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Initialism vs Processing - What's the difference?

initialism | processing |

As nouns the difference between initialism and processing

is that initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter while processing is the action of the verb to process .

As a verb processing is

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initialism

English

Noun

(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)
  • A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
  • BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

    See also

    * abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *

    processing

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to process .
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.}}
  • The act of taking something through a set of prescribed procedures.
  • Derived terms

    * data processing * word processing

    Verb

    (head)