"SLO" meaning in English

See SLO in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /sloʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-slow.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -əʊ Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} SLO
  1. Acronym of San Luis Obispo. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: San Luis Obispo
    Sense id: en-SLO-en-name-OJHUvK1z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 85 3 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 2 9

Noun

IPA: /sloʊ/ [US] Audio: en-us-slow.ogg [US] Forms: SLOs [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊ Head templates: {{en-noun}} SLO (plural SLOs)
  1. (business) Initialism of social license to operate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: social license to operate
    Sense id: en-SLO-en-noun-SZ5JnTeC Categories (other): Business Topics: business
  2. (computing) Initialism of service-level objective. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: service-level objective Coordinate_terms: SLA, SLI
    Sense id: en-SLO-en-noun-7b9m2xhF Categories (other): Computing Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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