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by munchler 859 days ago
If, like me, you don’t know what PV stands for: A photovoltaic (PV) cell, commonly called a solar cell, is a nonmechanical device that converts sunlight directly into electricity.
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There are so many fields that find their way onto HN yet each one acts like their domain-specifc jargon or acronym is common knowledge.
Yeah, it's a real (A)GKDM.

(A "(possibly accidental) gatekeeping dick move" :P )

Someone should implement a "DeJargonify" button that looks through a dictionary of acronyms and shows you a table of ehat they mean

I use Hacki on Android, could be a fun project to try adding that if I get time to do it

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