PE
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pe"
Translingual
Symbol
PE
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Peru.
- Synonym: PER (alpha-3)
Symbol
PE
- The ISO 1043-1 code for polyethylene
Derived terms
(polyethylene):
- PE-LD
- PE-HD
English
Proper noun
PE (usually uncountable, plural PEs)
- (geography) Initialism of Prince Edward Island. (A Canadian province)
- Coordinate terms: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT
- (software) Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).
- (software) Initialism of Preinstallation Environment.
- (software) Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows).
- 2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis (page 97)
- 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 […]
- 2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis (page 97)
- (geography) Abbreviation of Pernambuco. (a state of Brazil).
Noun
PE (countable and uncountable, plural PEs)
- (business) Initialism of Professional Engineer.
- (education) Initialism of physical education.
- (education) Initialism of Preliminary Examination.
- (electronics) Initialism of protective earthing.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyethylene.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyether.
- (pathology) Initialism of pulmonary embolism.
- (medicine) Initialism of premature ejaculation.
- (finance) Initialism of private equity.
- 2019 October 3, “Everything Is Private Equity Now”, in Bloomberg Businessweek:
- The PE industry, which runs funds that can invest outside public markets, has trillions of dollars in assets under management.
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- (business, law) Initialism of permanent establishment.
Coordinate terms
(Portable Executable):
- LE
- LX
- NE
Derived terms
polyethylene
- HDPE
- HMWPE
- LDPE
- PEG
- PEO
- UHDPE
- UHMWPE
polyether
- PC-PE
- PEBA
Related terms
polyethylene
- EG
- MEG
Anagrams
- EP, ep, ep.
French
Noun
PE m (uncountable)
- PE (“polyethylene”); Abbreviation of polyéthylène.
Derived terms
(polyéthylène):
- PE-BD
- PE-HD
Italian
Proper noun
PE ?
- Abbreviation of Pescara. (city in Abruzzo)
Portuguese
Proper noun
PE m
- Abbreviation of Pernambuco. (Brazilian state)