XP

Translingual

Symbol

XP

  1. An East Asian smiley emoticon representing a happy face sticking out its tongue.

English

Noun

XP (uncountable)

  1. (computing) Initialism of Extreme Programming.
  2. (medicine) Initialism of Xeroderma Pigmentosum.

Noun

XP (plural XP)

  1. (role-playing games) Initialism of Experience Point.

Proper noun

XP

  1. (computing) Windows XP

Etymology 2

Combination of prefix P and prefix modifier X

Prefix

XP

  1. (aviation, military, obsolete, US) eXperimental, Pursuit, fighter (prefix)
Derived terms
  • XP-90
  • XP-53
See also

Etymology 3

X is a variable which can stand for letters representing parts of speech such as: N (noun), V (verb), P (preposition), etc.

Noun

XP (plural XPs)

  1. (grammar, X-bar theory) Initialism of X Phrase. (a phrase which consists of either: (1) an optional specifier and an X-bar phrase, or (2) a conjunction sandwiched between two other XPs. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.)
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