
Author: Marilyn Fuller Delong
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1989
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Some 6,000 entries, listed alphabetically, along with the complete term or terms they represent. Encompasses all medical/surgical specialities. 4x7". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Acronyms Galore: The ABCs

Acronyms Galore: The ABCs
Author: Anthony Paul Gipson APG
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2022-11-09
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1625165692

Author APG (Anthony Paul Gipson) loves acronyms. His book Acronyms Galore: The ABCs – A History of Topics with Timely Information and Funny Stories considers many aspects of life, spanning sports to TV shows, modern culture to health. The subjects are varied and timely, and project hilarious moments. Stories include: • Assets, WA (Wealth Accumulation) • Sports, QFB (Questionable Fan Behavior) • Housing, GBC (Ghost Buster Closet ) “Throughout this book, I discuss many acronyms regarding the area of health. Some include TBB (The Big B: Blessed), LTYB (Listening To Your Body),and TWC (The Wellness Community). When reading about these acronyms, a reader will learn more about the emotional, physical, and personal challenges I experienced regarding my health.” The author states he has “used acronyms a great part of my life.” He continues, “The purpose of this book is to have readers think, laugh, and take control of their lives.” “I want anyone who has experienced a medical setback, like me, to feel reassured that no matter what the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, we must continue to have the hope, the strength, and the desire to continue to live and enjoy life. Do not let mental or, even more so, physical scars from a surgery and/or treatment continue to make you feel ashamed, alone, and unworthy to live your life. You must decide with whom you want to share your personal triumphs.”

The Acronym Book

The Acronym Book
Author: Fernando B. Morínigo
Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1990
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780930403638

Comprises some 15,000 acronyms found in Air Force, Navy, Army, NASA, and corporate documents, books, and periodicals from 1982-89. Details what they mean, their source, and what is implied by their punctuation. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Guestroom Novelist

The Guestroom Novelist
Author: Donald Harington
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2019-03-29
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1610756606

Donald Harington, best known for his fifteen novels, was also a prolific writer of essays, articles, and book reviews. The Guestroom Novelist: A Donald Harington Miscellany gathers a career-spanning and eclectic selection of nonfiction by the Arkansawyer novelist Donald Harington that reveals how a life of devastating losses and disappointments inspired what the Boston Globe called the “quirkiest, most original body of work in contemporary US letters.” This extensive collection of interviews and other works of prose—many of which are previously unpublished—offers glimpses into Harington’s life, loves, and favorite obsessions, replays his minor (and not so minor) dramas with literary critics, and reveals the complicated and sometimes contentious relationship between his work of the writers he most admired. The Guestroom Novelist, which takes its title from an essay that serves as a love letter to his fellow underappreciated writers, paints a rich portrait of the artist as a young, middle-aged, and fiercely funny old man, as well as comic, sentimentalist, philosopher, and critic, paying testimony to the writer’s magnificent ability to transform the seemingly crude stuff of our material existence into enduring art.