Drivers refer to the system as an "MOT test" - an abbreviation of Ministry of Transport.

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Apple did not discuss NFC and the discussion of Passport was an abbreviation of what was said at WWDC.

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Many U.S.-bound students plan the calendar year around the six or seven official dates for the SAT, an abbreviation for Scholastic Aptitude Test, and the supplementary SAT subject tests because not all sections are offered every time.

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Borrowing an abbreviation from restaurants without a liquor license where Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) is a route to saving on the drinks bill, the move has been christened Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), of course, in the abbreviation-plagued tech world.

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Verizon said the number of texts sent by its users continues to grow every year and highlighted that a high percentage of its smartphone users select pricing plans that include SMS, an abbreviation that dates to 1985 when texting was known as short message system.

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B-meson, as the abbreviation suggests, is any meson that contains a bottom (or an antibottom) quark.

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