| p.d. |
Per Diem (Per Day) |
| P/N |
Part number |
|
P2P |
Peer-to-Peer |
|
P2P |
Person-to-Person |
| PA |
Problem Analysis |
| PA |
Programmer/Analyst |
| PA |
Public Address system |
| PABX |
Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
| PAC |
Political Action Committee |
| PACE |
Precision Architecture
Computing Environments |
| PACER |
Process Acquisition,
Characterization and Enhancement Ring |
| PAD |
Packet
Assembler/Disassembler |
| PAEB |
Pan American EDIFACT Board |
|
PAID |
Pre-Authorized Instant Deduction |
|
PAIN |
Privacy,
Authentication, Integrity, Non-repudiation |
| PAL |
Price/Availability List |
| PAL |
Programmable Array Logic |
| PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol |
| PAR |
Program-Aid Routine |
| PAR |
Project Authorization Request |
| PARC |
PA Research Center, Xerox |
| PASCAL |
Programming language |
| PBGC |
Pension
Benefits Guarantee Corporation, federal government |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange |
| PC |
Personal Computer |
|
PC |
Prime Contractor |
| PC |
Principal Consultant |
| PC |
Printed Circuit |
| PC |
Production Control |
| PC |
Project Coordinator |
| PCA |
Printed Circuit
Assembly |
| PCAST |
President's
Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology |
| PCAT |
Printed Circuit Assembly
Technology |
| PCB |
Printed
Circuit Board |
| PCD |
Kodak Photo CD |
| PCFV |
Primary Cause for Variability |
|
PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect |
| PCI-X |
PCI eXtended |
| PCL |
Printer Command/Control Language |
| PCM |
Physical Connect
Management |
| PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation |
|
PCMCIA |
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
| PCN |
Personal Commmunications Network |
| PCN |
Process Change Notificaton |
| PC-NOS |
PC Network Operating Systems |
| PCO |
Product(ion) Change Order |
| PCP |
Plug Compatible Peripheral |
| PCR |
Part Change Request |
| PCS |
Personal Communication System |
| PCT |
Personal Computer Tape format,
similar to Tallgrass (vendor) format |
| PD |
Paid |
|
PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant |
| PDC |
Processor-Dependent Code |
| PDCA |
Plan, Do, Check,
Action |
|
PDES |
Product Data Exchange using
STEP |
| PDF |
Portable Document Format |
| PDH |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
| PDID |
Path Descriptor Identifier |
| PDIP |
Plastic Dip package |
| PDL |
Page Description Language |
| PDN |
Part Discontinuance Notice |
| PDN |
Public Data Network |
| PDO |
Portable Distributed Objects |
| PDP |
Product Development Process |
| PDP |
Programmed Data
Processor |
| PDQ |
Post Deduct Quantity |
| PDR |
Processor Data Rate |
| PDS |
Personal Data Storage |
| PDS |
Premises Distribution
System |
|
PDS |
Product Data Sheet |
| PDU |
Protocol Data Unit |
| PE |
Phase Encoded |
| PE |
Price-Earnings
ratio |
| PEDI |
Protocol EDI,
X.400 |
| PEEL |
Programmable Electrically
Erasable Logic |
| PEG |
Pan European Group |
| PEG |
Price
Earnings Growth ratio |
| PERL |
Practical Extraction & Report
Language |
| PERTEC |
(n.a.) type of digital tape
interface |
| PF |
Product Focus |
| PG |
Product Generation |
| PGA |
Pin Grid Array
package |
| PHIGS |
Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System |
| PHP |
Personal Home Page |
| PHS |
Personal Handyphone System |
| PHY |
Physical Layer
Protocol |
| PHYINV |
Physical Inventory |
| PHY-PDU |
Physical Layer
Protocol PDU |
| PIA |
Peripheral Interface Adapter |
| PIC |
Position Independent
Code |
| pid |
Process ID |
| PIF |
Peripheral Interchange Format |
|
PII |
Personally Identifiable
Information |
| PIM |
Personal Information Manager |
|
PIN |
Personal Identification
Number |
| PIN |
Process Identification Number |
|
PIP |
Packet Interface Port |
|
PIP |
Paper Impact Printing |
|
PIP |
Partner Interface Process |
|
PIP |
Payload Integration Plan |
|
PIP |
Peripheral Interchange Program |
| PIP |
Picture In a Picture |
|
PIP |
Plural Interfacing Processing |
|
PIP |
Problem Isolation Procedure |
|
PIP |
Process Improvement Process |
|
PIP |
Product Introduction Plan |
|
PIP |
Programmable Interconnect Point |
| PIR |
Parts Information Report |
| PIR |
Post Implementation Review |
| PIRCS |
Per Incident RCS |
| PIU |
Peripheral Interface Unit |
|
PKCS |
Public Key Cryptography
Standards |
|
PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
| PKIF |
PKI Forum |
| PL |
Product Line |
| PL/1 |
Programming Language
1 |
| PLA |
Programmable Logic Array |
| PLC |
Product Life Cycle |
| PLC |
Programmable Logic Controller |
| PLCC |
Plastic Leaded
Chip Carrier |
| PLD |
Programmable Logic Device |
| PLL |
Phase-Locked Loop |
| PLM |
Product Lifecycle Management |
| PLM |
Product Line Manager |
| PM |
Phase Modulation |
| PM |
Plant Maintenance module, SAP R/3 |
| PM |
Preventative Maintenance |
| PM |
Procurement Manager |
| PM |
Project Manager |
| PMD |
Physical Medium Dependent, FDDI |
| PMI |
Project
Management Institute |
| PMOS |
P-channel Metal-Oxide
Semiconductor |
| PMP |
Personal Management Profiles |
| PMP |
Project Management
Professional |
| PN |
Part number |
| PND |
Price Non-Disclosure |
| PNPN |
Positive-negative-positive-negative |
| PO |
Purchase Order |
| POEM |
Peripheral Original Equipment
Manufacturer |
| POLO |
Parallel Optical Link Organization |
| POM |
Professional Owner Manager |
|
POP |
Point Of Presence |
| POP |
Point-of-Purchase |
|
POP |
Post Office Protocol |
| POP |
Precision Optical Performance |
|
POR |
Pay on Receipt |
| POR |
Plan of Record |
|
POS |
Point Of Sale |
| POSC |
Petrotechnical Open Software
Corporation |
| POSIX |
POrtable Systems Interface
standard, UNIX standard from IEEE |
| PoST |
Point-of-Service-Test |
| POST |
Power-On Self Test |
| PP |
Production Planning module, SAP
R/3 |
| PPA |
Potential Problem Analysis, part
of KTA |
| PPB |
Part-Period Balancing |
| PPC |
Production Planning and Control |
| PPC |
Preferred Part Coding |
| PPCMOS |
Double Polysilicon CMOS |
| PPE |
Personal Protective Equipment |
| PPG |
Publicity and Promotion Group,
EDIFICE |
| PPI |
Producers' Price Index |
| PPI |
Promotional Products
International |
| ppid |
Parent Process ID |
| PPL |
Parts Price List |
| PPM |
Pages Per Minute |
| PPM |
Parts Per Million |
| PPM |
Pulse Position Modulation |
| PPN |
Private Packet Network |
| PPODS |
Pictorial Procedure Oriented
Design System |
|
PPP |
Point-to-Point Protocol |
| PPSN |
Public Packet Switched Network |
| PPT |
Parts-Per-Trillion |
|
PPTP |
Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
| PR |
Pilot Run |
|
PR |
Public Relations |
| PRA |
Primary Rate Access, ISDN |
| PRACL |
Page-Replacement Algorithm and
Control Logic |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface, ISDN |
| PRICAT |
PRIce/sales CATalogue message,
EDIFACT |
| PRISM |
Partnership for Research in
Information Systems Management |
| PRM |
Partner Relationship
Management |
| PRMD |
Private Management
Domain |
| PRO |
Precision RISC Organization |
| PROD |
Production |
| PROM |
Programmable ROM |
| PS |
PostScript |
| PS |
Project System module, SAP R/3 |
| PSDN |
Public Switched Digital Network |
| PSI |
Pounds per Square Inch, units of
pressure |
| PSL |
Portable Standard Lisp |
| PSL |
Preferred Supplier
List |
| PSM |
Personal Storage Module |
| PSM |
Power Supply Module |
| PSN |
Packet Switching Network |
| PSN |
Personal Server Network |
|
PSP |
Payment Service Provider |
| PSP |
Print Service Provider |
| PSS |
Packet Switching Service |
| PSTN |
Public Switched
Telehone Network |
|
PT |
PorTugal - internet domain |
|
PTC |
Parametric Technology Corporation |
|
PTP |
Point To Point |
| PTT |
Post, Telephone and Telegraph
Authority |
| Pty |
Proprietary,
Australian Equivalent of "Inc." |
| PUT |
Programmmable Unijunction
Transistor |
| PVA |
Portable Vehicle
Analyzer |
| PVC |
Permanent Virtual Circuit |
| PVRA |
Physical Volume
Reserved Area |
| PWB |
Programmer's
Work Bench |
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