NES

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nes"

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛn iː ɛs/

Noun

NES (countable and uncountable, plural NESes)

  1. Initialism of night eating syndrome.
  2. (linguistics) Initialism of native English speaker.
  3. (video games) Initialism of Nintendo Entertainment System.
    • 2021 June 16, Tzvi Kalb, “What is Old is New Again: NES Tetris”, in The Science Survey‎[1]:
      The strategy that has dominated recently for the last couple of years is to tap the d-pad as fast as humanly possible with one finger, known as hypertapping in the gaming community. In NES Tetris, this skill is crucial, since the speed increases when moving up levels, culminating in level 29, where the pieces usually drop to the bottom of the board in less than ⅓ of a second. However, hypertapping has several limitations.
    • 2023 December 1, Evelynn Kersting, “GAMES AND TIME”, in University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee‎[2], page 11‎[3], archived from the original on 6 June 2025:
      The internal NES clock must accurately measure down to milliseconds for its games to work properly.

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Proper noun

NES

  1. Initialism of News Election Service.
  2. Initialism of National Election Studies.
  3. Initialism of Nortel Energy Saver.
  4. (Canada) Initialism of National Employment Service of Canada).
  5. Abbreviation of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

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