Meaning of L2 | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A second language (a language being learned, as opposed to a mother tongue).
2. Abbreviation of Lagrange point 2, located beyond the smaller object on a line passing through the centers of the smaller and larger objects.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. Short for second level in various contexts
   uncountable
4. The second-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the first level cache.
   uncountable
5. The data link layer in the seven layer OSI network model.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“That is, for almost all late second language (L2) learners, the phonetic realization of phonological structures in the L2 is markedly different from native-language patterns.”

“This advantage was pertinent in the Hong Kong context where English is largely an L2 language, although would not be expected to be as large in an L1 context.”

“Unlike the Hubble telescope, which orbits a few hundred miles above the Earth’s surface and is relatively accessible for servicing missions, the JWST will be located at what is called the L2 point, a location about a million miles farther away from the sun than the Earth.”

“In typical Intel chips L2 bandwidth is half of L1 bandwidth.”

“an L2 switch”

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