% This file is public domain
 % If you want to use arara, you need the following directives:
 % arara: pdflatex: { synctex: on }
 % arara: makeglossaries
 % arara: pdflatex: { synctex: on }
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}

 % \newdualentry[main options]{label}{short}{long}{description}

\newcommand*{\newdualentry}[5][]{%
  \newglossaryentry{main-#2}{name={#4},%
  text={#3\glsadd{#2}},%
  description={#5},%
  #1
  }%
  \newacronym{#2}{#3\glsadd{main-#2}}{#4}
}

\newdualentry{svm}% label
  {SVM}% abbreviation
  {support vector machine}% long form
  {Statistical pattern recognition technique}% description

\makeglossaries

\begin{document}

\gls{svm}.

\printglossaries
\end{document}