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3-letter words containing v

  • sva — Student Volunteer Army
  • svc — 1.   (operating system)   Supervisor Call. 2.   (networking)   switched virtual connection.
  • svg — Scalable Vector Graphics
  • svq — Scottish Vocational Qualification
  • svs — OS/VS2
  • tav — the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  • tev — Today's English Version (of the Bible)
  • tgv — train à grande vitesse: a high-speed passenger train
  • tiv — a member of an African people living N and S of the lower Benue River in E Nigeria.
  • tmv — tobacco mosaic virus
  • tsv — tab-separated values
  • tva — Tennessee Valley Authority
  • tvm — television movie: a film made specifically for television, and not intended for release in cinemas
  • tvp — textured vegetable protein: a protein obtained from soya beans or other vegetables that have been spun into fibres and flavoured: used esp as a substitute for meat
  • tvr — television rating: a measurement of the popularity of a television programme based on a survey
  • uav — unmanned aerial vehicle
  • uva — ultraviolet light with a relatively long wavelength, able to penetrate the deep layers of the skin.
  • uvb — ultraviolet light with a relatively short wavelength.
  • uvf — Ulster Volunteer Force
  • v-1 — a robot bomb developed by the Germans in World War II and launched from bases on the ground, chiefly against England.
  • v-2 — a liquid-fueled rocket used as a ballistic missile by the Germans, mainly against London, late in World War II.
  • v-4 — V-four.
  • v-6 — V-six.
  • v-8 — V-eight.
  • vac — vacuum cleaner.
  • vad — Voluntary Aid Detachment
  • vag — a vagrant
  • vah — a river in W Slovakia, flowing W and S to the Danube River. 245 miles (394 km) long.
  • val — a male given name, form of Valentine.
  • van — Value Added Network
  • var — a department in SE France. 2326 sq. mi. (6025 sq. km). Capital: Draguignan.
  • vas — a vessel or duct.
  • vat — a large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids: a wine vat.
  • vau — Louis [lwee] /lwi/ (Show IPA), 1612–70, French architect.
  • vav — the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  • vaw — a Hebrew letter
  • vax — (computer)   /vaks/ (Virtual Address eXtension) The most successful minicomputer design in industry history, possibly excepting its immediate ancestor, the PDP-11. Between its release in 1978 and its eclipse by killer micros after about 1986, the VAX was probably the hacker's favourite machine, especially after the 1982 release of 4.2BSD Unix. Especially noted for its large, assembly code-programmer-friendly instruction set - an asset that became a liability after the RISC revolution. VAX is also a British brand of carpet cleaner whose advertising slogan, "Nothing sucks like a VAX!" became a battle-cry of RISC partisans. It is even sometimes claimed that DEC actually entered a licencing deal that allowed them to market VAX computers in the UK in return for not challenging the carpet cleaner trademark in the US. The slogan originated in the late 1960s as "Nothing sucks like Electrolux", Electrolux AB being a rival Swedish company. It became a classic textbook example of the perils of not knowing the local idiom, which is ironic because, according to the Electrolux press manager in 1996, the double entendre was intentional. VAX copied the slogan in their promotions in 1986-1987, and it surfaced in New Zealand TV ads as recently as 1992!
  • vba — Visual Basic for Applications
  • vbm — Virtual Beit Midrash
  • vbm — Virtual Beit Midrash
  • vcd — Video Compact Disc
  • vcl — Visual Component Library
  • vcr — A VCR is a machine that can be used to record television programmes or films onto videotapes, so that people can play them back and watch them later on a television set. VCR is an abbreviation for 'video cassette recorder'.
  • vdc — Volunteer Defence Corps
  • vdl — Vienna Definition Language
  • vdm — 1. Vienna Definition Method 2. Virtual Device Metafile.
  • vdt — video display terminal
  • vdu — (hardware)   (VDU, or "video terminal", "video display terminal", VDT, "display terminal") A device incorporating a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a keyboard and a serial port. A VDU usually also includes its own display electronics which store the received data and convert it into electrical waveforms to drive the CRT. VDUs fall into two categories: dumb terminals and intelligent terminals (sometimes called "programmable terminals"). Early VDUs could only display characters in a single preset font, and these were confined to being layed out in a rectangular grid, reproducing the functionality of the paper-based teletypes they were designed to replace. Later models added graphics facilities but were still driven via serial communications, typically with several VDUs attached to a single multi-user computer. This contrasts with the much faster single bitmap displays integrated into most modern single-user personal computers and workstations. The term "Display Screen Equipment" (DSE) is used almost exclusively in connection with the health and safety issues concerning VDUs.
  • vee — shaped like the letter V: a vee neckline.
  • veg — a vegetable.
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