English Explanatory Dictionary

SWF

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Initialism of single white female.
  2. Initialism of sovereign wealth fund.
  3. A file encoded in the defunct Adobe Flash file format SWF.
name
  1. Initialism of Spring Web Flow.
  2. Initialism of Shockwave Flash.

Pronunciation

/ˈswɪf/

Word forms

SWF SWFs

Etymology

(file format): SWF originated as an abbreviation for Shockwave Flash. This usage was changed to the backronym Small Web Format to eliminate confusion with a different technology, Shockwave, from which SWF derived. There is no official resolution to the initialism SWF by Adobe.

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