3-letter words containing v
- emv — expected monetary value: the product of the monetary outcome of a particular decision in a decision tree and the probability of this outcome happening
- env — envelope
- etv — Educational Television: a series of educational programmes, or a channel offering such programming, based in Hong Kong
- ev6 — (hardware, protocol) (Alpha EV6) Compaq's bus protocol for Slot A motherboards. The Alpha EV6 bus protocol is capable of bus speeds from 40 to 400 MHz and uses a point-to-point topology with clock forwarding.
- eva — 1. A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. Pagan, P-H 1981. 2. Explicit Vector Language.
- eve — Extensible VAX Editor
- fav — (informal) abbreviation of favorite (US) or 'favourite' (UK).
- ffv — First Families of Virginia: the first families of colonists to settle in Virginia during the 17th century
- fiv — feline immunodeficiency virus, a disease affecting the immune system of cats
- fmv — video
- gev — giga-electronvolts (109 electronvolts)
- gov — (politics, abbreviation) Government.
- gpv — General Public Virus
- guv — term of address used to a man, especially by a younger man, boy, employee, or social inferior.
- gvl — Graphical View Language. A visual language for specifying interactive graphical output by T.C.N. Graham & J.R. Cordy, Queen's University, Canada.
- gvw — gross vehicle weight
- hbv — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
- hgv — heavy goods vehicle
- hiv — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- hov — high-occupancy vehicle
- hpv — human papilloma virus
- hsv — hue, saturation, value
- hvd — High Voltage Differential
- inv — Invoice.
- isv — Independent Software Vendor (not a hardware manufacturer).
- itv — UK television network
- iva — any composite plant of the genus Iva, characterized by usually opposite leaves and inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.
- ive — (informal, nonstandard) Alternative form of I've.
- ivf — in vitro fertilization
- ivr — Interactive Voice Response
- ivs — an intravenous device for delivering electrolyte solutions, medicines, and nutrients.
- ivy — any of various other climbing or trailing plants.
- jav — Java
- juv — juvenile
- jvm — Java Virtual Machine
- jwv — Jewish War Veterans
- kev — kilo-electronvolt
- kjv — King James Version (of the Bible)
- kvm — Keyboard Video Mouse
- lav — a variable retrovirus that invades and inactivates helper T cells of the immune system and is a cause of AIDS and AIDS-related complex: variants were identified in several laboratories and independently named lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV) human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 3 (HTLV-3) and AIDS-related virus (ARV) the name human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) being subsequently proposed by an international taxonomy committee.
- lbv — Late Bottled Vintage: applied to port wine that has been matured in casks for six years and is then ready for drinking
- lev — a coin and monetary unit of Bulgaria, equal to 100 stotinki. Abbreviation: L., LV.
- lgv — large goods vehicle
- ltv — loan-to-value
- luv — love.
- lvd — Low Voltage Differential
- lvn — licensed vocational nurse
- lvp — least valuable player
- lwv — League of Women Voters
- mev — million electronvolts (106 electronvolts)