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ELF en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ɛlf/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, qualifier:file format, uncountable) Acronym of Executable and Linking Format, a common object file format for Unix.
    • In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […] 2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis, page 97:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of extremely low frequency.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable) Acronym of English as a lingua franca (“English used by non-native speakers”).
    • The consequences of the massive volume of ELF to English taken as a whole, as the aggregate use of the language, is essentially a descriptive issue: what new features of English are emerging and taking hold? 2012, Anna Mauranen, Exploring ELF: Academic English Shaped by Non-native Speakers, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 3:

Coordinates

LF · Globish · VLF

Relateds

DWARF · SW · MW · LW · RF

Source: en.wiktionary, “ELF” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ELF en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ɛlf/

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Earth Liberation Front, a radical environmentalism group.
    • In the late 1990s, the ELF became notorious for setting fire to symbols of ecological destruction, including timber mills, an S.U.V. dealership and a ski resort. 2022 May 26, Matthew Wolfe, “The Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Endangered Language Fund, a non-profit organization.