abbreviations are shortened forms of a word.
For example,
B.C Before christ
AC air conditioning
and so on
yes they do
The abbreviation for New York State is NY and New York City is NYC.
There are lots of abreveations for GEC, but the company that invented the electric toaster, is called The General Electrical Company
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