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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends.

For the purposes of this list:
 * acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
 * initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
 * pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).


 * (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
 * (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
 * (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
 * (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.