| P |
Provider router (org/ietf/ppvpn) |
| P-GW |
Packet Gateway (org/3gpp/4g) |
| P-MAC |
Packet Media Access Control (org/ansi/fddi) |
| P2C/C2P |
PCI to CPU / CPU to PCI (ict/comp/bios) |
| P2CC2P |
PCI to CPU / CPU to PCI (ict/comp/bios) |
| P2P |
Peer-to-Peer (ict/net) |
| PA |
Preamble (org/ieee/ethernet/frame) |
| PaaS |
Platform as a Service (ict/cloud) |
| PABX |
Private Automatic Branch Exchange (ict/net) |
| PACE |
Priority Access Control Enabled (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PAD |
Padding (org/ieee/ethernet/frame) |
| PAD |
Packet Assembler / Disassembler (org/itu) |
| PAP |
Password Authentication Protocol (org/ietf) |
| PAR |
Project Authorisation Request (org/ieee) |
| PAS |
Publicly Available Specifications (org/iso) |
| PBB |
Provider Backbone Bridge (org/ieee/802) |
| PBX |
Private Branch Exchange (ict/net) |
| PC |
Personal Computer (ict/comp) |
| PC |
Packet Core (org/3gpp/3g) |
| PC-DOS |
Personal Computer DOS (com/us/ibm) |
| PCA |
Policy Certification Authority (ict/security) |
| PCI |
Peripheral Component Interconnect (ict/comp) |
| PCI |
Protocol Control Information (org/itu/x200) |
| PCIM |
Policy Core Information Model (org/ietf/policy) |
| PCM |
Physical Connection Management (org/ansi/fddi) |
| PCMCIA |
People Can’t Memorize Computer Industries Acronyms (jargon) |
| PCR |
Processor Configuration Register (ict/comp/cpu) |
| PCR |
Peak Cell Rate (org/itu/atm) |
| PCRW |
Phase Change ReWritable (ict/comp/dvd) |
| PCS |
Physical Coding Sub-Layer (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PDA |
Personal Digital Assistant (ict/device) |
| PDC |
Primary Domain Controller (com/us/microsoft/ad) |
| PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol (org/3gpp) |
| PDCP |
Packet Data Convergence Protocol (org/3gpp/4g) |
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Portable Document Format (org/iso) |
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| PDH |
Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (org/itu/atm) |
| PDM |
Product Data Management (biz) |
| PDM |
Policy Domain Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PDM-DSL |
Policy Domain Model DSL (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PDM-Tpl |
Policy Domain Model Template (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PDM-UML |
Policy Domain Model UML (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PDP |
Policy Decision Point (org/ietf/policy) |
| PDU |
Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x200) |
| PE |
Provider Edge (org/ietf/ppvpn) |
| PE |
Protocol Entity (org/ietf/snmp) |
| PEA |
Pocket Ethernet Adapter (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PEBCAK |
Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard (jargon) |
| PEBKAC |
Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (jargon) |
| PEP |
Performance Enhancing Proxy (org/ietf) |
| PEP |
Policy Enforcement Point (org/ietf/policy) |
| PEP2 |
Performance Enhancing Proxy 2 (org/ietf) |
| PER |
Packed Encoding Rules (org/itu/x600) |
| PES |
Proposed Encryption Standard (ict/security) |
| PFA |
Predictive Failure Analysis (ict/comp/hdd) |
| PFE |
Proudly Found Elsewhere (jargon) |
| PFSM |
Probabilistic Finite State Machine (ict/concept) |
| PGA |
Pin Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu) |
| PGA |
Patches Gratefully Accepted (jargon) |
| PGC |
ProGram Chain (ict/comp/dvd) |
| PHP |
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (ict/lang) |
| PHY |
Physical Layer (ict/net) |
| PHY |
Physical Layer (org/ieee/802) |
| PHY |
Ethernet Physical Layer (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PIB |
Policy Information Base (org/ietf/policy) |
| PIC |
Point in Call (org/itu/q1200) |
| PID |
Process IDentification number (ict/os/unix) |
| PIF |
Parity Inner Failure (ict/comp/dvd) |
| PINT |
PSTN INTernet Interworking (org/ietf) |
| PISW |
Process Interrupt Status Word (ict/lang/assembler) |
| PITA |
Pain In The Anatomy / Ass (jargon) |
| PK |
Public Key (ict/security) |
| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure (org/itu/x500) |
| PKIX |
Public Key Infrastructure X.509 (org/itu/x500) |
| PL |
Physical Layer (org/itu/x200) |
| PL-OU |
Physical Layer Overhead Unit (org/itu/atm) |
| PL-Tr |
Policy Language Transformation Rule (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PLCP |
Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (org/itu/atm) |
| PLCP |
Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (org/itu/atm) |
| PLMN |
Public Land Mobile Network (ict/net/mobile) |
| PLONK |
Please Leave Our Newsgroup, Kid (jargon) |
| PLS |
Physical Signalling Sub-layer (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PM |
Policy Model (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PM |
Protected Mode (ict/comp/cpu) |
| PM |
Port Multiplier (ict/comp/hdd/sata) |
| PM |
Performance Management (ict/net/mgmt) |
| PM-DSL |
Policy Model DSL (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PM-DSL-Tr |
Policy Model DSL Transformation Rule (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PM-Tpl |
Policy Model Template (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PM-UML |
Policy Model UML (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PMA |
Physical Medium Attachment (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PMD |
Physical (layer) Medium Dependent (org/ansi/fddi) |
| PMD |
Physical layer, Medium Dependant (org/itu/atm) |
| PME |
Power Management Event (ict/comp/bios) |
| PMJI |
Pardon Me for Jumping In (jargon) |
| PMK |
Pairwise Master Key (ict/security) |
| PMP |
Point to MultiPoint (org/itu/atm) |
| PNA |
Patterns in Network Architecture (people/day-john) |
| PNF |
Physical Network Function (org/etsi/nfv) |
| PNG |
Portable Network Graphics (org/ietf) |
| PNNI |
Private Network Node Interface (org/itu/atm) |
| PNPBIOS |
Plug and Play BIOS (ict/comp/bios) |
| POA |
Point Of Attachment (org/psoc/rina) |
| POC |
Proof of Concept (biz) |
| POEP |
Primary Operand Execution Pipeline (ict/comp/cpu) |
| POF |
Parity Outer Failure (ict/comp/dvd) |
| POI |
Point Of Interaction (org/itu/q1200) |
| POJI |
Plain Old Java Interfaces (ict/lang/java) |
| POJO |
Plain Old Java Object (ict/lang/java) |
| PolaaS |
Policy as a Service (ict/net/mgmt) |
| PON |
Passive Optical Network (ict/net/optical) |
| POP |
Point Of Presence (ict/net) |
| POP3 |
Post Office Protocol 3 (org/ietf) |
| POR |
Power-On Reset (ict/comp/bios) |
| POR |
Point Of Return (org/itu/q1200) |
| POS |
Piece Of Shit (jargon) |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System Interface (ict/os) |
| POSIX |
Portable Operating System for unIX (ict/os/unix) |
| POSTECH |
Pohang University of Science and Technology (edu/kr) |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone System (jargon) |
| PP |
Physical Plane (org/itu/q1200) |
| PPB |
Push Pull Before (ict/comp/dvd) |
| PPB-DV |
Push Pull Before (ict/comp/dvd) |
| PPDU |
Presentation Protocol Data Unit (org/itu/x200) |
| PPGA |
Plastic Pin Grid Array (ict/comp/cpu) |
| PPID |
Parent Process IDentification number (ict/os/unix) |
| PPP |
Point to Point Protocol (org/ietf) |
| PPPOE |
Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet (org/ietf/ppp) |
| PPPoED |
Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet DAEMON (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PPT |
Power Point (com/us/microsoft) |
| PPTX |
PowerPoint Microsoft Open XML (com/us/microsoft) |
| PPVPN |
Provider Provisioned VPN (org/ietf) |
| PQFP |
Plastic Quad Flat Package (ict/comp/cpu) |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface (org/itu/isdn) |
| PRISTINE |
PRogrammability In RINA for European Supremacy of virTualIsed NEtworks (org/eu/fp7/projects) |
| PRML |
Partial Response - Maximum Likelihood (ict/comp/hdd) |
| PRw |
Policy ReWriter (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PS |
Port Selector (ict/comp/hdd/sata) |
| PS |
Process Status (ict/os/unix/commands) |
| PSAP |
Presentation Service Access Point (org/itu/x200) |
| PSE |
Port Switched Ethernet (org/ieee/ethernet) |
| PSK |
Pre-Shared Key (ict/security) |
| PSM |
Personal Security Manager (ict/security) |
| PSN |
Packet Switched Network (org/ietf/ppvpn) |
| PSOC |
Pouzin Society (org) |
| PSPDN |
Packet Switched Public Data Network (org/itu/q1200) |
| PSS |
Pre-Shared Secret (ict/security) |
| PSTN |
Public Switched Telephone Network (org/itu/q1200) |
| PT |
Payload Type (org/itu/atm) |
| PTC |
Patches Thoughtfully Considered (jargon) |
| PTI |
Payload Type Identifier (org/itu/atm) |
| PTK |
Pairwise Transient Key (ict/security) |
| PTM |
Packet Transfer Mode (org/itu/atm) |
| PTP |
Point-To-Point (ict/net) |
| PTr |
Policy Transformer (com/se/ericsson/nm-lab/upt) |
| PV |
Physical Volume (ict/comp/hdd) |
| PVC |
Permanent Virtual Circuit (org/itu/atm) |
| PVCC |
Permanent Virtual Channel Connection (org/itu/atm) |
| PVN |
Property Version Number (com/us/microsoft/ad) |
| PVPC |
Permanent Virtual Path Connection (org/itu/atm) |
| PW |
Pseudo Wire (org/ietf/ppvpn) |
| PWD |
Print Working Directory (ict/os/unix/commands) |
| PWM |
Pulse Width Modulation (ict/comp/dvd) |
| PWP |
Phase Wobble Pre-pit (ict/comp/dvd) |