Pe

//ˌpiːˈʔiː// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Pi. alt-of, alternative, obsolete
  3. 3
    A surname.
  4. 4
    Initialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  5. 5
    Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    Initialism of Preinstallation Environment. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
  2. 7
    Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows). abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually

    "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 […]"

  3. 8
    Abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
  4. 9
    Abbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia. abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of professional engineer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
  3. 3
    The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.
  4. 4
    the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet
  5. 5
    Initialism of physical education. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Initialism of preliminary examination. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    Initialism of protective earthing. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 8
    Initialism of polyethylene. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. 9
    Initialism of polyether. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    Initialism of pulmonary embolism. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  6. 11
    Initialism of premature ejaculation. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    Initialism of private equity. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The PE industry, which runs funds that can invest outside public markets, has trillions of dollars in assets under management."

  8. 13
    Initialism of permanent establishment. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pi.

Etymology 2

From an idiosyncratic romanization of Chinese 郫 (pí)縣 /县 (Píxiàn).

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