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Add a small note on acronyms not to expand
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In general, the first time an acronym is used on a page, spell it out.
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Prefer to write out the full term and follow it with the acronym in parentheses.
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For example, write "Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP)".
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Commonly understood acronyms, such as "HTML" and "UTF-8", should not be expanded.
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Charged terminology to avoid

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