PDF

PDF
abbreviation
point detonating fuse

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PDF (computing)
abbrev
Portable document format, a file format that allows documents to be read by computers with different operating sytems

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PDF UK [ˌpiː diː ˈef] US [ˌpi di ˈef] noun [uncountable] computing
Portable Document Format: a type of computer file that can contain words, images etc and can be sent on the Internet and read on any computer
Thesaurus: computer files and documents and collections of computer datahyponym abbreviations used in computing and on the internethyponym

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n. Computing a file format that provides an electronic image of text or text and graphics that looks like a printed document and can be viewed, printed, and electronically tramsmitted
Origin:
abbreviation of portable document format

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PDF 7 [ˌpiː diː ˈef] [ˌpiː diː ˈef] (also ˌPDˈF file) noun (computing)
the abbreviation for ‘Portable Document Format ’ (a type of computer file that can contain words or pictures. It can be read using any system, can be sent from one computer to another, and will look the same on any computer.)

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I'll send it to you as a PDF.

 
Word Origin:
[PDF] 1990s: abbreviation of Portable Document Format.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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