32-letter words containing a, t, p, e, c
- portable common tool environment — (tool) (PCTE) An ECMA standard framework for software tools developed in the Esprit programme. It is based on an entity-relationship Object Management System and defines the way in which tools access this.
- professional liability insurance — Professional liability insurance is insurance for a company or a professional person against claims or financial losses that may occur as a result of their negligence.
- rene theophile hyacinthe laennec — René Théophile Hyacinthe [ruh-ney tey-aw-feel ya-sant] /rəˈneɪ teɪ ɔˈfil yaˈsɛ̃t/ (Show IPA), 1781–1826, French physician who invented the stethoscope.
- single instruction multiple data — Single Instruction/Multiple Data
- software practice and experience — (publication) (SPE) A journal about software.
- sweep something under the carpet — to conceal (something, esp a problem) in the hope that it will be overlooked by others
- systems application architecture — (programming) (SAA) IBM's family of standard interfaces which enable software to be written independently of hardware and operating system.
- telecommunication display device — Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
- 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.
- to put the cat among the pigeons — If you put the cat among the pigeons or set the cat among the pigeons, you cause fierce argument or discussion by doing or saying something.
- 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.