Science and Technology
- Physical Address Extension, in computing, a mode in x86 processors that allows them to access more than 4 GB of memory
- Prenatal alcohol exposure, birth defects resulting from alcohol consumption during pregnancy
- Power added efficiency, a percentage that rates the efficiency of a power amplifier
- Post Antibiotic Effect, the period of time following removal of an antibiotic drug during which there is no growth of the target organism
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