English word origin

Etymology of PFS

Abbreviation.

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name

Initialism of Planetary Fourier Spectrometer.

noun

Initialism of perfect forward secrecy. · Initialism of progression-free survival. · Initialism of pyoderma fistulans sinifica. · Initialism of post-finasteride syndrome.

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