32-letter words containing a, p, r, o, c
- systems application architecture — (programming) (SAA) IBM's family of standard interfaces which enable software to be written independently of hardware and operating system.
- time-of-flight mass spectroscopy — a technique for separating ions according to the time required for them to traverse a set distance.
- to put the cart before the horse — If you say that someone is putting the cart before the horse, you mean that they are doing things in the wrong order.
- transaction application language — (language) (TAL) Not "Tandem Application Language". A block-structured, procedural language optimised for use on Tandem hardware. TAL is a cross between C and Pascal and is the primary system programming language on Tandem computers. Tandem has no assembler and originally had no C or Pascal.
- twente compiler generator system — (language, tool) (TCGS) A compiler generator developed at the University of Twente, The Netherlands.
- united states employment service — the division of the Department of Labor that supervises and coordinates the activities of state employment agencies. Abbreviation: USES.
- wash one's dirty linen in public — fabric woven from flax yarns.
- weighted average cost of capital — The weighted average cost of capital is the cost of capital that is adjusted according to the percentages of debt financing and equity financing.
- workmen's compensation insurance — workers' compensation insurance.