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  2. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CA—Computer Accountancy; CA—Certificate authority; CAD—Computer-Aided Design; CAE—Computer-Aided Engineering; CAID—Computer-Aided Industrial Design; CAI—Computer-Aided Instruction; CAM—Computer-Aided Manufacturing; CAP—Consistency Availability Partition tolerance (theorem)

  3. Polyvinyl alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH, PVA, or PVAl) is a water-soluble synthetic polymer.It has the idealized formula [CH 2 CH(OH)] n.It is used in papermaking, textile warp sizing, as a thickener and emulsion stabilizer in polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) adhesive formulations, in a variety of coatings, and 3D printing.

  4. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    Also simply application or app. Computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user. Common examples of applications include word processors, spreadsheets, accounting applications, web browsers, media players, aeronautical flight simulators, console games, and photo editors. This contrasts with system software, which is ...

  5. PVA - Wikipedia

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    Paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, a part of the brain; Patterned vertical alignment, a thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display technology; Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans, a skin disease

  6. TFT LCD - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] S-PVA also largely eliminated off-angle glowing of solid blacks and reduced the off-angle gamma shift. Some high-end Sony BRAVIA LCD TVs offer 10-bit and xvYCC color support, for example, the Bravia X4500 series. S-PVA also offers fast response times using modern RTC technologies. [citation needed]

  7. List of information technology initialisms - Wikipedia

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    Personal computer (host) Hardware PIM: Personal information manager Software category PCM: Pulse-code modulation Physical layer ITU-T G.711: PDU: Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.) Multiple layers Fed Std 1037C: POP3: Post Office Protocol, version 3 Application layer RFC 1939 POP: Point of presence Telecom Telecom ...

  8. Ethylene-vinyl acetate - Wikipedia

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    EVA slippers and sandals are popular, being lightweight, easy to form, odourless, glossy, and cheaper than natural rubber. In fishing rods, EVA is used to construct handles on the rod-butt end. EVA can be used as a substitute for cork in many applications.

  9. Polyvinyl acetate - Wikipedia

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    PVA is a vinyl polymer. Polyvinyl acetate is prepared by the polymerization of vinyl acetate monomer ( free-radical vinyl polymerization of the monomer vinyl acetate). Applications