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This compiled information enjoys the same copyright protection as
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and editing effort. If you are a user of the Acronym Finder,
you may use the Acronym Finder database as a reference source, but you
cannot remove the information in the data files and publish the
database without independently cross-checking and verifying the entire
work, and adding substantial effort to make it your own. If you do
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Systematic extraction and queries of the database is
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of use. We monitor site use daily.
If we detect use of this site we believe is in violation of these
terms of use, your searches will be blocked and we will contact your
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