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PDF

abbreviation for

, Digital Technology.
  1. portable document format:
    1. a file format that makes it possible to display text and graphics in the same fixed layout on any computer screen.
    2. a document or file in this format.


PDF

abbreviation for

  1. portable document format: a format in which documents may be viewed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of PDF1

First recorded in 1990–95
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Example Sentences

It sent her a PDF document that was titled "Football's Safeguarding Children policy" - which did not apply to her.

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Here, Kan Htoo joined a PDF, one of the many resistance groups that have been growing as more young people, disillusioned with the military junta, take up arms.

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The PDF file was not an Al-Qaeda document but rather a military study of a manual made by the Islamist terror organisation.

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He also faces a charge of possessing a PDF file likely to be useful in committing or preparing an act of terrorism.

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They include production of a biological toxin contrary to Section 1 of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 and possession a PDF document of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing to or preparing an act of terrorism, contrary to Section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

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