Or your somebody like me.  Don't know the acronym, go look it up on Acronym
finder.

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

> > OK, help me out here.  What does CLEC and ILEC stand for?
> 
> Thanks, Tom.  Me too ...
> 
> Now folks, the proper style is to spell out the term
> the first time with the acronym in parentheses,
> THEN you can use the acronym by itself.
> 
> Unless you want to find out who doesn't know,
> and who is honest enough to admit it.    ;-)