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ABS
(Automatic Backup System) See backup program.
abs
(computer science)
A special function occurring in ALGOL, which yields the absolute value, or modulus, of its argument.
(meteorology)
absolute
ABS
(mechanical engineering)
antilock braking system
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS)
A plastic used for piping in drainage systems, storm sewers, and underground electrical conduit.
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learning' remain in your report; you have as much right, I suppose, to 'adorn your page' with Zulu and Chinese and Choctaw rubbish as others of your sort have to adorn theirs with insolent odds and ends smouched from half a dozen learned tongues whose A-B ABS they don't even know.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
 
 
 
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