Read the dictionary definition of initialism. All definitions for this word.
1. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately
1. HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language
2. a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
1. `NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization
2. the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)