numerical acronym

[Mark A. Mandel]

"Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL> inquires:

        >>>
 Is there a special word for an acronym or other construct that is partly
formed by a numerical digit(s)?

K-9
P2P (peer-to-peer)
many vanity license plates
"b4" for "before"
 <<<<<

I wouldn't call any of those "acronyms". Call me pedantic and retro, but
"FBI" is an initialism; "NATO" is an acronym. I go with Alice for "rebus
spelling".

-- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian,
   Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody
   a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel
   [This text prepared with Dragon NaturallySpeaking.]