Abbreviations "P" ( All the "P" Character ).

         

Abbreviations

                  P

Short Name  ��  Full Name or Abbreviations

PAB       Personal Address Book

PABX      Private Automatic Branch Exchange

PACE      Priority Access Control Enabled [3Com]

PACS      Picture Archiving and Communication System

PACS-L    Public Access Computer Systems List [Internet]

PAD       Packet Assembler/Disassembler

PADS      Pen Application Development System [Slate Corporation]

PAIH      Public-Access Internet Host [Internet]

PAIS      Public-Access Internet Site [Internet]

.PAK      Packed (compressed file name extension) [NoGate

Consulting]

PAL       Paradox Applications Language [Borland] +

          Phase Alternating Line + Programmed Array Logic +

          Programming Assembly Language

.PAL      Palette (file name extension)

PALC      Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal (display)

PALS      Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System

PAM       Pulse Amplitude Modulation

PAP       Packet-level Procedure +

          Password Authentication Protocol +

          Printer Access Protocol

PAR       Personal Animation Recorder + Parallel

PARA      Paragraph

PARC      Palo Alto Research Center [XEROX]

.PAS      PASCAL source code (file name extension)

PASCAL    (Programming Language named for Blaise Pascal)

.PAT      Patch + Pattern (file name extensions)

PAX       Portable Archive Exchange [Unix]

PBE       Prompt By Example

PBGA      Plastic Ball Grid Array

PBX       Private Branch Exchange

PC        Personal Computer + Printed Circuit + Program Counter

PCACIAS   Personal Computer Automated Calibration Interval

          Analysis System

PCB       Printed Circuit Board + Program Control Block

PCBC      Plain Cipher Block Chaining

PCD       Photo Compact Disk

PC-DOS    Personal Computer - Disk Operating System [IBM]

PCEB      PCI to EISA Bridge [Intel]

PCI       Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface

PC-I/O    Program Controlled I/O

PCL       Printer Command Language [HP] + Process Control Language

PCM       Personal Computer Manufacturer + Pulse Code Modulation

PCMC      PCI, Cache, Memory Controller [Intel]

PCMCIA    Personal Computer Memory Card International Association

PCMIM     Personal Computer Media Interface Module

PCN       Personal Computer Network

PCNFS     Personal Computer Network File System

PCO       Point of Control and Observation

PCS       Patchable Control Store +

          Personal Communication Services/System +

          Personal Conferencing Specification +

          Planning Control Sheet + Print Contrast Signal +

          Process Control Systems + Program Counter Store +

          Programmable Drive Table + Project Control System

PCT       Private Communications Technology

.PCT      Picture (file name extension)

.PCX      Picture Image (file name extension)

PD        Public Domain

PDA       Personal Digital Assistant

PDD       Physical Device Driver

PDF       Package Definition File + Portable Document Format +

          Portable Document File + Processor Defined Function +

          Program Development Facility

.PDF      Printer Description (file name extension)[Borland,Lotus]

PDIAL     Public Dialup Internet Access List [Internet]

PDL       Page Description Language + Program Description Language

          + Program Design Language

PDM       Product Data Management

PDN       Public Data Network

PDO       Portable Distributed Objects [Next]

PDP       Plasma Display Panel + Programmable Data Processor +

          (DEC Computer System Designation, i.e. PDP-8, PDP-11)

PDS       Packet Driver Specification + Partitioned Data Set +

          Planetary Data System + Portable Document Software +

          Processor Direct Slot [Macintosh]

PDSS      Post Development and Software Support

PDT       Performance Diagnostic Tool [IBM] +

          Programmable Drive Table

PDU       Plug Distribution Unit

.PDX      Paradox files (file name extension) [Borland] +

          Printer Description Extension (file name extension)

PE        Parity Even + Processing Element + Protect Enable

PEA       Pocket Ethernet Adapter

PEL       Picture Element [IBM]

PEM       Privacy-Enhanced Mail [Internet]

PEN SDK   Pen Computing Software Development Kit

PEP       Packetized Ensemble Protocol [Telebit]

PERL      Practical Extraction and Report Language [Unix]

PERT      Program Evaluation and Review Technique

PES       Positioning Error Signal + Processor Enhancement Socket

          Processor Upgrade Socket

PET       Print Enhancement Technology [Compaq]

.PFB      Printer Font Binary (file name extension)

PFE       Programmer's File Editor

.PFM      Printer Font Metrics (file name extension) [Windows]

PFR       Power-Fail Restart

PGA       Pin Grid Array + Professional Graphics Adapter [IBM]

PGC       Program Group Control [Microsoft]

PGDN      Page Down

.PGL      Graphics (file name extension) [Hewlett-Packard]

PGM       Program

PGP       Pretty Good Privacy (name of encryption program)

.PGP      ProGram Parameter (file name extension) [AutoCAD]

PGUP      Page Up

PHIGS     Programmers' Hierarchial Interactive Graphics

          Standards

.PHO      Phone List (file name extension)

PHS       Personal Handyphone System

PI        Program Interruption

PIA       Peripheral Interface Adapter

PIC       Personal Intelligent Communicator +

          Priority Interrupt Controller +

          Program Interrupt Controller

PICS      Platform for Internet Content Selection

PICT      Picture

PID       Process Identification Number +

          Proportional, Integral, Derivative

PIER      Procedures for Internet/Enterprise Renumbering

PIF       Picture Interchange Format File +

          Program Information File

PII       Program Integrated Information

PILOT     Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching

PilotACE* Pilot Automatic Computing Engine

PIM       Personal Information Manager

PIN       Personal Identification Number +

          Process Identification Number [Unix]

PINE      Pine Is Not Elm [Unix]

PING      Packet Internet Groper

PIO       Parallel Input/Output + Processor Input/Output +

          Programmed Input/Output

PIP       Picture In Picture + Problem Isolation Procedure +

          Programmable Interconnect Point

PIPO      Parallel In, Parallel Out

PIT       Programmable Interval Timer

PIXEL     Picture Element

PL        Plus

PLA       Programmable Logic-Array

PLATO     Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations

PLC       Programmable Logic Controller

PLCC      Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier

PLD       Programmable Logic Device

PLDS      Pilot Land Data System [NASA]

PLL       Phase Locked Loop

.PLL      Prelinked Library (file name extension) [Clipper]

PL/M      Programming Language for Micros

PLS       Primary Link Station

PLV       Production Level Video

PL/1    * Programming Language One

PM        Presentation Manager [IBM] +

          Preventative Maintenance + Process Manager

PMMU      Paged Memory Management Unit

PMOS      Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor

PMR       Problem Management Report [IBM]

PMS       Policy Management System

PN        Processing Node

PNA       Programmable Network Access

PNG       Portable Network Graphics

PNP       Plug And Play

PO        Parity Odd

POC       Point Of Contact

POE       Power Open Environment

POH       Power-On Hours

POL       Problem Oriented Language

POP       Point Of Presence [MCI] + Pop from Stack +

          Post Office Protocol

POPA      Pop All Registers

POPF      Pop Flags

POR       Power-On-Reset

POS       Point Of Sale + Positive + Programmable Object Select

POSIX     Portable Operating System Interface for Unix

POST      Power-On Self Test

POSTNET   Postal Numeric Encoding Technique

POTS      Plain Old Telephone Service

POWER     Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC [IBM]

PowerPC   Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC-Performance

          Computing

.PPD      PostScript Printer Description (file name extension)

PPDS      Personal Printer Data Stream [IBM]

PPGA      Plastic Pin Grid Array

PPM       Pages Per Minute

PPP       Point-to-Point Protocol [Internet]

PPS       Packets Per Second + Power Personal Systems [IBM]

PPTP      Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

PQFP      Plastic Quad Flat Pack

PRACSA    Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association

PRAM      Parallel Random-Access Machine +

          Parameter Random Access Memory

.PRD      Printer Driver (file name extension) [Word]

PRE       Preformatted [HTML]

PReP      Power PC Reference Platform [IBM/Motorola]

PRF       Pulse Repetition Frequency

.PRF      Preferences (file name extension) [Grammatik IV]

.PRG      Program (file name extension)

PRINTF    Print with Formatting [C Programming Language]

PRISM     Photo-Refractive Information Storage Material

.PRJ      Project (file name extension) [Borland]

PRMD      Private Mangement Domain [X.400]

PRML      Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood

.PRO      Profile (file name extension)

PROC      Procedure

PROFS     Professional Office System [IBM]

PROG      Program + Programmer

PROLOG    Programming In Logic (Programming Language)(See HLL)

PROM      Programmable Read Only Memory

PRN       Printer

.PRS      Printer (file name extension) [WordPerfect]

PRTSC     Print Screen

PS        Proportional Spacing

.PS       PostScript (file name extension)

PS/2      Programming System 2 [IBM]

PSC       Personal Super Computer + Print Server Command +

          Product Service Center

PSDN      Packet-Switched Data Network

PSDS      Packet-Switched Data Service

PSERVER   Print Server [NetWare]

PSF       Permanent Swap File

PSID      PostScript Image Data

PSM       Printing Systems Manager

PSN       Packet Switching Network

PSP       Personal Software Products (group) [IBM] +

          Program Segment Prefix

PSPDN     Packet-Switched Public Data Network

P-SRAM    Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory

PSRT      PostScript Round Table [GEnie]

PSTN      Public Switched Telephone Network

PSU       Power Supply Unit

PSW       Program Status Word

.ps.Z     Compressed PostScript (file name extension) [Unix]

PT        Page Table

P/T       Part Time

PTD       Parallel Transfer Disk Drive

PTF       Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix [IBM]

PUB       Public (directory) [Internet] + Publish

.PUB      Publication (file name extension) [Ventura]

PUN       Physical Unit Number

PUP       PARC Universal Packet (protocol)

PUS       Processor Upgrade Socket

PUSHA     Push All Registers

PUSHF     Push Flags

PVC       Permanent Virtual Circuit + Polyvinyl Chloride

PVM       Parallel Virtual Machine +

          Pass-through Virtual Machine (protocol) [IBM]

PVP       Parallel Vector Processing

PVS       Parallel Visualization Server

PW        Password

PWB       Printed Wire Board +

          Programmer's Workbench [Microsoft]

PWD       Print Working Directory [Unix]

PWR       Power

PWSCS     Programmable Workstation Communication Services [IBM]

.PX       Primary Index (file name extension) [Paradox]

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