{"product_id":"abbreviations-dictionary-tenth-edition-9780849390036","title":"Abbreviations Dictionary  Tenth Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2001: Abbreviations  nicknames  jargon  and other short forms save time  space  and effort - provided they are understood. Thousands of new and potentially confusing terms become part of the international vocabulary each year  while our communications are relayed to one another with increasing speed. PDAs link to PCs. The Net has grown into data central  shopping mall  and grocery store all rolled into one. E-mail is faster than snail mail  cell phones are faster yet - and it is all done 24\/7.  Longtime and widespread use of certain abbreviations  such as R.S.V.P.  has made them better understood standing alone than spelled out. Certainly we are more comfortable saying DNA than deoxyribonucleic acid - but how many people today really remember what the initials stand for? The Abbreviations Dictionary  Tenth Edition gives you this and other information from Airlines of the World to the Zodiacal Signs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45655944527925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0849390036","price":102.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780849390036.jpg?v=1781945582","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/abbreviations-dictionary-tenth-edition-9780849390036","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}