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> I'm writing a definition of the word bit. It is "short for" binary
> digit. Is there a more formal word for "short for" here? It's not an
> acronymn or initialism or anything like this. What is it?
Nancy,
I believe it is a contraction. By definition, contractions do
not require apostrophes. It's just that the ones we are most
familiar with use them.
Bev
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