pe

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually)Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually)Initialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually)Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually)Initialism of Preinstallation Environment.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually)Initialism 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 […]”

6. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually)Abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually)Abbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia.
8. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete)Alternative form of Pi.
9. A surname.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of professional engineer.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of physical education.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of preliminary examination.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of protective earthing.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of polyethylene.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of polyether.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of pulmonary embolism.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of premature ejaculation.
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of private equity.

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

10. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of permanent establishment.
11. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
12. The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.