"PDO" meaning in English

See PDO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: PDOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PDO (countable and uncountable, plural PDOs)
  1. (oceanography) Initialism of Pacific decadal oscillationa, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Pacific decadal oscillationa, recurring pattern of ocean-atmosphere climate variability Coordinate_terms: AMO, La Nina, El Nino
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-lKxYvJdn Categories (other): Oceanography Topics: geography, natural-sciences, oceanography
  2. (European Union) Initialism of protected designation of origin, a geographical indication for food-related products in Europe. Tags: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: protected designation of origin (extra: a geographical indication for food-related products in Europe)
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-FqeLyySU Categories (other): European Union, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 23 16 10 10 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 31 12 8 8 14 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 27 10 7 7 19 22
  3. (software)
    (Windows) Initialism of physical device object.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: physical device object
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-zba~U0Kh Categories (other): Software Topics: Windows, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  4. (software)
    Initialism of persistent data object (“a data object not lost when the application exits”).
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: persistent data object (extra: a data object not lost when the application exits)
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-zzvXwP7N Categories (other): Software Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  5. (software)
    Initialism of persistent domain object (“a domain object not lost when the application exits”).
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: persistent domain object (extra: a domain object not lost when the application exits)
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-LBGEw805 Categories (other): Software Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  6. (software)
    Initialism of PHP data object, a PHP extension to be used as a database abstraction layer.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: PHP data object (extra: a PHP extension to be used as a database abstraction layer)
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-qGOUBxgg Categories (other): Software Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
  7. (software)
    Initialism of Python data object.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Python data object
    Sense id: en-PDO-en-noun-JmXSq4G5 Categories (other): Software Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

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