ELF
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[edit]ELF (uncountable)
- (file format) Acronym of Executable and Linking Format (a common object file format for Unix)
- 2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis, page 97:
- In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […]
- (electronics) Initialism of extremely low frequency.
- (linguistics) Acronym of English as a Lingua Franca (English used by non-native speakers)
- Coordinate term: Globish
- 2012, Anna Mauranen, Exploring ELF: Academic English Shaped by Non-native Speakers, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 3:
- The consequences of the massive volume of ELF to English taken as a whole, as the aggregate use of the language, is essentially a descriptive issue: what new features of English are emerging and taking hold?
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- Initialism of Earth Liberation Front (a radical environmentalism group)
- Initialism of Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (an organization that studies the invented languages of J. R. R. Tolkien)
- Initialism of Endangered Language Fund (a non-profit organization)
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