Can you name the abbreviations that are one letter different from the next/previous one?

created by Pats4Life

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This is how it works, note the single letter changes: AOL's form of rapid communication= AIM, Way to get money from a card= ATM, The abbreviation of Georgia's capital= ATL

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Hint	Abbreviation	Full Name
Not the NCAA Tournament		National Invitation Tournament
Private university in Cambridge, MA		Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Status of uncertainty in armed services		Missing In Action
New York corporation in charge of trains, buses		Metropolitan Transit Authority
Organization composed of guardians & educators		Parent Teacher Association
Mobile device that functions as information manager		Personal Digital Assistant
The specific time zone name for the West Coast in North America during summer		Pacific Daylight Time
Nuclear medicine imaging technique		Positron Emission Tomography
In American football, 1 point after 6		Point After Touchdown
Medical imaging created by computer processing		Computed Tomography (CT)
Cable network probably popular with Taylor Swift & Garth Brooks		Country Music Television
Pre-hospital healthcare provider		Emergency Medical Technician
International postal service focused on speed		Express Mail Sevice
Group of symptoms related to a woman's 'time of the month'		Premenstrual Syndrome
i.e. text messaging		Short Message Service

Hint	Abbreviation	Full Name
The above clue when including pictures, sounds, etc		Multimedia Messaging Service
Not a Mister*		Mistress (originally)
Medical imaging technique used in radiology		Magnetic Resonance Imaging
In ISDN, the level of service intended for home/small enterprise use		Basic Rate Interface
Statistical measure comparing weight and height		Body Mass Index
German automaker
Neologism used in affirmation of above average weight females		Big Beautiful Women
Largest broadcasting network in the world		British Broadcasting Corporation
Disney owned televison network		American Broadcasting Company
Organization in which Ali, Tyson, & Pacquiao have been champions		World Boxing Council
General Electric owned television network		National Broadcasting Company
Professional men's basketball league		National Basketball Association
American organization with the goal of 'protecting the Second Amendment'		National Rifle Assocation
Revolutionary military organization in the British Isles		Irish Republican Army
US federal government agency that collects taxes		Internal Revenue Service

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Abbreviated Ladder Quiz

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Created by: Pats4Life -
Contributed: March 8th, 2010
Published: January 9th, 2011
Category: Miscellaneous
Plays: 58,677

Tags: Letter Quizzes, next, acronym, full, previous, changing, different

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	CalebT:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 04:31 GMT	6 points
	I think there was way too much time. I was able to go back and guess on all the ones I missed until I got them all.

	dragonscale333:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 04:33 GMT	-2 points
	Second the "too much time" comment. It's too easy to go through all the letters of the alphabet.

	cocky:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 04:44 GMT	15 points
	Does the quizmaker work in the medical field?

	confused:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 04:55 GMT	14 points
	Maybe it's just late here, but I found the time to be about right. And... ok it's pedantic, but the front page subtitle should read "uses FEWER acronyms".

	squiggsy:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 05:17 GMT	0 points
	Because I didn't read the instructions fully I thought the acronym came from the clue, but had one letter different. It works on the first clue taking NNT to NIT. Once I realized what was happened and several wrong guesses I still had a lot of time left. I'd drop it to at least five minutes, maybe four.

	eaglesmania:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 06:02 GMT	22 points
	MRS isn't an acronym. It's an abbreviation. I'm not trying to be picky but I'm just personally a purist. Other than that though I like.

	jefe_:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 06:23 GMT	4 points
	In the instructions, it should be "Georgia's capital," not "capitol."

	WithShoes:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 06:42 GMT	7 points
	usually in these quizzes a different letter is changed each time, so that you can get any clue if you have the clues on either side. I assumed this would follow that pattern of published ladder quizzes, so I was confused a few times.

	confused:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 06:46 GMT	2 points
	@eaglesmania: quizmaker acknowledges your point in archived comments. @admin: you're wonderfully responsive to picky, late-night comments!

	mrworldwide:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 07:07 GMT	4 points
	bbw and bbc

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	rmc512:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 14:17 GMT	3 points
	not sure i would call an emt a "provider"

	Jonesy:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 14:18 GMT	11 points
	Well, technically almost none of these are acronyms... They're initialisms, but the distinction has become so blurred from common usage that it hardly matters anymore.

	Meltha:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 14:49 GMT	12 points
	How is IRA, BBC, BMW, MRS, or half of these American specific? On the other hand, if PMS occurs only in the USA, I will happily move very far away.

	yanks583:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 14:57 GMT	-1 points
	great quiz. more plz!!!! go pats!!!

	canuckliz:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 15:51 GMT	7 points
	Please don't dignify the IRA with the description 'military' it is 'para-military' at best.

	midnightdj:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 17:33 GMT	3 points
	I am soooooooooooooooooooo sick and tired of the "too US-centric" sort of comments...If you don't like it then write your own quizzes that are "something else-centric"!

	FritztheSpritz:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 19:11 GMT	2 points
	Very difficult for me as a non American. IRA was the key in to some for me but it is insulting to UK military to call them a 'military organisation'.

	redsxfenway:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 19:20 GMT	4 points
	@Jonesy: I counted two acronyms. Interestingly both are medical imaging, PET and CAT.

	markyb:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 19:48 GMT	12 points
	There are a couple of unnecessary steps here. You can go directly from PDT to PAT without including PET. The same goes for BBC to NBC. In a word ladder, you really shouldn't replace the same letter twice in a row.

	sixsevenfiftysix:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 22:26 GMT	2 points
	A PAT refers specifically to a... well, to a POINT after touchdown. A two-point attempt isn't a PAT.

	UBBulls22:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 22:52 GMT	2 points
	Really the only one of these that was an acronym was a CAT-scan. Plus, I would omit PET, ABC, and WBC because they were all unnecessary.

	arpw:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 23:34 GMT	0 points
	I make it 14 out of 30 of these are entities specific to the US. Yeah I know this'll get voted down but it needs to be said.

	arpw:	Jan 9th, 2011 at 23:37 GMT	3 points
	And if the IRA is a military organisation, so is Al-Qaeda.

	jgizow44:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 00:40 GMT	2 points
	first, there's no such thing as the NCAA tournament. second, any three letter combination could be considered "not the NCAA tournament".

	tommyfbutler:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 06:54 GMT	2 points
	Unless NIT or PAT are pronounced as words, the only two acronyms in this list are PET and CAT.

	Ribhump:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 12:17 GMT	-1 points
	Gave up after 3 of the first 4 questions were US specific. Pity.

	midnightdj:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 12:28 GMT	0 points
	@arpw: WHY does it need to be said? I did not vote your comment down, but if the "US centric" stuff bothers you so much...write "UK CENTRIC" quizzes!!!

	Yvonne_india:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 12:58 GMT	3 points
	For CAT, in the "full name" field, could you give the correct and full name please, COMPUTERISED AXIAL Tomography

	burnsy:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:25 GMT	2 points
	Need more coffee. I read the title as "antonym" and tried "BCS" for the first one.

	Josh:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 14:53 GMT	0 points
	Judging by the most-guessed, it looks like people jumped around. Why? The whole point of a quiz like this is that the previous answer is most of the next answer.

	TAR2:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 18:17 GMT	0 points
	Too US-centric? Sporcle is from Seattle, WA. What did you expect?

	arpw:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT	2 points
	@midnightdj Because I believe that the more people can enjoy a quiz to it's fullest, the better the quiz is. Therefore, a quiz that has clues that are equally guessable wherever you come from is better than a quiz whose clues are easier to guess if you come from a particular place.

	hnofer17:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 05:39 GMT	1 point
	There is no way to better this game. Don't cut the time down because not everyone is as smart as everyone else

	midnightdj:	Jan 12th, 2011 at 17:00 GMT	1 point
	jgizow44: A poll from NCAA.com: "Which conference will earn the most bids to the 2011 NCAA Tournament?" Apparently the NCAA thinks there is an NCAA Tournament! I agree with your second point however...

	garbear295:	May 9th, 2011 at 02:29 GMT	1 point
	pst = pacific standard time. use it.

	ILoveSBSP:	Aug 22nd, 2011 at 10:31 GMT	1 point
	IDKY,but this is ridiculously hard.(to me)