IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication Mar 1989

Acronyms observed

A.M. Ibrahim

Abstract

The growing use of acronyms in technical and nontechnical communications is addressed. It is shown that acronyms can hinder communication. Their use is analyzed and classified. Suggestions are given on how to use acronyms effectively.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>

Journal
IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
Published
1989-03-01
DOI
10.1109/47.21857
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Open Access
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technical communication
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