W3C's source code

I've been studying web standards (or,at least,trying to),and I can't figure
out why you guys say that W3C is an acronym.Shouldn't it be an abbreviation?

<acronym title=" World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</acronym>
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/membership-benefits

I know there's a WWWC (World Without War Council) on the Net and maybe
this was the reason not to choose the same writing.
Could you please make things clear?



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