backronym betydelse and definition

Betydelse av backronym på svenska

• 0 an existing word, phrase, or abbreviation that has been made into an acryonym (= a set of letters in which each is the first letter of a word in a name or phrase):

  • The Amber Alert system came from the name of a missing child, but later the backronym "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" was created.

  • BASIC is an acronym (for Beginner's All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), not a backronym.