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Obligatory Corporate Initialism

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When a company is better known by its initials than its full name. Typically done just for convenience, it might also be used to obscure an Artifact Title, a case of Values Dissonance, or a change in what the initials stand for.
Sometimes accompanies Network Decay.
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"WWF" also formerly stood for "World Wrestling Federation", which subsequently changed its name to "World Wrestling Entertainment", or "WWE".
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A fictional example: RoboCop featured Omni Consumer Products, but everyone just called it OCP.
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Another fictional example: IMC in Doctor Who which is Issigri Mining Company in "The Space Pirates", and Interplanetary Mining Company in Expanded Universe novels set after "Space Pirates".
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