Yo props to the writer for calling the VCU an initialism instead of an acronym!,(reply>), @Kevwe Patani Yes I expect to learn news, but not learn something actually useful 😝,(reply>), @HOkayson Isn't that the point of TechLinked, to learn something news,(reply>), @Hòótkins turns out this is a contentious point, however the OED gives two definitions for acronym, the first of which is: "A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism".<br>The second definition is: "A word formed from the initial letters of other words or (occasionally) from the initial parts of syllables taken from other words, the whole being pronounced as a single word (such as NATO, RADA)."<br>So both are acronyms, but initialism is a subset &amp; only applies to the former.,(reply>), ​@HOkayson No, it has nothing to do with pronunciation. Initialism describes how the acronym was created, as in the acronym uses the initial letter of each word. It is to differentiate from an acronym that is created using morphemes or syllables. And that "specific definition" is a change that is trying to be made to the definition of an initialism and isn't widely accepted.,(reply>), @Hòótkins there's a specific definition - initialism is for when the acronym isn't said as a word, you just say the letters, e.g. VCU. Acronym is then for when you can say the word, e.g. NASA.