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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Inadvertence \In'ad*vert"ence\; pl. {-ces}, Inadvertency \In'ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. {-cies}, noun [Cf. F. inadvertance.]

1. The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence.

Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. --Jer. Taylor.

2. An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence.

The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. --Addison.

Syn: Inattention; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence; thoughtlessness. See {Inattention}.

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

CES C-bit Errored Seconds (DS3/E3)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

CES Character Encoding Scheme (CSS, Unicode)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

CES Circuit Emulation Service

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

CES Consumer Electronics Show (fair, USA)
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