The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pert \Pert\, v. i.
   To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,
   true, free, or impudent. See Apert.]
   1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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   2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
      "A very pert manner." --Addison.
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            The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
                                                  --Cowper.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pert
    adj 1: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
           certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
           impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

114 Moby Thesaurus words for "pert":
   active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, alert,
   alive, animate, animated, arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam,
   biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, bouncy, brash, brassy, brazen,
   breezy, bright, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, challenging, cheeky,
   cheerful, chesty, chipper, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, chutzpadik,
   cocky, conceited, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying,
   derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient,
   effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, facy, flip, flippant,
   forward, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep,
   gally, gay, gratuitous, greatly daring, ill-mannered, immodest,
   impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, jaunty, jolly, keen,
   know-it-all, live, lively, malapert, mercurial, militant, nervy,
   nimble, obtrusive, out of line, overwise, peacockish, peacocky,
   peart, peppy, perk, perky, presumptuous, puffed up, quicksilver,
   regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, self-conceited,
   self-opinionated, smacking, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snappy,
   spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
   uncalled-for, uncivil, unmannerly, vivacious, wise-ass, zingy



V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016):

PERT
       Program Evaluation / Evolution and Review Technique


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PERT

    (PERT) A method used to size a software product
   and calculate the Standard Deviation (SD) for risk assessment.
   The PERT equation (beta distribution) estimates the Equivalent
   Delivered Source Instructions (EDSIs) and the SD based on
   the analyst's estimates of the lowest possible size, the most
   likely size, and the highest possible size of each computer
   program component (CPC).

   (1996-05-29)