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| P/F |
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Poll / Final bit |
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Phreakers / Hackers / Anarchists |
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| P2P |
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Peer-to-Peer |
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Person to Person |
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Physical to Physical (sometimes as P to P) |
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Physical to Virtual (sometimes as P to V) |
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Platform for Personal Privacy |
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Platform for Privacy Preferences (project) |
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Physical Address |
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Power Alarm |
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Precision Architecture (RISC) |
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Predictive Analytics |
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Program Address |
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Public Address |
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Peer Access Approved |
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Platform as a Service (usually as PaaS) |
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Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
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| PAC |
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Point-And-Click |
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| PAC |
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Privilege Access Certificate |
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| PACCEPT |
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Presentation Accept |
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Priority Access Control Enabled |
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| PACE |
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Program for Arrangement of Cables and Equipment |
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| PACS |
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Personal Access Communications System |
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| PACS |
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Physical Access Control System |
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| PACS |
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Picture Archiving and Communication System |
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| PACT |
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Prefix Access Code Translator |
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| PAD |
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Packet Assembler / Disassembler |
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| PAD |
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Portable Application Description |
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| PAD |
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Public Access Device |
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| PADES |
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PDF Advanced Electronic Signature (usually as PAdES) |
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| PADSX |
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Partially Automated Digital Signal Cross - Connect |
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| PAE |
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Peer Access Enforcement |
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| PAE |
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Physical Address Extension |
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| PAEB |
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Pan - American EDIFACT Board |
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| PAG |
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Phreaks Against Geeks |
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| PAGODA |
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Profile Alignment Group for Office Document Architecture |
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| PAL |
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Paradox Application Language |
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| PAL |
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Phase Alternating Line |
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| PAL |
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Programmable Array Logic |
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| PAL |
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Publication Access List |
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| PAM |
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Pluggable Authentication Module |
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| PAM |
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Pulse Amplitude Modulation |
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| PAN |
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Peripheral Area Network |
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| PAN |
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Personal Account Number |
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| PAN |
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Personal Area Network |
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| PAN |
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Primary Account Number |
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| PANI |
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Pseudo Automatic Number Identification |
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| PANS |
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Pretty Advanced New Stuff |
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| PAP |
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Password Authentication Protocol |
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| PAP |
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Practical Applications of Prolog |
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| PAP |
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Printer Access Protocol |
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| PAPAG |
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Phreaks Against Phreaks Against Geeks |
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| PAR |
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Peak-to-Average Ratio |
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| PAR |
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Positive Acknowledgment with Retransmission |
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| PARADISE |
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Piloting A Researcher's Directory Service in Europe (European X.500 deployment project) |
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| PARC |
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Palo Alto Research Center |
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| PARC |
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Per Antenna Rate Control |
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| PAS |
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Public Announcement Service |
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| PAS |
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Public Available Standards |
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| PAS |
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Publicly Available Specification |
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| PASI |
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Production, Availability, Shipments, Inventory |
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| PAT |
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Power Alarm Test |
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| PATA |
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Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment |
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| PATS |
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Parameterized Abstract Test Suite |
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| PAX |
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Private Automatic Exchange |
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| PB |
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Pacific Brigade |
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| PBB |
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Provider Backbone Bridges |
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| PBBTE |
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Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering (sometimes as PBB-TE) |
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| PBB-TE |
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Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering |
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| PBC |
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Peripheral Bus Computer |
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| PBC |
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Processor Bus Controller |
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| PBD |
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Pacific Bell Directory |
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| PBD |
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Physical Block Device |
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| PBDA |
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Protected Broadcast Driver Architecture |
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| PBEM |
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Play By e-Mail (usually as PBeM) |
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| PBNI |
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Pacific Bell Network Integration |
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| PBP |
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Picture By Picture |
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| PBT |
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Performance Based Testing |
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| PBT |
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Provider Backbone Transport |
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| PBX |
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Private Branch Exchange |
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| PBX |
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Public Branch Exchange |
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| PC |
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Personal Computer |
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| PC |
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Politically Correct |
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| PC |
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Primary Center |
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| PC |
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Priority Control |
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| PC |
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Production Control |
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| PC |
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Protocol Control |
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| PCA |
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Parallel Channel Adapter |
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| PCA |
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Personal Communications Attendant |
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| PCA |
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Policy Certification Authority |
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| PCA |
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Principal Component Analysis |
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| PCAMI |
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Personal Computing Asset Management Institute |
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| PCB |
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Printed Circuit Board |
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| PCB |
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Process Control Block |
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| PCCIP |
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President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection |
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| PCD |
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Page Cache Disable (pins) |
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| PCDA |
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Program Controlled Data Acquisition |
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| PC-DOS |
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Personal Computer Disk Operating System |
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| PCE |
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Presentation Connection Endpoint |
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| PCEI |
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Presentation Connection Endpoint Identifier |
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| PCEO |
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Personal Computer Enhancement Operation |
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| PCEP |
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Presentation Connection EndPoint |
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| PCH |
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Parallel CHannel |
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| PCI |
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Payment Card Industry |
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| PCI |
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Peripheral Component Interconnect / Peripheral Component Interface |
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| PCI |
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Presentation Context Identifier |
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| PCI |
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Protocol Control Information |
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| PCIA |
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Personal Communications Industry Association |
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| PCL |
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Printer Control Language |
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| PCM |
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Plug Compatible Manufacturer |
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| PCM |
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Product Capacity Manager |
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| PCM |
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Profit Contribution Margin |
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| PCM |
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Pulse Code Modulation |
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| PCMCIA |
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Personal Computer Memory Card International Association |
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| PCMM |
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People (management) Capability Maturity Model |
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| P-CMM |
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People (management) Capability Maturity Model |
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| PCN |
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Personal Communications Network |
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| PCNN |
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Pulse Coded Neural Network |
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| PCO |
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Peg Count and Overflow |
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| PCO |
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Point of Control and Observation |
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| PCOIP |
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Personal Computer over Internet Protocol (usually as PCoIP) |
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| PCONNECT |
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Presentation Connect |
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| PCPM |
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Programmable Call Progress Monitoring |
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| PCR |
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Peak Cell Rate |
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| PCR |
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Personal Computer Rats |
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| PCR |
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Platform Configuration Register |
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| PCR |
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Post Call Ratio |
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| PCR |
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Program Clock Reference |
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| PCRE |
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Perl-Compatible Regular Expression |
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| PCS |
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Personal Communications Service |
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| PCS |
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Personal Conferencing Standard |
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| PCS |
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Plastic Clad Silica |
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| PCSA |
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Personal Computer System Architecture |
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| PCSN |
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Private Circuit - Switching Network |
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| PCT |
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Private Communications Transport (protocol) |
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| PCTE |
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Portable Common Tool Environment |
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| PCTR |
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Protocol Conformance Test Report |
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| PCTV |
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Program Controlled TransVerters |
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| PCU |
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Packet Control Unit |
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| PCVD |
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Plasma-activated Chemical Vapor Deposition |
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| PCWG |
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Personal Conferencing Work Group |
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| PD |
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Packetization Delay |
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| PD |
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Page Directory |
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| PD |
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Peripheral Decoder |
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| PD |
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Physical Delivery |
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| PD |
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Product Development |
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| PD |
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Public Domain |
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| PDA |
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Personal Digital Assistant |
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| PDA |
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Public Display of Affection |
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| PDAD |
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Proposed Draft ADdendum |
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| PDAM |
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Proposed Draft AMendment |
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| PDAU |
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Physical Delivery Access Unit |
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| PDB |
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Palm DataBase |
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| PDB |
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Program DataBase |
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| PDC |
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Primary Domain Controller |
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| PDC |
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Programme Delivery Control (ETSI EN 300 231) |
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| PDD |
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Platform Device Driver (layer) |
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| PDES |
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Product Data Exchange Standard |
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| PDF |
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Portable Data File (as in PDF 417, 2D-barcode format) |
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| PDF |
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Portable Document Format |
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| PDF |
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Power Distribution Frame |
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| PDF |
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Printer Definition File |
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| PDF |
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Probability Density Function |
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| PDH |
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Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy |
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| PDI |
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Power and Data Interface |
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| PDIF |
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Product Definition Interchange Format |
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| PDISP |
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Proposed Draft International Standardized Profile |
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| PDL |
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Page Description Language |
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| PDM |
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Product Data Management |
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| PDM |
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Product Development Management |
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| PDM |
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Program Development Manager |
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| PDM |
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Pulse Duration Modulation |
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| PDN |
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Public Data Network |
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| PDO |
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PHP Data Objects |
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| PDP |
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Page Directory Pointer |
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| PDP |
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Parallel Data Processor |
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| PDP |
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Peripheral Data Processing |
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| PDQ |
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Pretty Damn Quick / Pretty Darn Quick |
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| PDS |
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Packet Driver Specification |
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| PDS |
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Parallel Data Structure |
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| PDS |
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Partitioned DataSet |
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| PDS |
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Physical Delivery Service |
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| PDS |
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Plant Design System |
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| PDS |
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Premises Distribution System |
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| PDS |
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Processor Direct Slot |
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| PDSP |
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Peripheral Data Storage Processor |
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| PDSP |
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Programmable Digital Signal Processor |
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| PDTR |
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Proposed Draft Technical Report |
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| PDU |
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Packet Data Unit / Protocol Data Unit |
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| PE |
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(Win32) Portable Executable |
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| PE |
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Peripheral Equipment |
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| PE |
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Public Enemy |
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| PEAP |
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Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol |
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| PEB |
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PCM Expansion Bus |
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| PECC |
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Product Engineering Control Center |
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| PED |
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Portable Electronic Device |
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| PEDI |
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Protocol for Electronic Data Interchange |
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| PEG |
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Protocol Expert Group |
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| PEG |
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Public, Educational, and Governmental |
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| PEGI |
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Pan European Game Information |
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| PEL |
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Picture Element |
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| PEM |
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Privacy Enhanced Mail |
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| PEN |
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Poly-Ethylene Naphthalate |
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| PEN |
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Public Electronic Network |
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| PEP |
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Packet Exchange Protocol |
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| PEP |
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Packetized Ensemble Protocol |
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| PEP |
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Performance Enhancement Package |
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| PEP |
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Personal Enrichment Program |
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| PEP |
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Platform Environment Profile |
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| PEP |
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Protocol Extension Protocol |
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| PEPM |
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Partial Evaluation and semantics-based Program Manipulation |
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| PEPY |
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Presentation Element Parser, YACC |
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| PER |
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Packed Encoding Rules |
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| PERFMON |
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Performance Monitor |
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| PERL |
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Practical Extraction and Reporting Language |
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| PERT |
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Program Evaluation and Review Technique |
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| PES |
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Packetized Elementary Stream |
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| PET |
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Positron Emission Tomography |
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| PETAL |
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Pearl Template Attribute Language |
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| PETS |
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Parameterized Executable Test Suite |
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| PF |
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Parity Flag |
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| PF |
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Poll / Final (bit) |
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| PFA |
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Predictive Failure Analysis |
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| PFEP |
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Programmable Front - End Processor |
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| PFI |
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Pay For Inclusion |
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| PFM |
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Pulse Frequency Modulation |
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| PFP |
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Pay For Performance |
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| PFPU |
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Processor Frame Power Unit |
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| PFS |
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Page Free Space |
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| PFS |
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Perfect Forward Secrecy |
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| PG |
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Peripheral Gateway |
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| PGA |
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Pin Grid Array (socket) |
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| PGA |
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Professional Graphics Adapter |
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| PGI |
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Parameter Group Identifier |
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| PGL |
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Peer Group Leader (ATM Forum) |
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| PGML |
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Precision Graphics Markup Language |
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| PGP |
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Pretty Good Privacy |
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| PH |
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Packet Handler |
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| PH |
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Parity High (bit) |
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| PHA |
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Phreakers / Hackers / Anarchists |
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| PHACT |
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Phreakers / Hackers / Anarchists / Cyberpunks / Technologists |
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| PHAT |
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Physically Attractive |
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| PHAT |
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Pretty Hot And Tempting |
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| PHB |
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Per-Hop Behavior |
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| PHD |
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Phreak / Hacker Destroyers (usually as PhD) |
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| PHI |
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Protected Health Information |
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| PHIGS |
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Programmer Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System |
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| PHP |
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PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (originally known as Personal Home Page) |
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| PHPTAL |
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PHP Hypertext Preprocessor Template Attribute Language |
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| PHUK |
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Phreak/Hack, United Kingdom (sometimes as P-H-UK and P/H-UK) |
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| PHUN |
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Phreaker Hacker Underground Network |
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| PI |
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Parameter Identifier |
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| PI |
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Peripherals Interface |
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| PI |
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Personal Information |
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| PI |
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Physical Inventory |
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Pirate Incorporated |
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| PI |
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Principal Investigator |
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| PI |
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Private Investigator |
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| PI |
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Processing Instruction |
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| PI |
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Protocol Identifier |
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| PI |
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Protocol Interpreter |
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| PIA |
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Peripheral Interface Adapter |
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| PIA |
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Plug-In Administrator |
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| PIC |
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Personal Identification Code |
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| PIC |
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Plastic Insulated Cable |
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| PIC |
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Polyolefin Insulated Cable |
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| PIC |
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Primary Independent Carrier |
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| PIC |
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Primary Interexchange Carrier |
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| PIC |
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Programmable Interrupt Controller |
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| PICNIC |
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Problem In Chair, Not In Computer |
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Platform for Internet Content Selection |
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| PICS |
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Plug-in Inventory Control System |
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| PICS |
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Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement |
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| PID |
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Proportional Integral Differential |
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| PID |
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Proprietary Information Disclosure |
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| PID |
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Protection Identifier |
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| PID |
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Protocol IDentifier |
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| PIDL |
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Pointer to an Identifier List |
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| PIE |
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Personal Interactive Electronics |
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| PIF |
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Phase Interface Fading |
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| PIF |
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Program Information File (usually as .PIF) |
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| PIFT |
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Protocol Interbank File Transfer |
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| PII |
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Personally Identifiable Information |
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| PIM |
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Personal Information Manager |
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| PIM |
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Platform Independent Model |
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| PIM |
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Port Interface Module |
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| PIM |
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Processor In Memory / Processing In Memory |
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| PIM |
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Protocol Independent Multicast |
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| PIMDM |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode |
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| PIM-DM |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode |
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| PIMP |
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Personal Internet Mail Processor |
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| PIMSM |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode |
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| PIM-SM |
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Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode |
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| PIN |
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Personal Identification Number |
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| PINE |
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Program for Internet News and E-mail |
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| PING |
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Packet InterNet Groper |
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| PIO |
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Programmed Input/Output |
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| PIP |
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P Internet Protocol |
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| PIP |
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Packet Interface Port |
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| PIP |
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Picture In Picture |
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| PIPE |
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Primary Integrated Platform Environment |
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| PIPEDA |
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Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act |
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| PIR |
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Protocol Independent Routing |
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| PITA |
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Pain In The Ass |
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| PITR |
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Product Inter-operation Test Report |
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| PITS |
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Pie In The Sky |
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| PIU |
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Path Information Unit |
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| PIV |
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Personal Identity Verification (FIPS 201) |
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| PIXEL |
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Picture Element |
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| PIXIT |
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Protocol Implementation Extra Information for Testing |
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| PJL |
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Printer Job Language |
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| PJTF |
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Portable Job Ticket Format |
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| PK |
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Platform Kit |
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| PK |
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Primary Key |
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| PKA |
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Private-Key Access |
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| PKC |
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Public-Key Cryptography |
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| PKCS |
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Public Key Certificate Standard |
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| PKCS |
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Public Key Crypto System |
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| PKCS |
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Public Key Cryptographics Standard |
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| PKE |
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Public Key Encryption |
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| PKI |
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Public Key Infrastructure |
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| PKL/M |
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Physical Kernel Layer / Manager |
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| PKLM |
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Physical Kernel Layer / Manager |
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| PKM |
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Personal Content Management |
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| PL |
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Parity Low (bit) |
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| PL |
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Physical Layer |
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| PL |
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Presentation Layer |
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| PL |
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Private Line |
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| PL/1 |
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Programming Language / 1 |
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| PL/M |
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Programming Language for Microcomputers |
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| PLA |
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Programmed Logic Array |
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| PLB |
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Picture-Level Benchmark |
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| PLC |
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Power Line Carrier |
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| PLC |
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Programmable Logic Controller |
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| PLC |
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Project Life Cycle |
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| PLCC |
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Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier |
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| PLCP |
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Physical Layer Convergence Procedure / Physical Layer Convergence Protocol |
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| PLD |
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Phase Lock Demodulator |
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| PLD |
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Programmable Logic Device |
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| PLDI |
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Programming Language Design and Implementation |
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| PLE |
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Public Local Exchange |
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| PLILP |
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Programming Language, Implementations, Logics and Programs |
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| PLL |
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Phase Locked Loop |
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| PLM |
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Product Lifecycle Management |
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| PLMK |
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Please Let Me Know |
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| PLOU |
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Physical Layer Overhead Unit |
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| PLP |
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Packet Layer Protocol / Procedure |
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| PLPA |
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Pageable Link Pack Area |
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| PLS |
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Physical Layer Signaling |
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| PLS |
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Programmable Logic Sequencer |
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| PLSAP |
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Physical Layer Service Access Point |
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| PLU |
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Primary Logical Unit |
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| PLV |
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Production-Level Video |
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| PM |
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[MPE] Priviledged Mode |
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| PM |
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[OS/2] Presentation Manager |
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| PM |
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Performance Management |
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| PM |
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Peripheral Module |
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| PM |
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Phase Modulation |
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| PM |
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Physical Medium |
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| PM |
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Plant Management |
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| PM |
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Private Message |
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| PM |
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Project Management |
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| PM |
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Protocol Machine |
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| PMA |
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Performance Measurement Analysis |
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| PMA |
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Physical Medium Attachment |
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| PMAC |
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Packet Media Access Controller / Peripheral Module Access Controller |
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| PMBX |
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Private Manual Branch Exchange |
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| PMC |
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Private Military Contractor |
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| PMD |
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Physical Medium Dependent (Sublayer) / Physical Media Dependent (Sublayer) |
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| PMD |
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Polarization Mode Dispersion |
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| PMD |
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PostMaster Daemon (usually as pmd) |
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| PME |
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(PCI) Power Management Enable |
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| PMF |
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Parameter Management Frames |
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| PMFJI |
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Pardon Me For Jumping In |
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| PMI |
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Physical Medium Independent (Sublayer) |
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| PMI |
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Private Memory Interconnect |
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| PMIGBOM |
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Put Mind In Gear Before Opening Mouth |
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| PMJI |
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Pardon Me, Jumping In / Pardon My Jumping In |
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| PMK |
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Pairwise Master Key |
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| PML4 |
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Page Map Level 4 |
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| PMMU |
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Paged Memory Management Unit |
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| PMN |
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Performance Monitoring |
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| PMP |
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Point to MultiPoint |
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| PMP |
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Preventative Maintenance Package |
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| PMP |
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Project Management Professional |
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| PMS |
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Pantone Matching System |
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| PMS |
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Public Message Service |
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| PMT |
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Packet-Mode Terminal |
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| PMT |
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Page Map Table |
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| PMT |
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Photo Multiplier Tube |
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| PMU |
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Power Management Unit |
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| PMU |
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Precision Measurement Unit |
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| PMX |
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Packet Multiplexer |
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| PMX |
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Private Message Exchange |
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| PN |
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Personal Name |
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| PN |
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Positive Notification |
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| PNA |
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Private Network Adapter |
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| PNAP |
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Private Network Access Point |
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| PNB |
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Pacific Northwest Bell |
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| PNC |
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Personal Number Calling |
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| PND |
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Present Next Digit |
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| PNG |
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Portable Network Graphics |
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| PNIC |
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Physical Network Interface Card |
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| PNIC |
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Private Network Identification Code |
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| PNNI |
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Private Network-Node Interface / Private Network-to-Network Interface |
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| PNP |
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Plug and Play / Plug N Play (usually as PnP) |
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| PNPN |
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Positive - Negative - Positive - Negative (devices) |
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| PNS |
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Perceptual Noise Substitution |
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| PO |
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Privacy Officer |
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| PO |
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Purchase Order |
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| POA |
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[Java] Portable Object Adapter |
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| POAC |
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Probe Origin Authentication Check |
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| POB |
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Peripheral Order Buffer |
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| POC |
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Point Of Contact |
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| POC |
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Policy Oversight Committee |
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| POC |
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Proof Of Concept (sometimes as PoC) |
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| POC |
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Push-to-talk over Cellular (usually as PoC) |
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| POCE |
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Pantone Open Color Environment |
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| POCO |
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Plain Old CLR Object |
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| POD |
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Piece Of Data |
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| POD |
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Plain Old Documentation |
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| PODC |
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Principles Of Distributed Computing |
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| PODS |
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Plain Old Data Structures |
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| POE |
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Personally Owned Equipment |
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| POE |
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Power over Ethernet (usually as PoE) |
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| POF |
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Programmable Operator Facility |
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| POH |
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Path OverHead |
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| POI |
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Point Of Interest |
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| POI |
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Point Overhead Indicator |
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| POJO |
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Plain Old Java Object |
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| PON |
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Passive Optical Network |
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| PONO |
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Plain Old .NET Object |
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| PONSI |
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Program On Non-collegiate Sponsored Instruction |
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| POODLE |
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Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption (attack) |
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| POOR |
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Protectors Of Our Rights |
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| POP |
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Point Of Presence |
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| POP |
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Post Office Protocol |
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| POP |
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Programmable Option Select |
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| POP3 |
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Post Office Protocol version 3 [RFC 1939] |
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| POPL |
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Principles Of Programming Languages |
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| POS |
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Packet Over SONET |
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| POS |
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Point Of Sale |
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| POS |
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Point Of Service |
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| POSA |
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Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture (often as POSA1 or POSA2) |
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| POSC |
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Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation |
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| POSE |
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Palm Operating System Emulator |
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| POSH |
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Plain Old Semantic HTML |
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| POSI |
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Promoting OSI |
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| POSIX |
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Portable Operating System Interface eXtension |
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| POST |
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Power On Self Test |
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| POT |
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Point Of Termination |
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| POTS |
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Plain Old Telephone Service |
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President of the United States |
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| POV |
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Point Of View |
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| POWER |
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Performance Optimized With Enhanced RISC |
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| PP |
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Parallel Port |
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| PP |
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Post Pay |
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| PP |
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Pre Pay |
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| PPA |
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Printing Performance Architecture |
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| PPA |
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Privacy Protection Act |
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| PPA |
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Professional Prepress Alliance |
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| PPAPI |
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Pepper Plugin Application Programming Interface |
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| PPC |
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Pay Per Click / Pay Per Click-through |
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| PPC |
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Program - to - Program Communication / Peer - to - Peer Communication |
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| PPCI |
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Presentation Protocol Control Information |
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| PPD |
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Peripheral Pulse Distributor |
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| PPD |
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Postscript Printer Description (file) |
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| PPDU |
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Presentation Protocol Data Unit |
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| PPF |
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Print Production Format |
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| PPI |
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Pixels Per Inch (usually as ppi) |
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| PPIC |
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Phose-Phree-Inner-Circle |
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| PPL |
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Pay Per Lead |
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| PPM |
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Pages Per Minute (usually ppm) |
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| PPM |
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Pages Per Month |
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| PPM |
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Parts Per Million |
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| PPM |
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Presentation Protocol Machine |
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| PPM |
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Principal Period Maintenance |
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| PPM |
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Pulse Position Modulation |
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| PPN |
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Private Packet Network |
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| PPN |
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Project-Programmer Number / Programmer Project Number / Project Program Number |
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| PPOPP |
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Principles and Practice Of Parallel Programming |
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| PPP |
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Point-to-Point Protocol |
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| PPP/MP |
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Point-to-Point Protocol / Multilink Protocol |
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| PPPMP |
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Point-to-Point Protocol Multilink Protocol |
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| PPQN |
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Pulses Per Quarter-Note (MIDI) |
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| PPR |
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Parallel Protocol Request |
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| PPS |
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Packets Per Second |
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| PPS |
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Pay Per Sale |
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| PPS |
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Product Performance Surveys |
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| PPS |
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Public Packet Switching |
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| PPS |
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Pulses Per Second |
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| PPSDN |
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Public Packet - Switched Data Network |
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| PPSN |
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Public Packet - Switched Network |
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| PPSU |
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Personal Printer Spooling Utility |
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| PPTM |
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Protocol Profile Testing Methodology |
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| PPTP |
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Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol |
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| PQ |
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Priority Queuing |
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| PQA |
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Palm Query Application |
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| PQFP |
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Plastic Quad Flat Package (socket) |
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| PR |
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Permanent Resident |
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| PR |
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Prepare |
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| PR |
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Public Relations |
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| PRA |
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Parabolic Reflector Antenna |
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| PRA |
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Primary Rate Access |
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| PRAM |
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Parameter Random Access Memory |
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| PRB |
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Packet Receive Buffer |
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| PRB |
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Program Request Block |
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| PRCA |
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Puerto Rico Communications Authority |
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| PRD |
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Product Requirements Document |
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| PRD |
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Production Rule Dialect |
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| PRDMD |
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Private Directory Management Domain |
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| PRE |
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Prefix |
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| PREFUSE |
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Presentation Refuse |
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| PREMIS |
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PREMises Information System |
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| PREVIS |
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Previsualization |
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| PRG |
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Purge |
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| PRI |
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(ISDN) Primary Rate Interface |
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| PRID |
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PRotocol IDentifier |
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| PRM |
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Protocol Reference Model |
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| PRMD |
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Private Mail Domain / Private Management Domain |
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| PRML |
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Partial-Response, Maximum-Likelihood |
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| PRN |
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Printer |
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| PROGRES |
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PROgramming with Graph REwriting Systems |
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| PROLOG |
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PROgramming in LOGic (programming language) |
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| PROM |
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Programmable Read-Only Memory |
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| PROMATS |
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PROgrammable MAgnetic Tape System |
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| PROMELA |
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Process Meta Language |
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| PROTECTIP |
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Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property |
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| PROTECT-IP |
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Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property |
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| PROTEL |
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PRocedure Oriented Type Enforcing Language |
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| PRS |
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Personal Response System |
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| PRTC |
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Puerto Rico Telephone Company |
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| PRTM |
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Printing Response Time Monitor |
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| PRTSC |
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Print Screen (usually as PrtSc) |
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| PS |
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Parametric Stereo |
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| PS |
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Personal System |
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| PS |
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PlayStation (game console) |
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| PS |
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PostScript |
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| PS |
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Presentation Service |
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| PS |
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Print Server |
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| PS |
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Professional Services |
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| PS |
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Program Store |
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| PS |
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Proposed Standard |
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(IBM) Personal System/2 |
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| PS2 |
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PlayStation 2 (game console) |
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| PSA |
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Professional Services Automation |
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| PSA |
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Public Service Announcement |
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| PSAP |
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Presentation Service Access Point |
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| PSAP |
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Public Safety Answering Point |
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| PSC |
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Position Specialty Code |
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| PSC |
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Prime Service Contractor |
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| PSC |
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Print Server Control |
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| PSC |
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Protection Switching Circuit |
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| PSC |
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Public Safety Calling system |
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| PSC |
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Public Service Commission |
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| PSD |
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Power Spectral Density |
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| PSD |
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Protection Switching Duration |
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| PSDC |
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Public Switched Digital Capability |
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| PSDN |
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Packet-Switched Data Network / Public Switched Data Network |
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| PSDS |
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Public Switched Digital Service |
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| PSDU |
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Presentation Service Data Unit |
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| PSE |
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Packet Switch Exchange |
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| PSE |
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Power Series Expansion |
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| PSEC |
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Picosecond (one trillionth of a second) |
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| PSEL |
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Presentation Selector |
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| PSF |
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Permanent Swap File |
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| PSF |
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Python Software Foundation |
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| PSH |
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Push (flag) |
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| PSI |
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Packet Switching Interface |
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| PSI |
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Performance Summary Interval |
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| PSI |
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Performance Systems International |
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| PSI |
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Pounds per Square Inch |
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| PSI |
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Process to Support Interoperability |
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| PSI |
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Programmable Serial Interface |
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| PSIA |
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Physical Security Interoperability Alliance |
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| PSIU |
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Packet Switch Interface Unit |
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| PSK |
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Phase-Shift Keying |
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| PSK |
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Pre-Shared Key |
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| PSL |
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Portable Standard Lisp |
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| PSL |
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Public Software Library (often as PsL) / Public (software) Library |
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| PSM |
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(SQL) Persistent Stored Modules |
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| PSM |
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Packet Service Module |
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| PSM |
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Phase Shift Modulation |
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| PSM |
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Platform Specific Model |
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| PSM |
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Position Switching Module |
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| PSN |
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Packet Switched Network / Packet Switching Node / Private Switched Network / Public Switched Network |
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| PSO |
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Pending Service Order |
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| PSP |
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Presentation Services Process |
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| PSP |
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Program Segment Prefix |
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| PSP |
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Python Server Pages |
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| PSPDN |
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Packet Switched Public Data Network |
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| PSRG |
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Privacy and Security Research Group |
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| PSS |
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Packet Switch Stream |
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| PSS |
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Packet Switched Services |
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| PSS |
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Packet-switched Streaming Service |
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| PSS |
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Performance Support Systems |
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| PSS |
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Professional Software Services |
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| PST |
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Pacific Standard Time |
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| PST |
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Pre-Structured Technology (development process) |
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| PSTN |
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Public Switched Telephone Network |
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| PSU |
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Portable Storage Unit / Program Storage Unit |
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| PSU |
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Power Supply Unit |
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| PSVI |
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Post Schema Validation Infoset |
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| PSW |
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Process Status Word |
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| PSW |
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Program Status Word |
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| PSWAC |
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Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee |
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| PT |
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Page Table |
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| PT |
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Pass Through |
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| PT |
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Payload Type |
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| PT |
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Please Token |
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| PT |
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Program Timer |
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| PTA |
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Personal Telecommunications Assistant |
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| PTAN |
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Performance Testing Alliance for Networks |
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| PTAT |
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Private Trans Atlantic Telecommunications |
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| PTB |
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Powers That Be |
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| PTC |
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Part Time Crackers |
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| PTC |
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Public Telephone Companies |
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| PTE |
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Packet Transport Equipment |
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| PTE |
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Path Terminating Entity |
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| PTE |
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Path Terminating Equipment |
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| PTF |
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Program Temporary Fix |
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| PTG |
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Physical Technology Group |
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| PTI |
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Payload Type Identifier |
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| PTK |
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Pairwise Transient Key |
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| PTL |
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Pirates That Live |
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| PTL |
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Praise The Lord |
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| PTM |
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Pulse Time Modulation |
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| PTN |
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Personal Telecommunications Number / Personal Telephone Number |
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| PTNX |
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Private Telecommunications Network eXchange |
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| PTO |
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Paid Time Off |
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| PTO |
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Public Telephone Operator |
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| PTP |
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Picture Transfer Protocol |
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| PTP |
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Point - To - Point |
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| PTR |
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Pointer |
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| PTS |
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Position and Trunk Scanner |
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| PTS |
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Profile Test Specification |
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| PTS |
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Protocol Type Selection |
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| PTSE |
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PNNI Topology State Element (ATM Forum) |
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| PTSP |
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PNNI Topology State Packet |
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| PTT |
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Postal Telegraph and Telephone / Post, Telegraph and Telephone |
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| PTT |
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Push to Talk |
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| PTTXAU |
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Public TeleTex Access Unit |
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| PTW |
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Primary Translation Word |
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| PTX |
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Performance Toolbox |
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| PTXAU |
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Public Telex Access Unit |
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| PTZ |
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Pan, Tilt and Zoom (camera) |
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| PU |
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Physical Unit |
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| PUBEK |
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Public Endorsement Key |
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| PUC |
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Peripheral Unit Controller |
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| PUC |
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Public Utility Commission |
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| PUCP |
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Physical Unit Control Point |
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| PUK |
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Personal Unblocking Key |
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| PUP |
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PARC Universal Packet (protocol) |
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| PUP |
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Potentially Unwanted Program (aka Spyware / Adware / Malware) |
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| PURL |
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Persistent Uniform Resource Locators |
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| PUS |
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Potentially Unwanted Software (aka Spyware / Adware / Malware) |
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| PV |
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Page View |
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| PV |
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Parameter Value |
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| PV |
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PhotoVoltaic |
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| PVC |
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Permanent Virtual Channel / Permanent Virtual Circuit |
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| PVC |
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Polyvinyl Chloride |
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| PVCC |
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Permanent Virtual Channel Connection |
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| PVE |
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Player versus Environment (usually as PvE) |
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| PVN |
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Private Virtual Network |
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| P-VOL |
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Primary Volume |
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| PVP |
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Player versus Player (usually as PvP) |
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| PVPC |
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Permanent Virtual Path Connection |
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| PVR |
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Personal Video Recorder |
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| PVS |
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Prototype Verification System |
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| PVT |
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Permanent Virtual Terminal |
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| PWD |
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Present Working Directory (UNIX Command) |
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| PWE3 |
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Pseudo Wire Edge to Edge Emulation |
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| PWI |
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Public Windows Interface |
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| PWM |
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Pulse Width Modulation |
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| PWS |
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Peer Web Service |
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| PWS |
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Performance Work Statement |
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| PWS |
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Personal Web Server |
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| PWT |
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Page Write - Through (pins) |
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| PXE |
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Preboot eXecution Environment |
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| PXP |
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Packet eXchange Protocol |
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