4-letter words containing p
- dbpl — (language, database) A procedural language with relational database constructs. A successor to Pascal/R and Modula/R.
- deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
- deop — (transitive, Internet) To demote (an IRC operator) from operator status.
- dep. — departs
- depo — (legal, informal) deposition.
- depp — Johnny, full name John Christopher, born 1963, US actor; his films include Edward Scissorhands (1990), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and the Pirates of the Caribbean series (from 2003)
- deps — Plural form of dep.
- dept — Dept is used as a written abbreviation for department, usually in the name of a particular department.
- derp — a person or thing considered to be foolish or awkward.
- dhcp — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- dimp — (UK, colloquial) (primarily Manchester) A small or short cigarette; by extension, the butt end of a cigarette, before it has been completely smoked; a half-smoked cigarette.
- dipl — diplomatic
- dips — Plural form of dip.
- dipt — a simple past tense of dip1 .
- dlpi — Data Link Provider Interface
- doop — Alternative form of dop (cup in which diamond is cut).
- dopa — an amino acid, C 9 H 11 NO 4 , formed from tyrosine in the liver during melanin and epinephrine biosynthesis: the L-dopa isomer is converted in the brain to dopamine.
- dope — any thick liquid or pasty preparation, as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
- dops — Plural form of dop.
- dopy — stupid; inane: It was rather dopey of him to lock himself out.
- dorp — a village; hamlet.
- doup — the bottom, end, or butt of something.
- dowp — Alternative form of doup.
- dper — /dee-pee-er/ Data Processor. Hackers are absolutely amazed that suits use this term self-referentially. *Computers* process data, not people! See DP.
- dpmi — DOS Protected Mode Interface
- dpms — (hardware) Display Power Management Signaling.
- dprk — Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
- dpsk — (communications) Differential Phase-Shift Keying.
- drip — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
- drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dspl — Digital Signal Processing Language
- dttp — either of two pyrimidine nucleotides used to synthesize DNA.
- dump — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dupe — duplicate.
- dups — to open.
- earp — Wyatt (Ber·ry Stapp) [wahy-uh t-ber-ee-stap] /ˈwaɪ ətˈbɛr i stæp/ (Show IPA), 1848–1929, U.S. frontiersman, law officer, and gunfighter.
- ecsp — An extension to CSP, supporting dynamic communication channels and nested processes.
- eirp — equivalent isotropically radiated power
- empt — to empty
- epcs — Experimental Physics Control Systems
- epee — (fencing) A fencing sword of a certain modern type; frequently opposed to foil and sabre.
- eph- — epi-
- eph. — Ephesians
- epha — (biblical) alternative spelling of ephah.
- epi- — on; upon; above; over
- epic — Of, relating to, or characteristic of an epic or epics.
- epis — Plural form of epi.
- epns — electroplated nickel silver
- epoc — (operating system) A family of graphical operating systems developed by Psion for portable devices, primarily PDAs. The name EPOC came from epoch, the beginning of an era, but was backfitted by the engineers to "Electronic Piece Of Cheese". The first version, later known as EPOC16, was developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s for Psion's "SIBO" (SIxteen Bit Organisers) devices. All EPOC16 devices feature an 8086-family processor and a 16-bit architecture. EPOC16 is a single-user pre-emptive multitasking operating system, written in Intel 8086 assembler language and C and designed to be delivered in ROM. It supported a simple programming language called OPL and an IDE called OVAL. EPOC16 was followed by EPOC32 in 1997.
- epos — (obsolete) An epic.