fdmaxey's recommended website is a good website for 'acronyms'. An acronym uses the first letter of a word. It is similar to an abbreviation (look at your spelling of abbreviation), but an abbreviation is a word that has some letters missing (to make the abbreviation shorter than the original word, for example: Mr (Mister) / Km (kilometer) / adj. (adjective) / abbrev. (abbreviation)