"LUG" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: LUGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} LUG (plural LUGs)
  1. Initialism of lesbian until graduation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: lesbian until graduation
    Sense id: en-LUG-en-noun-ZDc-O0G9
  2. (computing) Initialism of Linux user group. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Linux user group Categories (topical): Computing, Linux
    Sense id: en-LUG-en-noun-guUXdtmG Disambiguation of Linux: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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