variants or PDF
: a computer file format for the transmission of a multimedia document that is not intended to be edited further and appears unaltered in most computer environments
also : a document that uses this format

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Next, Primate Labs' Geekbench 6.3 Pro simulates popular apps ranging from PDF rendering and speech recognition to machine learning. Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025 Earlier this month, Judge P. Casey Pitts for the US District Court of the San Jose Division of the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval [PDF] of a settlement agreement regarding a class-action complaint first filed against HP on October 13, 2021. ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2025 The administration also took down both the online and fillable PDF versions of the IDR applications, preventing borrowers from applying. Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 Downloading other Word documents as a PDF worked perfectly fine, however. PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pdf

Word History

Etymology

portable document format

First Known Use

1992, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pdf was in 1992

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“Pdf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pdf. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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