Changes

*'''CBS''' for ''Columbia Broadcasting System''

*'''CBS''' for ''Columbia Broadcasting System''

*'''KJV''' for ''King James Version.''

*'''KJV''' for ''King James Version.''

They are distinguished from ''acronyms'' in that initialisms are pronounced as individual letters, while acronyms are pronounced as if the letters spelled out a word (which they may in some cases do).

They are distinguished from ''acronyms'' in that initialisms are pronounced as individual letters, while acronyms are pronounced as if the letters spelled out a word (which they may in some cases do). (The use of the word "acronym" to include initialisms as well as acronyms is imprecise, but increasingly accepted).