Compiled from the resources of the Oxford English Dictionary and a wide range of national newspapers and journals, this is a brand new and totally up-to-date guide to every kind of abbreviation. Covering the most important business, scientific, and technical abbreviations, as well as those in everyday use, the dictionary has over nineteen thousand entries, and includes acronyms (e.g. ROM), initialisms (e.g. OED), shortenings (e.g. Sun. for Sunday),...