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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | TLAs At the last count, this dictionary gave expansions for 761 three-letter acronyms, a mere 4.3%, of the 26^3 = 17576 possible. Here's the grep command used: egrep '^[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]$' Dictionary | sort -u Here they are: AAP, ABC, ABI, ABP, ACA, ACE, ACK, ACL, ACM, ACP, ADL, ADM, ADS, ADT, AED, AEP, AES, AFJ, AFK, AFS, AGL, AIA, AID, AIX, AKC, AKL, ALC, ALF, ALM, ALP, AMD, AML, AMP, AMS, ANL, ANU, AOS, APA, APC, API, APL, APT, AQL, ARC, ARL, ARM, ARP, ARQ, ART, ASA, ASE, ASF, ASL, ASM, ASN, ASP, ATA, ATK, ATM, ATS, AUI, AUP, AVS, BAD, BAL, BAP, BBC, BBL, BBN, BBS, BCD, BCL, BCS, BDL, BEA, BER, BFI, BGP, BIP, BLT, BMF, BNF, BOF, BOS, BPS, BQS, BRB, BRI, BRS, BSD, BSI, BSL, BSS, BTW, BWQ, CAD, CAE, CAF, CAL, CAP, CAT, CBN, CBV, CCL, CCP, CCR, CCS, CDA, CDC, CDE, CDF, CDL, CDM, CDS, CEN, CFD, CFP, CGI, CGM, CHI, CID, CIF, CIL, CIM, CIS, CIX, CLM, CLP, CLR, CLU, CLX, CMA, CMC, CML, CMS, CMU, CMZ, CNC, CNI, COM, COS, CPI, CPL, CPS, CPU, CRC, CRL, CRT, CSL, CSM, CSO, CSP, CSU, CTC, CTI, CTL, CTY, CUA, CUL, CVS, CWI, DAA, DAG, DAS, DAU, DBA, DBC, DBH, DCA, DCE, DCG, DCL, DCT, DDE, DDL, DDM, DDN, DDT, DEA, DEC, DED, DEK, DES, DEX, DFA, DFC, DFD, DGL, DIN, DIP, DLG, DLL, DLM, DLP, DME, DML, DNF, DNS, DOE, DOF, DOL, DOS, DPB, DPL, DPS, DSA, DSE, DSL, DSM, DSP, DSS, DSU, DTD, DTE, DTP, DTS, DUA, DVI, DXF, EAG, ECL, ECP, EDA, EDI, EDL, EDU, EER, EFF, EFL, EGP, ELF, ELI, ELP, EMA, EML, EMX, ENQ, EOF, EOL, EOU, EPL, EPS, ERA, ERC, ERD, ESA, ESF, ESI, ESL, ESP, ETC, ETM, EXE, FAC, FAD, FAP, FAQ, FCP, FDT, FEA, FEL, FFP, FFT, FGL, FIX, FMQ, FMV, FNC, FOD, FPA, FPU, FQL, FRL, FSF, FSL, FSM, FSP, FTP, FUD, FYA, FYI, GAN, GAP, GAT, GCC, GCL, GCR, GCT, GDB, GEA, GEI, GFR, GHC, GIF, GIN, GIP, GKS, GLB, GLS, GLU, GMD, GNU, GOL, GOM, GPL, GPM, GPV, GPX, GRG, GSL, GSM, GUI, GVL, GWM, HCF, HCI, HCS, HDF, HDL, HDM, HEP, HLL, HOL, HPF, HPL, HQX, HSV, IAB, IAD, IAL, IAM, IAW, IBM, ICE, ICI, IDE, IDL, IEC, IEF, IEN, IFP, IFX, IGC, IGL, IGP, IHS, IIS, IIT, IMP, IMR, IMS, IPA, IPC, IPE, IPL, IPS, IPX, IQL, IRC, IRL, IRQ, ISA, ISE, ISF, ISL, ISO, ISP, ISV, ITS, ITU, IVY, JAZ, JCL, JPL, JRL, JRN, JSA, JTC, JTS, KAP, KBS, KCL, KEE, KFX, KIS, KMS, KRC, KRL, KRS, KSL, LAN, LAP, LAU, LAX, LBE, LBL, LCC, LCF, LCL, LCS, LDB, LDL, LDP, LDT, LEP, LER, LGN, LIS, LLC, LML, LNF, LOC, LOL, LOM, LOP, LPC, LPG, LPI, LPL, LPS, LPT, LSE, LSL, LTR, MAC, MAD, MAL, MAN, MAO, MAP, MAS, MBS, MCA, MCC, MCI, MCL, MCP, MCS, MDL, MFE, MHS, MIB, MIG, MIS, MIT, MIX, MJS, MLL, MML, MNP, MPG, MPL, MPV, MRS, MTS, MTU, MUD, MVC, MVS, NAG, NAK, NAS, NBS, NCD, NCS, NDL, NFA, NFS, NFT, NGL, NIC, NIH, NII, NIL, NIS, NLS, NMI, NOC, NPL, NQS, NSE, NSF, NSS, NTP, OBE, OBJ, OCL, OCR, OCS, ODA, ODC, ODI, ODP, ODT, OEM, OIC, OIL, OLC, OLE, OMA, OMF, OMG, OMT, ONC, OOA, OOD, OOF, OOP, OPS, ORB, OSA, OSE, OSF, OSI, OTI, OTT, OWL, PAD, PAL, PAT, PAW, PBD, PBM, PBX, PCA, PCF, PCI, PCL, PCN, PCS, PDA, PDF, PDL, PDP, PDS, PDU, PEM, PER, PEX, PFE, PFL, PGP, PIC, PIE, PIL, PIP, PIT, PMC, PML, POC, POE, POM, PPL, PPM, PPN, PPP, PRA, PRI, PRL, PSA, PSD, PSI, PSL, PSN, PTI, PTT, PUB, PVM, QAM, QBE, QNX, QPE, RAD, RAL, RAM, RCC, RCL, RCS, RDL, RDS, REC, RFC, RFE, RFT, RGB, RIP, RLF, RLL, RMS, RNF, RPC, RPG, RPI, RPL, RPT, RRS, RSA, RSI, RSL, RSN, RTF, RTI, RTL, RTM, RTT, SAA, SAC, SAL, SAP, SAS, SBM, SCC, SCI, SCL, SCO, SDE, SDF, SDH, SDL, SDM, SDS, SEA, SED, SEE, SEI, SEL, SEM, SEP, SET, SEX, SFL, SGI, SIA, SIG, SIL, SIR, SMG, SMI, SML, SMM, SMP, SNA, SOL, SOM, SOS, SPC, SPG, SPL, SPM, SPS, SPX, SQL, SRI, SRL, SRP, SSA, SSL, STB, STD, SYN, TAC, TAL, TAO, TBK, TCB, TCL, TCM, TCP, TDF, TDR, TEI, TET, TIA, TIP, TLA, TLB, TMG, TNX, TOK, TOP, TPL, TPS, TPU, TRO, TRS, TSO, TSP, TSR, TTL, TXL, UAN, UAW, UBD, UCB, UDP, UFO, UIL, UIS, ULP, UNI, URC, URI, URL, URN, USE, USL, USR, UTC, UTP, VAL, VAR, VAX, VDL, VDM, VEE, VEL, VGA, VHE, VIF, VLB, VME, VML, VMS, VPL, VSF, VSP, VSX, VTS, VUE, WAM, WAN, WCL, WEB, WFL, WRT, WSL, WTF, WTH, WWW, XDL, XDR, XIE, XNF, XNS, XON, XPC, XPG, XPL, XRN, XSB, XSI, XTI, XUI, XVT, XXX, YSM, ZAP, ZIF, ZIL, ZOG, ZUG (1994-12-14). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: TLAS |
| Specialty definitions using "TLAS": MEGO ♦ three-letter acronym. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tlas | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "TLAS": atlas, cutlas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "TLAS": atlases, cutlases, cutlass, cutlasses, outlast, outlasted, outlasting, outlasts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: alts, last, lats, salt, slat. | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-s-t" | |
-1 letter: als, alt, las, lat, sal, sat, tas. | |
-2 letters: al, as, at, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alist, altos, atlas, blast, blats, clast, flats, halts, lasts, laths, least, litas, lotas, malts, plats, salts, salty, sault, setal, shalt, slant, slate, slats, slaty, smalt, splat, stale, stalk, stall, steal, stela, taels, tails, talas, talcs, tales, talks, talus, teals, tesla, tolas. | |
+2 letters: ablest, adults, aglets, alants, alates, alerts, allots, almost, altars, alters, artels, aslant, astral, atolls, basalt, blasts, blasty, bleats, bloats, castle, claspt, clasts, cleats, costal, cutlas, deltas, desalt, distal, eclats, elates, estral, exalts, faults, festal, flatus, floats, flotas, gaslit, gaults, gloats, halest, haslet, instal, lamest, lasted, laster, lastly, latens, latest, lathes, lathis, latish, latkes, lattes, laxest, leasts, lotahs, lovats, lustra, lysate, lyttas, metals, oblast, osteal, palest, palets, pastel, pastil, petals, plaits, plants, plates, platys, pleats, postal, ratals, ratels, sallet, salted, salter, saltie, salute, samlet, santol, saults, septal, shelta, skatol, slants, slanty, slatch, slated, slater, slates, slatey, smalti, smalto, smalts, solate, spital, splats, stable, stably, stalag, staled, staler, stales, stalks, stalky, stalls, staple, statal, steals, stelae, stelai, stelar, stella, stomal, stylar, sultan, tablas, tables, tahsil, talars, talers, tallis, talons, taluks, tamals, tarsal, tassel, teasel, tepals, teslas, ticals, tilaks, tolans, tolars, totals, trails, trawls, trials, tussal, ultras, valets, vastly, vaults, vestal, vitals. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4C 41 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .-.. .- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001100 01000001 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T L A S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004C 0041 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54463553 |
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