pe

alternative pei · alternative pey

1. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).

plural pes · alternative pei · alternative pey

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.

plural PEs

1. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallyInitialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.
2. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallyInitialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa.
3. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallycomputingInitialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).
4. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallycomputingInitialism of Preinstallation Environment.
5. abbreviationinitialismuncountableusuallycomputingInitialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows).

   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)

6. abbreviationuncountableusuallyAbbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil.
7. abbreviationuncountableusuallyAbbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia.

plural PEs

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of professional engineer.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of physical education.
3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableeducationInitialism of preliminary examination.
4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of protective earthing.
5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of polyethylene.
6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablechemistryInitialism of polyether.
7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of pulmonary embolism.
8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of premature ejaculation.
9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of private equity.

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

   2019 October 3, “Everything Is Private Equity Now”, in Bloomberg Businessweek

10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of permanent establishment.

1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of Pi.

plural Pes

1. A surname.