PUP
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English
Noun
PUP (plural PUPs)
- (computing) Acronym of potentially unwanted program: software that most computer users do not want on their computers, such as adware.
- (insurance) Paid up
- (biochemistry) Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein
Proper noun
PUP (plural PUPs)
- (computing) Initialism of Private Use Plane: either of the two Unicode planes (planes 15 and 16) reserved for private use.