Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
PAT en · NOUN
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of point after touchdown (“extra point”).
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, qualifier:Alberta, uncountable) Initialism of provincial achievement test.
(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of portable appliance testing.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of port address translation.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of protocol associated type.
Protocols are abstract as they are, but with PATs, you’re making your protocols generic, which makes your code even more abstract and exponentially complex. 2019, Tjeerd in 't Veen, chapter 8, in Swift in Depth, Manning, →ISBN:
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of personal access token.
(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.
(US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of priority air traffic.
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Source: en.wiktionary, “PAT” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
PAT en · PROPN
Meanings
(Quebec, abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Pointe-aux-Trembles: a municipality of Quebec, Canada.
Translations (2)
fr PAT (Pointe-aux-Trembles) · pl PAT (Pointe-aux-Trembles)
Source: en.wiktionary, “PAT” (name), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.