"YP" meaning in English

See YP in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: YPs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} YP (countable and uncountable, plural YPs)
  1. (UK) Initialism of young prisoner. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: young prisoner
    Sense id: en-YP-en-noun-Lbn-9NJ0 Categories (other): British English
  2. Alternative form of Yp. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: Yp
    Sense id: en-YP-en-noun-1YavQmvh
  3. (computing) Initialism of Yellow Pages, a network protocol invented by Sun Microsystems Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Yellow Pages (extra: a network protocol invented by Sun Microsystems) Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: NIS
    Sense id: en-YP-en-noun-O9jlMwjU Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 7 61 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 85 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 79 17 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (Singapore) Initialism of young punk. Tags: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: young punk
    Sense id: en-YP-en-noun-8dkgaHuc Categories (other): Singapore English

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013, Lenny McLean, The Guv'nor:",
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