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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of non-volatile memory express; a protocol for efficiently accessing (typically solid-state) NVRAM over a PCIe bus. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Coined by an industry working group in 2009 on the pattern of PCIe (“PCI Express”).

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