prep

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

prep
    n 1: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at
         home) [syn: {homework}, {prep}, {preparation}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

PREP

   1. (PReP) {PowerPC Reference Platform}.

   2. (PREP) PRogrammed Electronics Patterns.  Language for
   designing {integrated circuits}.  ["Computer Assisted Mask
   Production", R.L. Rosenfeld, Proc IEEE 57(9) Sep 1969].

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

PREP
       PowerPC REferenz Plattform (IBM, Apple), "PReP"

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

63 Moby Thesaurus words for "prep":
      arrange, arrangement, basic training, briefing, clear for action,
      clear the decks, clearing the decks, cure, deploy, dress,
      equipment, familiarization, fix, fix up, fixing, foundation,
      get ready, groundwork, make arrangements, make preparations,
      make ready, makeready, making ready, manufacture, marshal,
      mobilization, mobilize, plan, planning, prearrange, prearrangement,
      preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step,
      preparation, preparatory study, prepare, preparing, prepping,
      prerequisite, pretreat, pretreatment, process, processing,
      propaedeutic, provide, provision, put in shape, ready, ready up,
      readying, settle preliminaries, spadework, tan, training, treat,
      treatment, trial, trim, try out, tryout, warm-up