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There are various different types of abbreviations. One form is created by taking the initial letter of a series of words, such as CIS, APC or BALO. Some of these are expressed by articulating each letter in turn, such as PFA, BFA or WTF. Others can be spoken as a word, such as NATO, NASA or ATO. The abbreviations in this latter group (Initialisms that can be spoken as words) are acronyms.
I would have thought that everybody learned this at school.