List of acronyms: P
This list contains acronyms , initialisms , and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter P .
For the purposes of this list:
acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc , pronounced cee dee
pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz )
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP , pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P .
(Main list of acronyms)
P0–9
PA
pa – (s) Punjabi language (ISO 639-1 code)
pA – (s) picoampere
Pa
PA
PA 6 – (s) Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11, 12, 46, 66, 610)
PAA – (i) Position Area for Artillery
PAB – (s) Panamanian balboa (ISO 4217 currency code)
PABX – (p) Private Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
PAC
PACER – (a) Public Access to Court Electronic Records (U.S. federal courts)
PACOM – (p) (U.S.) Pacific Command
PADD
PADI – (a) Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PAEK – (i) PolyArylEtherKetone
PAFC – (i) Plymouth Argyle Football Club
PAH – (i) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
PAHO – (i) Pan American Health Organization
PAI
PAK – (s) Pakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
Pakistan – (p) P unjab, A fghan states, K ashmir, sI ndh, baluchiSTAN
PAL
PAM – (a/i) Precision Attack Missile
Pamida – (p) Pa trick, Mi chael, and Da vid, sons of the department store chain's co-founder Jim Witherspoon
PAMELA
pan – (s) Punjabi language (ISO 639-2 code)
PAN
PANS – (a) Pretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
Pan-STARRS – (p) Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response System
PAO
PAOK – (i) Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Konstantinoupoliton (Greek Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, "Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolites")
PAP
PAPI – (a) Precision Approach Path Indicator (aviation )
PAR – (s) Paraguay (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
PARC – (a) Palo Alto Research Center
PAROS – (a) Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
PARP – (i) (NATO Partnership for Peace ) Planning And Review Process
PARWIG – (a) Power Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
PAS – See entry
PASA – (i) PolyAmide, Semi-Aromatic (Nylon )
PASGT – (i) Personnel Armor System, Ground Troops
PASR – (i) Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
PatD - (s) Panic! at the Disco
PATH – (a) Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PAWS
PAYD – (a) Pay As You Drive
PAYE – (a) Pay As You Earn
PB
PC
PD
PE
PF
PG
PH
PI
PJ
PK
PL
PM
PN
PO
PP
pp
pages , especially in references, e.g. "A. U. Thor, Title , Journal X, Vol. 1 , no. 2 (2010) pp. 13-42."
PP
PPA
PPASC – (i) (U.S.) Plans and Program Analysis Support Center
PPASSCCATAG - (a) "Proud Parents Against Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples And Teens And Gays", a fictional group formed by Marge Simpson
PPCLI – (i) Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (regiment)
PPG
PPL
PPLI – (i) Precise Participant Location & Identification
ppm – (i) Parts Per Million
PPM – (i) Project Planning and Management
PPO – (i) PolyPhenylene Oxide
PPP
PPQ – (i) Pulses Per Quarter (used in music programming, sequencers)
PPQN – (i) Pulses Per Quarter Note (ditto)
PPQT – (i) Pre-Production Qualification Test
PPS
PPV – (a) Pay-per-view
PQ
PR
PS
PT
PU
PV
PW
PX
PY
PZ
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