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AWC Silencers
AWC is a three letter acronym that may refer to: Educational institutions *Allegheny Wesleyan College, a private liberal arts college in Ohio *Air War College, a part of Air University, at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama Military and Weapons *PAF Air War College, a senior staff and war college of the Pakistan Air Force *Air Warfare Centre, a Royal Air Force Unit located at RAF Waddington and several other units around the UK *Air Weapons Complex, a development and production center for airborne weapons systems in Pakistan *Wiesel AWC, a kind of German armoured vehicle * Arctic Warfare Covert, an Accuracy International sniper rifle variant Organizations * Afghan Women's Council *American Wood Council, affiliate of the American Forest & Paper Association *Association for Women in Communications * Australian Wildlife Conservancy Other uses *Mitsubishi AWC, a four-wheel drive system developed by Mitsubishi Motors *Accept, Waiver and Consent, a FINRA Disciplinary Action *Astro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Letter Acronym A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is an abbreviation consisting of three letters. These are usually the initial letters of the words of the phrase abbreviated, and are written in capital letters (upper case); three-letter ''abbreviations'' such as ''etc.'' and ''Mrs.'' are not three-letter ''acronyms'', but "TLA" is a TLA (an example of an autological abbreviation). Most three-letter abbreviations are not, strictly, acronyms, but rather initialisms: all the letters are pronounced as the names of letters, as in '' APA'' . Some are true acronyms, pronounced as a word: as with computed axial tomography, for example, CAT is almost always pronounced as the animal's name () in "CAT scan". Even the ''initialisms'' are however considered ''three-letter acronyms'', because that term appeared first in widespread use, and is overwhelmingly popular today. Examples * Countries: SRI, USA, CAR, UAE, DRC, etc. * Famous people: FDR, JFK, MLK, OBL, RBG, RDJ and M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] |