SO

See also: Appendix:Variations of "so"

Translingual

Symbol

SO

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Somalia.
    Synonym: SOM (alpha-3)

English

Noun

SO (plural SOs)

  1. Initialism of significant other.
    Alternative forms: S.O., s.o., s/o
  2. (sports) Initialism of shut out.
  3. (sports) Initialism of shootout.
  4. (baseball) Initialism of strike out.
  5. (logic, computer science) Initialism of second-order logic.
  6. (music) Initialism of symphony orchestra.
  7. (chemistry) Abbreviation of singlet oxygen.
    Coordinate terms: SOG, DSOG
  8. (politics, parliamentary) Abbreviation of standing order.

See also

  • (significant other): GF, BF

Pronoun

SO

  1. Initialism of someone.

Proper noun

SO

  1. Initialism of Stack Overflow.
    • 2010, Alex Mackey, “ASP.NET MVC”, in Introducing .NET 4.0: With Visual Studio 2010 (The Expert’s Voice in .NET), [Berkeley, Calif.]: Apress, →ISBN, page 290:
      Imagine that you were creating an application similar to SO but were writing it using web forms.
    • 2018, Oscar Díaz, Jeremías P. Contell, “Educating Users to Formulate Questions in Q&A Platforms: A Scaffold for Google Sheets”, in John Krogstie, Hajo A. Reijers, editors, Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 30th International Conference, CAiSE 2018, Tallinn, Estonia, June 11–15, 2018, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 10816), Cham: Springer, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 163:
      SO threads are mapped back into QuestionSheets. Information collected from SO includes the answer itself, the contributor’s reputation, and the number of votes (if any) (see Fig. 5).
    • 2021, Sean McCullough, “Reprogramming Rhetoric: Toward a Diffractive Epistemology of Computer Composition”, in Kai Merten, editor, Diffractive Reading: New Materialism, Theory, Critique, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part III (Diffracting (in) Music, Visual, and Digital Media), page 302:
      While using a Python program to query SO’s API helps me gain a better understanding of SO’s software source code, I should note that much uncertainty regarding SO’s programmed arguments still abounds. Part of this uncertainty is a result of limits companies like SO place on programmers who wish to access their data, but a large portion also stems from my choice to use Python.

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French

Noun

SO m

  1. initialism of sud-ouest; SW

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German

Noun

SO

  1. abbreviation of Südost; southeast

Proper noun

SO

  1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Solothurn (canton)

Italian

Noun

SO m

  1. abbreviation of sudovest; southwest

Portuguese

Noun

SO m (plural SOs)

  1. (software) acronym of sistema operacional (OS, operating system)

Spanish

Noun

SO m

  1. abbreviation of sudoeste; southwest

Proper noun

SO ?

  1. abbreviation of Sonora: a state of Mexico

Swedish

Noun

SO ?

  1. abbreviation of samhällsorientering (subject block involving social studies)
    Hyponyms: geografi (geography), historia (history), religon (religion), samhällskunskap (civics)
    Coordinate term: NO
    Har du gjort SO-läxan till imorgon?
    Have you done the social studies homework for tomorrow?
  2. abbreviation of sydost (south-east)
    Antonym: NV
    Coordinate terms: NO, SV, NV
  3. (law) abbreviation of successionsordningen (the act of succession), one of Sweden's four fundamental laws
    Coordinate terms: RF (instrument of government), TF (freedom of the press act), YGL (freedom of expression)

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