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MetaGlossary finds concise definitions for terms you search


There are plenty of places to go looking for definitions on the Internet. One I like to refer to is MetaGlossary, which tries to extract matching definitions from other web pages.

Enter a term and MetaGlossary returns a list of URLs that provide insight and a definition from the page's text. It's usually quite accurate and provides a great way to look up acronyms, annoying IM abbreviations, or anything else that requires a little clarification. It even does a good job with chemical formulas.

MetaGlossary also provides a Firefox search plugin for quick access to the engine (or you can always just bookmark the search field).

Filed under: Internet, Web services, Search, web 2.0

Acronym Finder helps you make sense of the senseless

Acronym Finder
Ever wonder what FISA, NSA, or AFL-CIO stand for? Sure, you know they're acronyms, but each letter's supposed to mean something, right? Acronym Finder can help you figure out what acronyms mean. It's sort of like an online dictionary, but instead of typing in words and getting definitions, you type in a series of letters and get a series of words.

Of course, knowing that AFL-CIO stands for American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations doesn't necessarily help you figure out exactly what the organization does.

And like any good internet tool, you don't have to use Acronym Finder for its intended purpose. You can type in your initials and see what organizations or technical terms share a set of letters with you. There are more than 4million acronyms and abbreviations in the database.

[via MakeUseOf]

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