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Acronym Finder: Abbreviations and Acronyms Dictionary
Journalists are inundated with acronyms. This site contains 240,000 of them and their meanings. Search tool allows you to enter the exact acronym or the first letter. You can even enter a keyword and look for acronyms that include it....
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Computer User: High Tech Dictionary
An up-to-date dictionary of more than 7000 computer terms. You can search for random terms or for terms within specific areas.
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Foldoc Computing Dictionary
This resource presents a searchable dictionary of computer terminology that includes pronunciations. Links within the definitions allow you to gain a thorough understanding of the term.
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Can Teach: Abbreviations and Acronyms
Students can find and analyze different abbreviations and acronyms using newspapers. An online abbreviation and acronym dictionary is linked to this lesson plan for 4th grade.
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Your Dictionary: Teaching Spelling in 4th Grade
This article focuses on 4th-grade spelling words which include the following: abbreviations and acronyms, suffixes, capitalization, and silent letters.
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Literacy Education Online: Using Spell Checkers
This resource gives three pointers for getting the best results from your spell checker.