Dictionary with 150 000 acronym and abbreviation definitions
AcroLexic is our recent development to assist you with your translation difficulties:
AcroLexic 2.0 ? A dictionary of acronyms and abbreviations. Currently it contains
more than 70,000 terms with more than 150,000 definitions! This dictionary will be a valuable addition to your electronic bookshelf. It will relieve you from
the pain and stress of tediously searching through countless pages of dictionaries each time
you come across an unknown abbreviation.
AcroLexic allows you to find acronyms' meaning fast and effectively. An incremental search starts by sorting out the database as soon as you type-in the first characters of the acronym (when you type the first letters all records starting with that string entered are displayed in the top of the list).
Quick search option allows you to find the definition of the selected acronym. You can select the acronym in any other software and press the hot key, which can be adjusted at the Settings window and the acronym's definitions will be instantly shown in the definition window.
Export and Import functions allow you to save your custom acronyms and their definitions into the file with .acro extension. This is very helpful feature, if you have the large list of custom acronyms and do not want to lose them.Or if want to share your custom acronyms with someone.
One more function of AcroLexic is that it allows you to see a total number of acronims and their definitions.
Interesting facts about acronyms and backronyms:
* ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC is a United States Navy term that stands for Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command.
* AC/DC a popular rock band stands for Alternating Current/Direct Current. The band's founders (Angus and Malcolm Young) saw the letters on the back of a sewing machine; they thought that a name associated with electricity suited their energetic style.
* RSVP - Some people have thought it to mean Respond So Very Promptly; actually it is French for Respond if you please.
* SAP - Originally SystemAnalyse und Programmentwicklung ("System Analysis and Program Development") in German, the name of the configurable software package developed by SAP GmbH from 1971 onwards. This has been backronymed by SAP Inc. into English as "Systems, Applications and Products in data processing".
* Acronyms are frequently re-interpreted by people to give them another meaning, e.g.: FAQ - Frequently Avoided Questions, RAM - Rarely Adequate Memory.
* Science and technologies advance the number of acronyms and frequency of their use. Chat-rooms, e-mails and SMS have given birth to hundreds of acronyms (like LOL - for "Laugh Out Loud", IMHO for "In My Humble Opinion", or ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing).