abbreviation — a shortened form of a word or phrase

a professional secretary sits at her desk writing in a notebook while looking at a long business document. She carefully writes short versions of long company names and phrases from the original document. Her pen moves quickly as she transforms lengthy terms into much shorter written forms. The original document shows very long text while her notebook displays much more compact versions. Her colleague peers over her shoulder, nodding approvingly at the efficient shortened versions. the process of creating shortened forms of words and phrases