Definition of Tlas

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<jargon> As of 2003-11-10, this dictionary gave expansions for 1218 out of the 26^3 = 17576 possible three-letter acronyms. Here's the grep command used:
egrep '^[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]$' Dictionary | sort -u
Here they are:
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TLAs Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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tlas

tlas
at the last count, this dictionary gave expansions for 761 three-letter acronyms, a mere 4.3%, of the 26^3 = 17576 possible. here's the grep command used:



TLAs Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Acronym and initialism
Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and IBM, that are formed using the initial letters of words or word parts in a phrase or name. Acronyms and initialisms are usually pronounced in a way that is distinct from that of the full forms for which they stand: as the names of the individual letters (as in IBM), as a word (as in NATO), or as a combination (as in IUPAC). Another term, alphabetism, is sometimes used to describe abbreviations pronounced as the names of letters.

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