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Abbreviations.com
Get instant explanation for any acronym or abbreviation that hits you anywhere on the web!
What is Abbreviations.com?
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Summary
Abbreviations.com is the world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily.
To use this extension simply select a word on any web page you're visiting and click on the extension icon. A pop-up window will open with all possible explanations for the selected word.
Note: The extension will not work in tabs that were open prior to installation. After installing this extension, either reload your open tabs or restart Chrome.
User reviews
Patrick P Cosgrove, 2020-08-31
David Blum, 2017-12-10
Shilo Ben Efraim, 2017-12-07Safety
Risk impact
Abbreviations.com is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Abbreviations.com has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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