P Character Abbreviations

'P' CHARACTER ABBREVIATIONS
PABX	Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PACS	Picture Archiving and Communication System
PACS-L	Public Access Computer Systems List
PAD	Packet Assembler/Disassembler
PADS	Pen Application Development System
PAIH	Public-Access Internet Host
PAIS	Public-Access Internet Site
PAL	Paradox Applications Language
Phase	Alternating Line & Programmed Array Logic
PALC	Plasma-Addressed Liquid Crystal
PALS	Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
PAM	Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAP	Packet-level Procedure
PAR	Personal Animation Recorder & Parallel
PARA	Paragraph
PARC	Palo Alto Research Center
PAX	Portable Archive Exchange
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
PCB	Printed Circuit Board & Program Control Block
PCBC	Plain Cipher Block Chaining
PCD	Photo Compact Disk
PC-DOS	Personal Computer - Disk Operating System
PCEB	PCI to EISA Bridge
PCI	Peripheral Component Interconnect/Interface
PC-I/O	Program Controlled I/O
PCL	Printer Command Language & Process Control Language
PCM	Personal Computer Manufacturer & Pulse Code Modulation
PCMC	PCI, Cache, Memory Controller
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
PCT	Private Communications Technology
PD	Public Domain
PDA	Personal Digital Assistant
PDD	Physical Device Driver
PDF	Package Definition File & Portable Document Format
PDIAL	Public Dialup Internet Access List
PDL	Page Description Language & Program Description Language
PDM	Product Data Management
PDN	Public Data Network
PDO	Portable Distributed Objects
PDP	Plasma Display Panel & Programmable Data Processor
PDS	Packet Driver Specification & Partitioned Data Set
PDSS	Post Development and Software Support
PDT	Performance Diagnostic Tool
PDU	Plug Distribution Unit
PE	Parity Even & Processing Element & Protect Enable
PEA	Pocket Ethernet Adapter
PEL	Picture Element
PEM	Privacy-Enhanced Mail
PEN	SDK Pen Computing Software Development Kit
PEP	Packetized Ensemble Protocol
PERL	Practical Extraction and Report Language
PERT	Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PES	Positioning Error Signal & Processor Enhancement Socket
PET	Print Enhancement Technology
PFR	Power-Fail Restart
PGA	Pin Grid Array & Professional Graphics Adapter
PGC	Program Group Control
PGDN	Page Down
PGM	Program
PGP	Pretty Good Privacy
PGUP	Page Up
PHIGS	Programmers' Hierarchical Interactive Graphics
PHS	Personal Handy phone System
PI	Program Interruption
PIA	Peripheral Interface Adapter
PIC	Personal Intelligent Communicator
PICS	Platform for Internet Content Selection
PICT	Picture
PID	Process Identification Number
PIF	Picture Interchange Format File
PII	Program Integrated Information
PILOT	Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching
PIM	Personal Information Manager
PIN	Personal Identification Number
PING	Packet Internet Groper
PIO	Parallel Input/Output & Processor Input/Output
PIP	Picture In Picture & Problem Isolation Procedure
PIPO	Parallel In, Parallel Out
PIT	Programmable Interval Timer
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
PLL	Phase Locked Loop
PL/M	Programming Language for Micros
PLS	Primary Link Station
PLV	Production Level Video
PL/1	Programming Language One
PM	Presentation Manager
PMMU	Paged Memory Management Unit
PMOS	Positive Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMR	Problem Management Report
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 & Pop from Stack
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
PPDS	Personal Printer Data Stream
PPGA	Plastic Pin Grid Array
PPM	Pages Per Minute
PPP	Point-to-Point Protocol
PPS	Packets Per Second & Power Personal Systems
PQFP	Plastic Quad Flat Pack
PRACSA	Public Remote Access Computer Standards Association
PRAM	Parallel Random-Access Machine
PRE	Preformatted [HTML]
PReP	Power PC Reference Platform
PRF	Pulse Repetition Frequency
PRINTF	Print with Formatting
PRMD	Private Management Domain
PRML	Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood
PROC	Procedure
PROFS	Professional Office System
PROG	Program & Programmer
PROLOG	Programming In Logic
PROM	Programmable Read Only Memory
PRN	Printer
PRTSC	Print Screen
PS	Proportional Spacing
PS/2	Programming System 2
PSC	Personal Super Computer & Print Server Command
PSDN	Packet-Switched Data Network
PSDS	Packet-Switched Data Service
PSERVER	Print Server
PSF	Permanent Swap File
PSID	PostScript Image Data
PSM	Printing Systems Manager
PSN	Packet Switching Network
PSP	Personal Software Products
PSPDN	Packet-Switched Public Data Network
P-SRAM	Pseudo-Static Random Access Memory
PSRT	PostScript Round Table
PSTN	Public Switched Telephone Network
PSU	Power Supply Unit
PSW	Program Status Word
PT	Page Table
P/T	Part Time
PTD	Parallel Transfer Disk Drive
PTF	Problem Temporary/Trouble Fix
PUB	Public & Publish
PUN	Physical Unit Number
PUP	PARC Universal Packet
PUS	Processor Upgrade Socket
PUSHA	Push All Registers
PUSHF	Push Flags
PVC	Permanent Virtual Circuit & Polyvinyl Chloride
PVM	Parallel Virtual Machine
PVP	Parallel Vector Processing
PVS	Parallel Visualization Server
PW	Password
PWB	Printed Wire Board
PWR	Power
PWSCS	Programmable Workstation Communication Services
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