Abbreviations.com

Abbreviations.com is an online abbreviations dictionary whose domain was first registered on 2001.[1][2] The company was founded by Yigal Ben Efraim as part of STANDS4 LLC, which also operates Lyrics.com, Grammar.com and Symbols.com among other reference related websites.

Abbreviations.com
Type of site
Dictionary
Available inEnglish
Created bySTANDS4
URLwww.abbreviations.com
CommercialYes
LaunchedJanuary 1, 2001 (2001-01-01)

As of 2016 the website includes nearly a million definitions that are classified by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, military, medicine and more. The database is being built by contributing editors, who can sign up on the website and help expanding it by submitting new entries for inclusion. The website also offers its content to be freely used by third-parties through its open APIs.[3]

Reception

Reference Reviews wrote a review for the site in 2013, stating that it "certainly has its place among the librarians' quick reference websites" but that " the authoritativeness of the site entries is not completely evident. There are no external references available to verify entry reliability. While I would recommend this site to all librarians, it would certainly be a cautionary recommendation."[4] Choice was also critical of the site, writing that "Unfortunately it falls short compared to other online and print sources" and noted that the site had errors, which they contributed to the site seeming to allow user generated content.[5]

Awards and recognition

In 2005 the website has been selected as one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" by the American magazine Writer's Digest.[6]

In 2010 the Abbreviations.com website has been selected as one of the "Best Free Reference Web Sites" by the ALA's Reference and User Services Association.[7]

In 2015 the website's parent company STANDS4 has won the Red Herring Top 100 Europe award.[8]

References
  1. "Whois abbreviations.com". www.whois.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  2. Paulo, Silvestre, João; Alina, Villalva (2015). Planning non existent dictionaries. Centro de Linguística - Universidade de Lisboa. p. 113. ISBN 9789899866614.
  3. "Open Abbreviations API". www.programmableweb.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  4. Kapranos, Aubrey (2013-06-07). "Abbreviations.com (review)". Reference Reviews. 27 (5): 13. doi:10.1108/RR-02-2013-0037. ISSN 0950-4125.
  5. "Abbreviations.com (review)". Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 45 (4): 599. 2007. ProQuest 225765050.
  6. "Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers". Archived from the original on 2005-11-21. Retrieved 2016-12-04.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "2010 Twelfth Annual List". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
  8. "Red Herring 2015 Top 100 Europe winners". redherring.com. Retrieved 2016-12-04.
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