"GPL" meaning in English

See GPL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GPL
  1. (computing, copyright law) Initialism of General Public License. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: General Public License Categories (topical): Computing, Copyright Synonyms: GNU GPL Hyponyms: AGPL, LGPL

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} GPL
  1. (linguistics) Initialism of Germanic parent language. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Germanic parent language Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (Translations): Vorgermanisch [neuter] (German), Prägermanisch [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-GPL-en-name-pGTs9WpP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 57 22 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Verb

Forms: GPLs [present, singular, third-person], GPLing [participle, present], GPLed [participle, past], GPLed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} GPL (third-person singular simple present GPLs, present participle GPLing, simple past and past participle GPLed)
  1. (computing, copyright law, transitive, colloquial) To release under the GPL. Tags: colloquial, transitive Categories (topical): Computing, Copyright

Inflected forms

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