OAO Central PPK
OAO, a three-letter acronym, may stand for: * Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, the name of four NASA scientific satellites * Open joint-stock company (russian: Открытое Aкционерное Oбщество), business incorporation in Russia, Ukraine etc. * Odessey and Oracle, 1968 album by The Zombies * Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee a platform game made by Oddworld Inhabitants released in 1997 * Over and Out (other), various meanings including the usual ending of transmissions in telecommunications * Open-access operator, a British passenger rail company which does not hold a franchise {{Disambiguation ...
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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 ...
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