comments on: what does sat stand for? the full history - 加拿大vs摩洛哥欧赔 //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/what-does-sat-stand-for/ act, sat, college admissions, life sat, 26 feb 2022 01:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 by: lucas //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/what-does-sat-stand-for/#comment-382 mon, 24 nov 2014 18:24:56 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/sat/?p=908#comment-382 in reply to heather.

you’re right about that, heather—sorry for the inaccuracy! it looks like i got sucked into an error of common usage. “initialism” is a bit technical, though, so i’m going to change it to “abbreviation,” which is more widely understood. 🙂

]]> by: heather //www.catharsisit.com/hs/sat/what-does-sat-stand-for/#comment-381 sun, 23 nov 2014 04:49:48 +0000 //www.catharsisit.com/sat/?p=908#comment-381 thanks for clarifying the name sat and what it now stands for . . . apparently nothing.

just a note: sat is not an acronym; it’s an initialism. acronyms are initials that together form a word. examples include nato, unicef, salt, aids, nafta, and so on.

hhs, dod, doe, and so on are initialisms.

thanks again,

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