\ProvidesPackage{acro}[1996/02/19  Abbreviations and acronyms]
% Written by Nick Urbanik,

% $Header: J:\MICROP\56FTWS0\RCS\learnc.tex 1.5 1996/02/25 18:48:56 Nick Exp Nick $

% $Log: learnc.tex $
% Revision 1.5  1996/02/25  18:48:56  Nick
% This is a major revision.
% It has exercises, solutions, stuff about most that I hoped to
% achieve.
%
% Revision 1.4  1996/02/20  15:46:18  Nick
% This is a major revision.  I have added much more material,
% including exercises with solutions, more diagrams, and have clarified
% some explanations.  It looks like it is shaping up to become my major
% opus for the uear.
%
% Revision 1.4  1996/01/24  00:35:39  Nick
% Added slanted LEDs, embedded systems and DTMF.
%
% Revision 1.2  1995/09/14  21:53:41  Nick
% This is a merging of my acro.sty at home and that at work.
%

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% Make an acro able to work in maths mode, so I can use overline.
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