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\usepackage[colorlinks,plainpages=false]{hyperref}
\usepackage[style=long,% use 'long' style for the glossary
            toc,% add glossary to table of contents
            smallcaps% Use small caps for acronyms
           ]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\newacronym{svm}% label
{svm}% abbreviation
{support vector machine}% long form

\newacronym{ksvm}{ksvm}{kernel support vector machine}

\newacronym{rna}{rna}{ribonukleins\"aure}

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\tableofcontents

\chapter{Support Vector Machines}

\Glspl{svm} are used widely in the area of pattern recognition.
Subsequent use: \gls{svm}.

Short version: \acrshort{svm}. Long version: \acrlong{svm}. Full
version: \acrfull{svm}. Description: \glsentrydesc{svm}.

This is the entry in uppercase: \GLS{svm}.

\chapter{Kernel Support Vector Machines}

The \gls{ksvm} is \ifglsused{svm}{an}{a} \gls{svm} that uses
the so called ``kernel trick''. Plural: \glspl{ksvm}. Resetting
acronyms.

\glsresetall
Possessive: \gls{ksvm}['s].
Make the glossary entry number bold for this
one \gls[format=hyperbf]{ksvm}.

\chapter{Short, Long and Full Forms}

These commands don't affect the first use flag:

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
 & Unstarred & Starred\\
acrshort & \acrshort{svm} & \acrshort*{svm}\\
Acrshort & \Acrshort{svm} & \Acrshort*{svm}\\
ACRshort & \ACRshort{svm} & \ACRshort*{svm}\\
acrlong & \acrlong{svm} & \acrlong*{svm}\\
Acrlong & \Acrlong{svm} & \Acrlong*{svm}\\
ACRlong & \ACRlong{svm} & \ACRlong*{svm}\\
acrfull & \acrfull{svm} & \acrfull*{svm}\\
Acrfull & \Acrfull{svm} & \Acrfull*{svm}\\
ACRfull & \ACRfull{svm} & \ACRfull*{svm}\\
\\
& Insert Unstarred & Insert Starred\\
acrshort & \acrshort{svm}['s] & \acrshort*{svm}['s]\\
Acrshort & \Acrshort{svm}['s] & \Acrshort*{svm}['s]\\
ACRshort & \ACRshort{svm}['s] & \ACRshort*{svm}['s]\\
acrlong & \acrlong{svm}['s] & \acrlong*{svm}['s]\\
Acrlong & \Acrlong{svm}['s] & \Acrlong*{svm}['s]\\
ACRlong & \ACRlong{svm}['s] & \ACRlong*{svm}['s]\\
acrfull & \acrfull{svm}['s] & \acrfull*{svm}['s]\\
Acrfull & \Acrfull{svm}['s] & \Acrfull*{svm}['s]\\
ACRfull & \ACRfull{svm}['s] & \ACRfull*{svm}['s]
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\chapter{Another chapter}

You don't need to worry about makeindex's special characters:
\gls{rna}.

\printglossary[title={List of Acronyms}]

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