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Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate. · Acronym of positron emission tomography. · Acronym of paired-end tag. · Acronym of personal electronic transactor, a line of personal computers produced by Commodore International.
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryInitialism of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
The name of the computer (noun sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.
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