CODE PSEUDO CODE PA PROGRAM ACCESS

PA PROGRAM ANALYSIS PA PUBLIC ADDRESS PA PAPER ADVANCE PA POWER AMPLIFIER

PABX PRIVATE AUTOMATED BRANCH EXCHANGE

PACEO PROFESSIONAL APPLICATION CREATION ENVIRONMENT PACT PRODUCTION ANALYSES CONTROL TECHNIQUE

PACT PAY ACTUAL COMPUTER TIME PAD PACKET ASSEMBLER/DISASSEMBLER PAL PARADOX APPLICATION LANGUAGE

PAL PHASE ALTERNATE LINE (EUROPEAN COLOR TV STANDARD) PAL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM MACHINE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE PAL PROGRAMMABLE ARRAY LOGIC

PAM PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION

PAM PERSONAL ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT PAMHLL PROGRAMMABLE ALGORITHM MACHINE HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE

PAMRI PERIPHERAL ADAPTER MODULE REPLACEMENT ITEM PAR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND REPORTING STANDARD PAR PARAMETER

PARA PARAGRAPH

PARS PROGRAMMED AIRLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM PAS PERSONAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

PAT PRINTER ACTION TABLE PATN PATTERN

PAX PRIVATE AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE PB PLUG BOARD

PB PAYBACK PERIOD

PBX PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE PC PERSONAL COMPUTER PC PROCESS CONTROL PC PROFESSIONAL COMPUTER PC PROGRAM COUNTER PC PUNCHED CARD PC PRINTED CIRCUIT PC PAPER CHANGE

PCA PROGRAM CALIBRATION AREA

PC DOS PERSONAL COMPUTER DISK OPERATING SYSTEM (IBM) PC ET IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PC-LAN PERSONAL COMPUTER LOCAL AREA NETWORK

PC/G PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS

PC/GPC PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS CONTROL PROGRAM PC/GX PERSONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS EXTENDED

PC/IX PERSONAL COMPUTER/INTERACTIVE EXECUTIVE PC/T PERSONAL COMPUTER/TECHNOLOGY

PCA PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION AUDIT PCB PROGRAM CONTROL BLOCK (IBM) PCB PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

PCC PROGRAM-CONTROLLED COMPUTER PCDC PUNCHED CARD DATA PROCESSING PCI PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERFACE PCL PRINTER CONTROL LANGUAGE

PCM PRINTER COMMAND LANGUAGE PCM PLUG-COMPATIBLE MANUFACTURER PCM PLUG COMPATIBLE MACHINE

PCM PLUG COMPATIBLE MAINFRAME PCM PULSE-CODE MODULATION

PCNP PERSONAL COMPUTER NETWORK PROGRAM PCP PRIMARY CONTROL PROGRAM

PCR PROGRAM CONTROL REGISTER

PCS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVER

PCS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (AS IN "DIGITAL PCS") PCS PERSONAL COMPUTER SYSTEM

PCS PROGRAM CONTROL SHEET

PCS PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATIONS SUBSYSTEM (IBM) PCS PUNCHED CARD SYSTEM

PCSA PC SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

PCTE PORTABLE COMMON TOOL ENVIRONMENT (EUROPEAN) PCXT PERSONAL COMPUTER EXTENDED

PD POINTING DEVICE

PDA POINTING DEVICE ADAPTER

PDA PROBLEM DETERMINATION AID (IBM) PDA PUSHDOWN AUTOMATION

PDE PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION PDF PROBLEM DETERMINATION FACILITY PDI PICTURE DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS PDL PROCEDURE DEFINITION LANGUAGE (IBM) PDL PROGRAM DESIGN LANGUAGE

PDM PRODUCT DATA MANAGER (PRIME) PDN PUBLIC DATA NETWORK

PDP PROGRAMMED DATA PROCESSOR PDR PRELIMINARY DATA REPORT PDS PERSONAL DATA SYSTEM

PDS PREMISES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PDS PERSONAL DECISION SERIES

PDS PREMISES DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (AT&T) PDS PROBLEM DESCRIPTOR SYSTEM

PDS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR PE PHASE ENCODED

PE PROJECT ENGINEER

PEER PROJECT ENGINEER EVALUATION REPORT PEL PICTURE ELEMENT

PEM PHOTOELECTROMAGNETIC

PEN PURCHASING ELECTRONIC NOTEBOOK

PEP PARTITIONED EMULATION PROGRAMMING (IBM) PEP PACKETIZED ENSEMBLE PROTOCOL

PERCOS PERFORMANCE CODING SYSTEM

PERT/CPM PROGRAM EVALUATION REVIEW TECHNIQUE/ CRITICAL PATH METHOD

PES PHOTOELECTRIC SCANNING

PET PERSONAL ELECTRONIC TRANSLATOR PF PAGE FORMATTER

PF PROGRAM FUNCTION

PF1 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY #1 PF2 PROGRAM FUNCTION KEY #2

PFET PROGRAMMABLE FRONT-END PROCESSOR PFR POWER-FAIL RESTART

PFR POWER-FAIL RECOVERY

PGC PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS CONTROLLER PGF PRESENTATION GRAPHICS FACILITY (IBM) PGP PRETTY GOOD PRIVACY

PGS PROGRAM GENERATION SYSTEM

PHIGS PROGRAMMERS HIERARCHICAL INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS SYSTEM PHT PHOTOTUBE

PI PERFORMANCE INDEX PI PROFITABILITY INDEX

PI PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION

PIA PERIPHERAL INTERFACE ADAPTER PIC PRIORITY INTERRUPT CONTROLLER

PICA (A FORM OF TYPE: 10 CHARACTERS TO THE INCH, NOT AN ABBREVIATION)

PICS PERSONAL COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONAL SYSTEM PICU PRIORITY INTERRUPT CONTROL UNIT

PIM PERSONAL IMFORMATION MANAGER PIN PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER PIN POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK PINO POSITIVE INPUT

PIP PAPER IMPACT PRINTING

PIP PROGRAMMABLE INTEGRATED PROCESSOR PIPS PATTERN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS PISO PARALLEL IN

PISW PROCESS INTERRUPT STATUS WORD PIT PROGRAMMABLE INTERVAL TIMER PIU PATH INFORMATION UNIT

PIU PLUG IN UNIT

PIXEL PICTURE ELEMENT PKD PACKED

PL PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC

PL/1 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE ONE PLA PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY PLANCODE PLANNING

PLATO PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC FOR AUTOMATIC TEACHING OPERATION PLC POWER LINE CONDITIONER

PLDM POWER LINE DISTURBANCE MONITOR PLL PHASE LOCKED LOOP

PLM PULSE LENGTH MODULATION PLP PARTY LINE PROTOCOL PLT PROGRAM LIBRARY TAPE PM PHASE MODULATION

PM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PM PROCEDURES MANUAL

PMC PSEUDO MACHINE CODE

PMI'S PICTURE MANIPULATION INSTRUCTIONS PMMG PAGE MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT PMMU PAGED MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT PMOS POSITIVE METAL-OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR PMS PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM

PMS PERSONAL MAILING SYSTEM PMS PROCESSOR MEMORY SWITCH PMS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PMS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PMS PUBLIC MESSAGE SYSTEM PMT PAGE MAP TABLE

PMTA PAGE MAP TABLE ADDRESS REGISTER PMX PACKET MULTIPLEXER

PN PERMANENT NUCLEUS PND PRESENT NEXT DIGIT

PNET POWER NETWORKING (IBM) PNX PRIVATE NETWORK EXCHANGE PO PURCHASE ORDER

PO PARTITIONED POACH PC ON A CHIP

PODPS POST OBSERVATION DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM POF PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER

POF PROGRAMMING OPERATOR FACILITY (IBM)

POGO PROGRAMMER ORIENTED GRAPHICS OPERATION POH POWER-ON HOURS

POL PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGE POL PROCEDURE-ORIENTED LANGUAGE POL PROCESS-ORIENTED LANGUAGE POP POINT OF PRESENCE

POP PROGRAMMER/OPERATOR PRODUCTIVITY AID (IBM) PORT PHOTO-OPTICAL RECORDER TRACKER

POS POINT OF SALE

POS PRIMARY OPERATING SYSTEM POS PROGRAMMABLE OPTION SELECT POS POSITIVE

POSET PARTIALLY ORDER SET

POSIX PORTABLE OPERATING SYSTEM INTERFACE PostNet POSTAL NUMERIC ENCODING TECHNIQUE POT PHYSICAL ORGANIZATION TABLE

POTS PLAIN OLD TELEPHONE SERVICE POWER PRIORITY OUTPUT WRITES PP PAGES

PP PRE-PROCESSOR

PPC PERSONAL PORTABLE COMPUTER PPDS PERSONAL PRINTER DATA STREAM PPI PARALLEL PORT INTERFACE

PPL POLYMORPHIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PPL PREFERRED PRODUCTS LIST (US GOVERNMENT) PPM PULSES PER MINUTE

PPM PULSE POSITION MODULATION

PPMS PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTIVITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PPP POINT-TO-POINT PROTOCOL

PPS PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM PPS PRESIDENTIAL PRIORITY SYSTEMS PPS PULSES PER SECOND

PPT PUNCHED PAPER TAPE

PPU PERIPHERAL PROCESSING UNIT PR PATTERN RECOGNITION

PR PHYSICAL RECORDS PR PRINT

PR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRA PRIMARY RATE ACCESS PRD PROCESSING DATA RATE PRELIM PRELIMINARY

PRI PRIMARY RATE INTERFERENCE PRI PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE

PRISM PROGRAMMED INTEGRATED SYSTEM MAINTENANCE PRM PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE PRM PRIMARY PROC PROCEDURE PROC PROCESSOR PROF PROFESSION

PROFIT PROGRAMMED REVIEWING

PROFS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SYSTEM (IBM) PROG PROGRAM

PROLOG (A PREDICATE LOGIC PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE) PROM PROGRAMMABLE READ ONLY MEMORY

PROMIS (TM) (SPP

PRPQ PROGRAMMING REQUEST FOR PRICE QUOTATION PRR PULSE REPETITION RATE

PRS PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM PRT PRINTER

PRT PRINT

PRT PORTABLE REMOTE TERMINAL PRT PRODUCTION RUN TAPE PRT PROGRAM REFERENCE TABLE

PRTM PRINTING RESPONSE TIME MONITOR PRTY PRIORITY

PS PHYSICAL SEQUENTIAL PS PERSONAL SERVICES PS PICO-SECONDS

PS POWER SUPPLY

PS PROGRAMMED SYMBOLS PS/2 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 (IBM)

PS/2 M25 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 25 (IBM) PS/2 M30 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 30 (IBM) PS/2 M50 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 50 (IBM) PS/2 M60 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 60 (IBM) PS/2 M70 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 70 (IBM) PS/2 M80 PERSONAL SYSTEM/2 MODEL 80 (IBM) PS/M PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE M

PSA PERSONAL STATEMENT ANALYZER PSA PUSHDOWN STACK AUTOMATION PSB PROGRAM SPECIFICATION BLOCK (IBM) PSD PRINTER SHARING DEVICE

PSE PACKET SWITCHING EXCHANGE PSEC PICOSECOND

PSK PHASE SHIFT KEYING

PSL/PSA PROBLEM STATEMENT LANGUAGE/ PROBLEM SPECIFICATION ANALYZER

PSN PACKET SWITCHING NETWORK

PSOS PROVABLY SECURE OPERATING SYSTEM PSR PROGRAM SUPPORT REPRESENTATIVE PSS PACKET SWITCHED SERVICE (UK) PSS PUBLIC SAFETY SYSTEM

PSU PROGRAM STORAGE UNIT PT PAPER TAPE

PT PART TIME PT PUNCHED TAPE PT PROGRAM TABLE

PTAT PRIVATE TRANSATLANTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PTF PROGRAM TEMPORARY FIX (IBM)

PTP PAPER TAPE PUNCH PTR PAPER TAPE READER

PTT POSTAL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH PU POWER UNIT

PU PROCESSING UNIT PUB PHYSICAL UNIT BLOCK

PUC PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

PUFFT PURDUE UNIVERSITY FAST FORTRAN COMPILER PUMA PROCESSOR UPGRADABLE MODULAR ARCHITECTURE PUT PROGRAM UPDATE TAPE (IBM)

PV PRESENT VALUE

PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit

PVM PASS THROUGH VM FACILITY (IBM) PVS PROGRAM VALIDATION SERVICE (IBM) PWB PRINTER WIRE BOARD

PWI POWER INDICATOR

PWM PULSE WIDTH MODULATION PWS PROGRAMMER WORK STATION

Q

Q QUANTITY Q UNKNOWN VARIABLE Q QUESTION Q QUERY Q QUALITY QA QUALITY ASSURANCE

QAM QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION QBE QUERY BY EXAMPLE (IBM)

QC QUALITY CONTROL

QCC QUALITY CONTROL CIRCLES

QEMM QUARTERDECK EXPANDED MEMORY MANAGER QF QUALITY FACTOR

QIC QUARTER-INCH CARTRIDGE QIC QUARTER-INCH COMPATIBILITY QIL QUAD-INLINE

QISAM QUEUED INDEXED SEQUENTIAL ACCESS METHOD QIT QUALITY INFORMATION AND TEST SYSTEM

QL QUERY LANGUAGE

QMF QUERY MANAGEMENT FACILITY QMS QUALITY MICRO SYSTEMS

QPDM QUAD PIXEL DATAFLOW MANAGER QPL QUALITY PRODUCTS LIST

QT QUEUEING THEORY

QTAM QUEUED TELEPROCESSING ACCESS METHOD QTY QUANTITY

QUEL QUERY LANGUAGE

QUEX QUERY UPDATE BY EXAMPLE QUIC QUARTER INCH CARTRIDGE QUIP QUEUE INTERACTIVE PROCESOR QUIP QUAD IN-LINE PACKAGE

QWERTY (STANDARD TYPE KEYBOARD

R

R READ R READER R REQUEST R RIGHT

R&D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT R&E RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING R&T RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY R-S RESET-SET

R/W READ/WRITE

RACE RANDOM ACCESS COMPUTER EQUIPMENT RACE RAPID AUTOMATIC CHECKOUT EQUIPMENT RACF RESOURCE ACCESS CONTROL FACILITY RAD RANDOM ACCESS DATA

RAD RAPID ACCESS DISK

RADAR RADIO DETECTION AND RANGING RADAS RANDOM ACCESS DISCRETE ADDRESS RADDA RADIO DETECTION DISCRETE ADDRESS RAI RANDOM ACCESS AND INQUIRY

RAIR RANDOM ACCESS INFORMATIONAL RETRIEVAL RALU REGISTER-EQUIPPED ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT RAM RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

RAMAC RANDOM ACCESS

RAMAC RANDOM ACCESS METHOD FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL RAMIS RAPID ACCESS MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

RAMPS RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MULTI-PROJECT SCHEDULING RAMS RECORD ARCHIVAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

RARP REVERSE ADDRESS RESOLUTION PROTOCOL RAS REMOTE ACCESS SERVICE

RAS REMOTE ACCESS SYSTEM RAS RELIABILITY

RAS RESOURCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM RAS ROW ADDRESS STROBE RAT RESOURCE ALLOCATION TOOL

RAYDAC RAYTHEON DIGITAL AUTOMATIC COMPUTER RBA RELATIVE BYTE ADDRESS

RBMS REMOTE BRIDGE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE RBOC REGIONAL BELL OPERATING COMPANY RC RADIO CONTROLLED

RC RESISTANCE COUPLED RC RESISTANCE-CAPACITANCE RC RESISTOR CAPACITOR

RCAC REMOTE COMPUTER ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE RCC RADIO COMMON CARRIER

RCD RECEIVER-CARRIER DETECTOR

RCP RACKET CO-PROCESSOR (RACKET COMPUTERS RCS RELOADABLE CONTROL STORAGE (IBM)

RCTL RESISTOR-CAPACITOR-TRANSISTOR LOGIC RCV REVOLVE

RCVR RECEIVER RD READ

RDC REMOTE DATA CONNECTOR RDE RECEIVED DATA ENABLE RDF RECORD DEFINITION FIELD

RDOS REAL-TIME DISK OPERATING SYSTEM RDR READER

RDY READY REC RECORD

RECFM RECORD FORMAT REF REFERENCE

REG REGISTER

REGIS REMOTE GRAPHICS INSTRUCTION SET REL RELEASE

REMIS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM REMOS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ON-LINE SYSTEM REQUEST RESTRICTED ENGLISH QUESTION-ANSWERING RES REMOTE ENTRY SERVICES (IBM)

RETD RED ESPECIAL DE TRANSMISSION DE DATOS (X.25 NETWORK REU RAM EXPANSION UNITS

REW REWIND

REXEC REMOTE EXECUTE

REXX (A VM/CMS PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE) RF RADIO FREQUENCY

RF REVISABLE FORM

RFC REQUEST FOR COMMENT RFD READY FOR DATA

RFI RADIO-FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE RFI REPORT/FILE LANGUAGE

RFI REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

RFMS REMOTE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RFQ REQUEST FOR QUOTE

RFT REVISABLE FORM TEXT (IBM)

RGB RED-GREEN-BLUE (COLOR MONITOR) RGP REMOTE GRAPHICS PROCESSOR RH REPORT HEADING

RI READ IN

RI RELIABILITY INDEX RI RING INDICATOR

RIM READ IN MODE

RIP RASTER IMAGE PROCESSOR RIP ROUTING IMAGE PROTOCOL

RISC REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER RJE REMOTE JOB ENTRY

RJEF REMOTE JOB ENTRY FUNCTION RJP REMOTE JOB PROCESSING (IBM) RL RELOCATION LIBRARY

RLC REPEATER LINE CARD RLD RELOCATION DICTIONARY

RLIN RESEARCH LIBRARIES INFORMATION NETWORK RLL RUN LENGTH LIMITED

RLN REMOTE LAN NODES

RLSD RECEIVED LINE SIGNAL DETECTOR RM RACK MOUNT

RM RECORDS MANAGEMENT RM RECORD MARK

RMAS RETAIL MERCHANDISE AND AUDIT SYSTEM (IBM) RMF RESOURCE MEASUREMENT FACILITY

RMM READ MOSTLY MEMORY

RMN REMOTE MICROPHONE NETWORK RMS ROOT MEAN SQUARE

RMU RETENTION MEMORY UNIT RMW READ-MODIFY WRITE

RO READ ONLY RO READ OUT RO RECEIVE ONLY

ROBIN REMOTE ON-LINE BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORK ROCF REMOTE OPERATOR CONSOLE FACILITY (IBM)

ROCR REMOTE ON-LINE BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORK ROI RETURN ON INVESTMENT

ROIT RETURN ON INVESTMENT TIME ROM READ-ONLY MEMORY

ROS READ ONLY STORAGE

ROS RESIDENT OPERATING SYSTEM

ROTR RECEIVE ONLY TYPING REPERFORATION RPC REGISTER PROTECTIVE CIRCUITRY

RPC REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL RPG REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR

RPG II REPORT PROGRAM GENERATOR (VERSION TWO)

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