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SWF.

Initialism of single white female.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈswɪf/
  1. Initialism of single white female.

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  2. Initialism of sovereign wealth fund.

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  3. A file encoded in the defunct Adobe Flash file format SWF.

Where this word comes from

(file format): SWF originated as an abbreviation for Shockwave Flash. This usage was changed to the backronym Small Web Format to eliminate confusion with a different technology, Shockwave, from which SWF derived. There is no official resolution to the initialism SWF by Adobe.

name/ˈswɪf/
  1. Initialism of Spring Web Flow.

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  2. Initialism of Shockwave Flash.

    abbreviation · alt-of · historical · initialism
Where this word comes from

(file format): SWF originated as an abbreviation for Shockwave Flash. This usage was changed to the backronym Small Web Format to eliminate confusion with a different technology, Shockwave, from which SWF derived. There is no official resolution to the initialism SWF by Adobe.

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