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

Examples of pdf in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The mobile apps feature voice input, and the browser extensions can search public online PDFs as their source, saving you from having to download those non-browser files. Michael Muchmore, PCMAG, 15 Apr. 2024 Scroll to the bottom of this page to save a PDF of this information on your mobile phone to print or read offline. USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024 There is an option to create a new wallet for someone, along with a PDF walking them through the process for accessing it, but a level of crypto literacy would certainly help. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024 This model also includes an OCR feature that converts scanned documents to searchable PDF files, and higher-volume users will benefit from not having to regularly replace a costly drum unit. David English, PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024 By 2040, the lunar economy could be a $170 billion market (pdf), according to consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. William Gavin, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024 The Internship Experience Interns in tax accounting often start with foundational tasks like formatting PDFs, entering numbers into spreadsheets, and importing them into tax software. Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024 The only problem is that the goal used to be a hard 20% (pdf). Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024 One of the students is Azzurra Avraham, who has been organizing case files into searchable PDFs. Tim Arango, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024

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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 25 Apr. 2024.

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