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Meaning of PE | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2
/ˌpiːˈʔiː/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  3. Initialism of professional engineer.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
  5. The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.
  6. Initialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  7. Initialism of physical education.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  8. Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  9. Initialism of preliminary examination.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  10. Initialism of Preinstallation Environment.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  11. Initialism of protective earthing.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  12. Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows).
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  13. Initialism of polyethylene.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  14. Abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil.
    abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
  15. Initialism of polyether.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  16. Abbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia.
    abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
  17. Initialism of pulmonary embolism.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  18. Initialism of premature ejaculation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  19. Initialism of private equity.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  20. Initialism of permanent establishment.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Español peí
Suomi pe
Français pe

Examples

“In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […]”
“The PE industry, which runs funds that can invest outside public markets, has trillions of dollars in assets under management.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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