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The expected answer here is probably "acronym," but many people distinguish between acronyms and initialisms and would say that the answer depends on whether the result is pronounced as a word.

The distinction is that acronyms must be pronounced as a word, while initialisms are pronounced as separate letters. "FBI" and "UFO" are initialisms; "radar" and "OPEC" are acronyms.

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