Initialism Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Initialism

Meaning 1 : a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word

    Example : `NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization

    Synonyms : acronym
Meaning 2 : an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately

    Example : HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language