"L3" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} L3
  1. (astrophysics) Abbreviation of Lagrange point 3, located 180 degrees away from the smaller object and slightly outside the smaller object's orbit around the larger object. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Lagrange point 3, located 180 degrees away from the smaller object and slightly outside the smaller object's orbit around the larger object Related terms: Lagrange point [astrophysics], L1 [astrophysics], L2 [astrophysics], L4 [astrophysics], L5 [astrophysics]
    Sense id: en-L3-en-noun-zui8uL80 Categories (other): Astrophysics, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Lagrange points Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 44 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 40 40 Disambiguation of Lagrange points: 54 23 23 Topics: astrophysics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Level 3. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} L3 (uncountable)
  1. (computing) Short for third level in various contexts
    (computing) The third-level cache of a processor, farther away from the processor than the second-level cache.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-L3-en-noun-I6mKPo0w Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 44 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 40 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Short for third level in various contexts
    (networking) The network layer in the seven-layer OSI network model.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-L3-en-noun-RxTfZ05O Categories (other): Computing, Networking, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 42 44 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 36 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 41 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 40 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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