Meanings
plural ETLs
- abbreviationinitialismdata warehousingcomputingInitialism of extract, transform, load.
- abbreviationinitialismslangInitialism of enemies-to-lovers (“a trope in romance fiction (particularly fan fiction) involving the development of an antagonistic relationship into romantic love”).
- To apply an ETL process to a set of data
I will ETL these files by the end of the day.
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ETL. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ETL
“ETL.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ETL. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ETL,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ETL.
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