"FAANG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: FAANGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} FAANG (countable and uncountable, plural FAANGs)
  1. (technology) One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Technology, Apple Inc., Google
    Sense id: en-FAANG-en-noun-zDrQAQqe Disambiguation of Apple Inc.: 93 7 Disambiguation of Google: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
  2. (economics) The stock of one or more of these technology companies. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-FAANG-en-noun-K-reil~H Topics: economics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Big Tech Coordinate_terms: FANG, FAAMG, MAMAA

Inflected forms

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