"DPI" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: DPIs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} DPI (countable and uncountable, plural DPIs)
  1. Initialism of Dots Per Inch; alternative spelling of dpi. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Dots Per Inch (extra: alternative spelling of dpi)
    Sense id: en-DPI-en-noun-fQ5MhciI Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. Initialism of Dry Powder Inhaler. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Dry Powder Inhaler
    Sense id: en-DPI-en-noun-XAO9W8vh Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  3. (Internet) Initialism of Deep Packet Inspection. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Deep Packet Inspection
    Sense id: en-DPI-en-noun-c4KN~7r8 Categories (other): Internet, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 31 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 30 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 32 41

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