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Noun
PAT (countable and uncountable, plural PATs)
- (American football) Initialism of point after touchdown. (extra point)
- (education, Alberta) Initialism of provincial achievement test.
- (electrical engineering, UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia) Initialism of portable appliance testing.
- (networking) Initialism of port address translation.
- Coordinate term: NAT
- (programming) Initialism of protocol associated type.
2019, Tjeerd in 't Veen, chapter 8, in Swift in Depth, Manning, →ISBN:Protocols are abstract as they are, but with PATs, you’re making your protocols generic, which makes your code even more abstract and exponentially complex.
- (computing) Initialism of personal access token.
- (cardiology) Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.
Proper noun
PAT
- (Quebec) Abbreviation of Pointe-aux-Trembles, a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada.
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Proper noun
PAT f
- (Quebec) PAT; Pointe-aux-Trembles—a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada