A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (Numeric)

P

P - Power
P - Predicted
P&A - Personnel and Administration
P&A - Price and Availability
P&A - Privacy and Authentication
P&C - Purchasing and Contracting
P&CR - Performance and Capabilities Required
P&CR - Performance and Cost Report
P&D - Production and Deployment
P&L - Profit and Loss
P&P (Committee) - Payments and Progress Committee
P&T - Personnel and Training
P-CMM - People Capability Maturity Model
P-CMM - Personnel Capability Maturity Model
P-P - Peak to Peak
P-n-P - Plug and Play
P/CR - Problem/Change Report
P/N - Part Number
P2P - Peer To Peer
P2P - Person To Person
P3 - Preservation, Packaging and Packing
P3I - Preplanned Product Improvements
P3P - Platform for Privacy Preferences
PA - Partial Agreement
PA - Pass Along
PA - Pass-through Applications
PA - Preparing Activity
PA - Pressure Altitude
PA - Problem Analysis
PA - Process Allocator
PA - Process Area
PA - Product Assurance
PA - Program Authorization (AF)
PA - Programmer/Analyst
PA - Public Address
PA - Public Address system
PA - Public Affairs
PA&E - Program Analysis and Evaluation
PAA - Peer Access Approval
PAA - Policy Approving Authority
PAAW - Policy Approving Authority Workstation
PABX - Private Automatic Branch Exchange
PAC - Pacific
PAC - Partnership Annual Conference
PAC - Personal Access Communication
PAC - Political Action Committee
PAC - Post Award Conference
PAC - Power Assurance Check
PAC - Privilege Attribute Certificate
PAC - Program Advisory Committee
PAC - Public Access Center
PACA - Priority Access and Channel Assignment
PACA-E - Enhanced Priority Access and Channel Assignment
PACAF - Pacific Air Forces
PACC - Partition, Aggregation and Conditional Coding
PACCS - Post Attack Command and Control System
PACE - Partnership for Academic and Community Excellence
PACE - Pocket-sized Automatic Crypto Equipment
PACE - Point-Ahead Compensation Experiment
PACE - Precision Architecture Computing Environments
PACE - Public Affairs Center of Excellence
PACER - Process Acquisition, Characterization and Enhancement Ring
PACL - Power Assurance Check Left
PACOM - Pacific Command
PACR - Power Assurance Check Right
PACS - Personal Access Communications System
PACS - Picture Archiving and Communications System
PACS-U - Personal Access Communications System - Unlicensed band
PAD - Packet Assembler/Disassember
PAD - Packet Assemblers/Disassemblers
PAD - Packet Assembly Disassembly
PAD - Provisional Acceptance Date
PADIL - PATRIOT Air Defense Information Language
PADP - Panel on Air Defense Philosophy
PADS - Position Azimuth Determining System
PADW - Panel on Air Defense Weapons
PAE - Peer Access Enforcement
PAG - Practical Application Guidelines
PAID - Pre-Authorized Instant Deduction
PAIDS - Pacific Area Imagery Distribution System
PAIN - Privacy, Authentication, Integrity, Non-repudiation
PAIS - Process Appraisal Information System
PAL - Permissive Action Link
PAL - Personnel Allowance List
PAL - Phase Alternating Line
PAL - Phase Alternation Line
PAL - Practice Area Leader
PAL - Price/Availability List
PAL - Process Asset Library
PAL - Programmable Array Logic
PAL - Programmable Array of Logic
PAL - Public Ada Library
PAL - Publication Applicability Lists
PAL format - Phase Alternation Line video format
PALOS - Planning Assistant for Logistics Systems
PALT - Pressure Altitude
PAM - Pulse Amplitude Modulation
PAMS - Perceptual Analysis/Measurement System
PAMS - Predictive Aircraft Maintenance System
PAO - Property Accounting Officer
PAO - Public Affairs Office
PAO - Public Affairs Officer
PAP - Packet Authentication Protocol
PAP - Packet-Level Procedure
PAP - Password Authentication Protocol
PAPS - Periodic Armaments Planning System (NATO)
PAPS - Phased Armaments Programming System
PAPS - Propulsion Associated Parameter Set
PAQPP - Product Assurance Quality Program Plan
PAR - Parts Approved Request
PAR - Peak to Average Ratio
PAR - Pixel Aspect Ratio
PAR - Population At risk
PAR - Precision Approach Radar
PAR - Program Address Register
PAR - Program-Aid Routine
PAR - Project Authorization Request
PAR - Pulse Acquisition Radar
PAR - Purchase After Requisition
PARAGON - Prototype Air Reporting And Ground Operations Node
PARC - Palo Alto Research Center
PARM - Participating Manager
PARM - Participating Managers
PARM - Program Acquisition Resource Manager
PARMIS - Pacific Command Reconnaissance Mission Information System
PARP - Planning and Review Process
PARS - Private Advanced Radio Service
PAS - Protected Aircraft Shelter
PAS - Public Access System
PAS - Publicly Available Specification
PASS - Parameter Analysis Storage Switch
PAT - Port Address Translation
PAT - Preliminary Acceptance Trials
PAT - Process Action Team
PAT - Production Acceptance Test
PAT - Programmable Alarm Thresholds
PAT&E - Production Acceptance Test and Evaluation
PATA - Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment
PATB - Police Anti-Terrorism Brigade
PATGEN - Patient Generator
PATT - Pattern
PAUC - Program Acquisition Unit Cost
PAVE - Principles and Applications of Value Engineering
PAW - Passive Attack Weapon
PAX - Passengers
PAX - Patuxent River
PB - Particle beam
PB - Patrol Boat
PB - Personal Base
PB - Predicted and Bi-directional
PB - President’s Budget
PBBE - Performance Based Business Environment (AF)
PBC - Performance Based Contracting
PBC - Planning Boards and Committees
PBD - Program Baseline Document
PBD - Program Budget Decision
PBD - Program Budget Decisions
PBD - Program Budget Directive
PBEIST - Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport
PBEV - Performance Based Earned Value
PBGC - Pension Benefits Guarantee Corporation
PBIT - Periodic Built In Test
PBL - Performance Based Logistics
PBL - Product Baseline
PBMR - Provisional Basic Military Requirement
PBNM - Policy Based Network Management
PBO - Performance Based Organization
PBO - Power Back Off
PBOS - Planning Board for Ocean Shipping
PBOT - Physical Beginning of Tape
PBR - Patrol Boat River
PBS - Personal Base Station
PBS - Public Buildings Service
PBW - Particle Beam Weapon
PBWS - Performance (Based) Work Statement
PBX - Private Branch Exchange
PC - Packet Classifier
PC - Peripheral Controller
PC - Personal Computer
PC - Personal computer
PC - Photoconductive
PC - Pocket Calculator
PC - Political Committee
PC - Prime Contractor
PC - Principal Consultant
PC - Principals Committee
PC - Printed Circuit
PC - Process Controller
PC - Production Control
PC - Program Counter
PC - Project Coordinator
PC - Protocol Council
PC-NOS - Personal Computer Network Operating System
PC2JTF - Portable Command and Control Joint Task Force
PCA - Password Call Acceptance
PCA - Physical Configuration Audit
PCA - Policy Certification Authority
PCA - Policy Creation Authority
PCA - Power Challenge Array
PCA - Principal Control Authority
PCA - Printed Circuit Assembly
PCA - Psychological Consolidation Activities
PCAD - Personal Computer Aided Design
PCASS - Parts Control Automated Support System (DLA)
PCAST - President’s Committee of Advisers on Science and Technology
PCAT - Personal Computer Access Tool (PC version of DDDS)
PCAT - Printed Circuit Assembly Technology
PCATS - Maintain Personal Computer-Based Automated Test System
PCAW - Policy Creation Authority Workstation
PCB - Power Cut Back
PCB - Printed Circuit Board
PCB - Printed circuit board
PCB - Process Control Block
PCB - Program Control Block
PCC - Partnership Coordination Cell
PCC - Planning Coordination Conference
PCC - Pre-activation Communications Channel
PCC - Private Control Channel
PCC - Procurement Contracting Office
PCC - Program Cost Commitment
PCC 1 - Permanent Consultative Committee
PCCC - Parallel Concatenated Convolutional Codes
PCCL - Precontract Cost Letter
PCCM2 - Parallel Community Climate Model
PCCN - Provisioning Contract Control Number
PCD - Photo CD (Kodak)
PCD - Program Change Decision
PCE - Process Centered Environment
PCE - Professional Continuing Education
PCEH - Parametric Cost Estimating Handbook
PCF - Patrol Craft Fast
PCF - Personal Call Forwarding
PCFV - Primary Cause for Variability
PCG - Policy Coordination Group
PCH - Paging Channel
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
PCI - Physical Configuration Identification
PCI - Product Configuration Identification
PCI - Programmable Communications Interface
PCI - Protocol Capability Indicator
PCI SIG - Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group
PCIA - Personal Communications Industry Association
PCIO - Program Controlled Input Output
PCIS - Portable Common Interface Set
PCIS2 - Portable Common Interface Set 2
PCL - Post Conference List
PCL - Printer Command Language
PCL - Printer Control Language
PCM - Physical Connect Management
PCM - Plug Compatible Mainframe
PCM - Power Converter Module
PCM - Production Cost Model
PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
PCM - Pulse Coded Modulation
PCMC - Personal Computer Memory Card
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card Industry Association
PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCME - Packet Circuit Multiplication Equipment
PCMR - Probability of Correct Message Receipt
PCMS - Process Configuration Management Software
PCMT - Personal Computer Message Terminal
PCN - Personal Communications Network
PCN - Process Change Notificaton
PCN - Program Change Notice
PCN - Program Control Number
PCNFS - Personal Computer Network File System
PCO - Primary Control Officer
PCO - Procurement Contracting Officer
PCO - Procuring Contract Officer
PCO - Procuring Contracting Office
PCO - Procuring Contracting Officer
PCO - Product(ion) Change Order
PCOTES - Prototype Carrier Operational Test and Evaluation System
PCP - Parts Control Program (DoD)
PCP - Penetration Control Point
PCP - Plug CompatiblePeripheral
PCP - Potential Contractor Program
PCP - Printer Control Protocols
PCR - Part Change Request
PCR - Peak Cell Rate
PCR - Personnel Casualty Report
PCR - Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCR - Procurement Center Representative
PCR - Program Change Request
PCR - Program Clock Reference
PCRS - Primary Casualty Receiving Ship
PCRTS - Primary Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship
PCS - Permanent Change of Assignment
PCS - Permanent Change of Station
PCS - Personal Communications Service
PCS - Personal Communications System
PCS - Personal Communications Systems
PCS - Primary Control Ship
PCS - Process Control System
PCSB - Pulse Coded Scanning Beam
PCSC - Personal Communications Switching Center
PCSC - Program Change Sub-Committee
PCSD - Personal Communications Services Description
PCT - Personal Computer Tape
PCT - private communication technology
PCTE - Portable Common Tools Environment
PCTL - Percentile
PCU - Portable Computer Unit
PCX - Picture eXchange format
PCZ - Protected Communication Zone
PD - Palmtop Devices
PD - Parameter Data
PD - Periscope Depth
PD - Point Detonating
PD - Police Department
PD - Position Description
PD - Power Device
PD - Power Dissipation
PD - Preliminary Design
PD - Presidential Declaration
PD - Program Director
PD - Project Director
PD - Proposed Draft
PD - Public Domain
PD - Pulse Doppler (Radar)
PDA - Personal Digital Assistant
PDA - Planning and Decision Aids
PDA - Post Delivery Availability
PDA - Preliminary Damage Assessment
PDA - Principal Development Activity
PDAG - Process Definition Advisory Group
PDAM - Proposed Draft Amendment
PDASH - Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health
PDC - Personal Digital Cellular
PDC - Position Depth Charge
PDC - Practice Depth Charge
PDC - Processor-Dependent Code
PDC - primary domain controller
PDC-P - Personal Digital Cellular-Packet
PDCA - Plan, Do, Check, Act
PDD - Post Delivery Date
PDD - Presidential Decision Directive
PDD - Program Description Document
PDD - Program Design Description
PDDA - Power Driven Decontamination Apparatus
PDDI - Product Definition Data Interface (Air Force)
PDE - Partial Differential Equation
PDE - Portable Electronic Device
PDE - Position Determining Entity
PDE - Primary Designated Engineer
PDE - Projected Operational Environment
PDE - Pulse Detonation Engine
PDEA - Planning, Decision, Execution, and Assessment Cycle
PDES - Product Data Evolvement System
PDES - Product Data Exchange Specification
PDES - Product Data Exchange using STEP
PDF - Portable Document Format
PDF - Probability Density Function
PDF - Pulse Density Function
PDF-A - Portable Document Format-Archive
PDH - Primary Digital Hierachy
PDIA - Process-Driven Information Automation
PDID - Path Descriptor IDentifier
PDK - Peripheral Developers Kit
PDL - Page Definition Language
PDL - Page Description Language
PDL - Permanent Duty Location
PDL - Preliminary Design Language
PDL - Program Design Language
PDL - Programmable Design Language
PDM - Physical Data Model
PDM - Product Data Management
PDM - Program Decision Meeting
PDM - Program Decision Memorandum
PDM - Pulse Duration Modulation
PDMLR - Post Deployment Maintenance Logistic Review
PDMS - Point Defense Missile System
PDN - Packet Data Network
PDN - Part Discontinuance Notice
PDN - Private Data Network
PDN - Public Data Network
PDO - Physical Device Object
PDO - Portable Distributed Objects
PDP - Power Definition Phase
PDP - Power Distribution Panel
PDP - Product Development Process
PDP - Professional Development Program
PDP - Program Decision Package
PDP - Program Development Plan
PDR - Preliminary Design Review
PDR - Preliminary Design Review
PDR - Processor Data Rate
PDR - Program Deviation Report
PDRE - Pulse Detonation Rocket Engine
PDREP - Product Deficiency Reporting and Evaluation Program
PDRR - Program Definition and Risk Reduction
PDS - Personal Data Storage
PDS - Post Design Services
PDS - Power Demand Signal
PDS - Processing and Display System
PDS - Processor Direct Slot
PDS - Product Data Sheet
PDS - Program Design Specifications
PDS - Project Design Standards
PDS - Protected Distribution System
PDSL - Power Demand Signal Left
PDSO - Packet Data Security Overlay
PDSP - Post Deployment Support Plan
PDSR - Power Demand Signal Right
PDSS - Post Deployment Software Support
PDSS - Post Deployment Sustainment and Support
PDSSA - Post Deployment Software Support Activity
PDSSC - Post Deployment Software Support Concept
PDSSCD - Post Deployment Software Support Concept Document
PDSSP - Post Deployment Software Support Plan
PDT&E - Post Delivery T&E
PDTR - Proposed Draft of Technical Report
PDU - Packet Data Unit
PDU - Power Drive Unit
PDU - Protocol Data Unit
PDU-MUX - Protocol Data Unit Multiplexer
PDV - Packet Delay Variation
PDWS - Point Defense Weapon System
PE - Peace Enforcement
PE - Peace Establishment
PE - Phase Encoded
PE - Planning Estimate
PE - Practical Exercise
PE - Probable Error
PE - Procurement Executive
PE - Professional Engineer
PE - Program Element
PE - Project Engineer
PEA - Peace Establishment Authority
PEAM - Portable Electronic Aid for Maintenance (joint Army/Navy)
PEAPRS - Precision Emergency Automated Position Reporting System
PEAQ - Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality)
PEBB - Power Electronic Building Block
PEBD - Pay Entry Base Data
PEC - Passive Equipment Cabinet
PECI - Productivity Enhancement Capital Investment
PECL - Positive Emitter-Coupled-Logic
PECP - Preliminary ECP
PECP - Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal
PED - Procurement Early Development
PEEL - Programmable Electrically Erasable Logic
PEF - Proxy Element Function
PEGASUS - Perspective View Generator and Analysis Systems for Unmanned Sensors
PEI - Principle End Item
PEI - Profile for Enterprise Integration
PEL - Picture Element
PEM - Privacy Enhanced Mail
PEM - Program Element Manager
PEM - Program Element Monitor
PENCIL - Pen based Electronic Net Command Information Library
PEO - Peace Enforcement Operation
PEO - Program Executive Office
PEO - Program Executive Officer
PEOT - Physical End of Tape
PEP - Paperless Environment Project
PEP - Peripheral Emulation Program
PEP - Producibility Engineering and Planning
PEP - Producibility, Engineering, and Planning
PEP - Proposal Evaluation Plan
PER - Packed Encoding Rules
PER - Parameter Error Rate
PER - Proposal Evaluation Report
PERA - Planning & Engineering for Repair Activity
PERF - Performance
PERFASS - Personnel Functional Area Sub-System
PERL - Practical Extraction & Report Language
PERM - Permanent
PERMA - Planning, Embarkation, Rehearsal, Movement, Assault
PERMREP - Permanent Representative
PERSCOM - Personnel Command
PERT - Performance Evaluation and Review Technique
PERT - Program Evaluation Review Technique
PERT - Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PERT - Project Evaluation and Review Technique
PES - Positive Enable System
PES - Prepositioned Equipment Storage
PES - Program Elementary Stream
PESHE - Programmatic Environment, Safety, and occupational Health Evaluation
PESO - Product Engineering Services Office
PESQ - Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality
PET - Positron Emission Tomography
PET - Propulsion Engineering Trainer
PEX - PHIGS Extensions to X-Windows
PF - Presence Function
PF - Protection Factor
PF/DOS - Production, Fielding/Deployment, and Operational Support (of the life cycle)
PFA - Participating Field Activity
PFBIT - Preflight Built In Test
PFCS - Primary Flight Control System
PFD - Power Flux Density
PFE - Purchaser Furnished Equipment
PFF - Page Fault Frequency
PFF - Planning Factors File
PFM - Plan for Maintenance
PFM - Precision Flight Mode
PFM - Pulse Frequency Modulation
PFMA - Programmable Frequency for Multiple Access-nodes
PFN - Pulse forming Network
PFNS - Position Fixing Navigation System
PFR - Platform Facility Requirement
PFR - Power Failure Restart
PFR - Pulse Repetition Frequency
PFS - Principle For Safety
PFS - Principle for Safety
PFT - Physical Fitness Test
PG - Page
PG - Patrol Combatant Ship
PG - Patrol Gunboat
PG - Project Group
PG - Proving Ground
PGA - Pin Grid Array
PGA - Professional Graphics Adapter
PGA - Programmable Gate Array
PGCS - Portable Ground Control Station
PGH - Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil
PGI - Program Generated Income
PGIP - Postgraduate Intelligence Program
PGM - Precision Guided Munition
PGM - Precision Guided Munitions
PGML - Precision Graphics Markup Language
PGP - Pretty Good Privacy
PGRDS - Prototype Generic Radar Display System
PGS - Pretty Good Security
PGS - Productivity Gain Sharing
PGSE - Peculiar Ground Support Equipment
PGTL - Planning Group for Training and Logistics
PGTS - Precision Gunnery Training System
PGWS - Primary Groupware Server
PHA - Preliminary Hazard Analysis
PHB - Photographic Bulletin
PHC - Photographic Change
PHD - Philosophiae Doctor (Doctor of Philisophy)
PHIBCB - Amphibious Construction Battalion
PHIBGRU - Amphibious Group
PHIBOPS - Amphibious Operations
PHIBRON - Amphibious Squadrons
PHIGS - Programmer’s Hierachical Interactive Graphics System
PHIGS - Programmer’s Hierarchical Interactive Graphics Standard
PHIGS - Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
PHM - Patrol Hydrofoil guided Missile ship
PHMF - Procurement History Master File
PHMS - Pilot Helmet Sight System
PHOTINT - Photographic Intelligence
PHP - Personal HomePage (a script language)
PHS&T - Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation
PHST - Packaging, Handling, Storage and Transportation
PHY - Physical Layer (Protocol)
PHY - Physical Layer Device
PHYINV - Physical Inventory
PI - Procurement Instruction
PI - Product Improvement
PI - Public Information
PIA - Peripheral Interface Adaptor
PIA - Propagation and Infection Analysis
PIA - Public Information Adviser
PIB - Personal Information Base
PIC - PICture format
PIC - Parent Indicator Code
PIC - Peace Implementation Council
PIC - Peripheral Interface Controller
PIC - Position Independant Code
PIC - Position Independent Code
PIC - Press Information Center
PIC - Primary Interexchange Carrier
PIC - Program Interrupt Control
PIC - Programmable Interconnect Component
PIC - Programmable Interrupt Controller
PICC - Point of Ingress Control Center
PICS - Platform for Internet Content Selection
PICS - Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement
PICT - Programmable Integrated Communication Terminal
PID - Plan Identification Number
PID - Plan Identifier
PID - Process IDentification
PID - Process Identification Number
PID - Program Identification
PID - Protocol IDentification
PID - Protocol Identifier Data
PIDS - Prime Item Development Specification
PIE - Private Internet Exchange
PIF - Peace Implementation Force
PIF - Peripheral Interchange Format
PIF - Personnel Identification Feature
PIF - Picture Interchange Format
PIF - Price Increase Factor
PIF - Productivity Improvement Fund
PIF - Program Information File
PIFWC - Person Indicted For War Crimes
PII - Personally Identifiable Information
PIL - Page Interchange Language
PILOT - Phased Integrated Laser Optics Technology
PIM - Personal Information Manager
PIM - Plan for Maintenance
PIM - Point of Intended Movement
PIM - Position and intended Movement
PIM - Processor-In-Memory
PIMA - Plug In Module Adapter
PIN - Personal Identification Number
PIN - Personnel Increment Number
PIN - Positive Intrinsic Negative
PIN - Process Identification Number
PINS - Project Initiation Notification System
PINX - Private Integrated Network Exchange
PIO - Private Input Output
PIO - Processor Input/Output
PIO - Programmable Input Output
PIO - Provisioned Item Order
PIP - Packet Interface Port
PIP - Partner Interface Process
PIP - Payload Impact Plan
PIP - Payload Integration Plan
PIP - Peripheral Interchange Program
PIP - Picture In a Picture
PIP - Plot Inconsistencies Project
PIP - Problem Isolation Procedure
PIP - Process Improvement Plan
PIP - Product Improvement Plan
PIP - Product Improvement Program
PIP - Product Improvement Proposal
PIP - Programmable Interconnect Point
PIP - Proposer’s Information Package
PIPO - Parallel Input Parallel Output
PIPPS - Publication Information Processing & Printing Standard
PIPS - Polar Ice Prediction System
PIPT - Program-Level Integrated Product Team
PIR - Periodic Intelligence Review
PIR - Post Implementation Review
PIR - Pressure Ignition Rocket
PIR - Priority Intelligence Requirement
PIR - Priority Intelligence Requirements
PIR - Process Information Report
PIRAZ - Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone
PISITREP - Public Information Situation Report
PISN - Private Integrated Services Network
PISO - Parallel Input Serial Output
PIT - Programmable Interrupt Timer
PIT - Programmable Interval Timer
PITAC - President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee
PIU - Path Information Unit
PIU - Peripheral Interface Unit
PIWG - Performance Interface Working Group
PIX - PIcture eXchange format
PIX - Private Internet Exchange
PIXIE - Portable Maintenance-Aid Device
PIXIT - Profile Initialization for Test Cases
PJC - Permanent Joint Council
PJC-CS - Permanent Joint Council in Chiefs of Staff Session
PJC-MR - Permanent Joint Council at Military RepresentativesÕrsquo;
PJM - Project Manager
PJNF - Project Joint Normal Form
PK - Peace Keeping
PK - Public Key
PKA - Public Key Algorithm
PKC - Public Key Cryptography
PKCS - Public Key Cryptography Standards
PKI - Public Key Infrastructure
PKI DC - Public Key Infrastructure Digital Certificate
PKO - Peace Keeping Operation
PKO - Peacekeeping Operations
PKP - Predicted Kill Point
PKSD - Programmable Key Storage Device
PKT - Partition Knowledge Table
PL - Phillips Laboratory
PL - Preferred Language
PL - Private Line
PL - Product Line
PL - Program Lock
PL - Programming Language
PL - Public Law
PLA - Plain Language Address
PLA - Plain language Address
PLA - Programmable Logic Array
PLAD - Plain Language Address
PLAD - Plain Language Address Designator
PLAID - Position Location and Identification
PLATO - Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations
PLB - Personal Locator Beacon
PLBTS - Portsmith Land Based Test Site
PLC - Packet Loss Concealment
PLC - Product Life Cycle
PLC - Programmable Logic Controller
PLC - Programming Language Committee
PLCC - Plastic Leadless Chip Carrier
PLCC - Provisioning List Category Code
PLD - Programmable Logic Device
PLDA - Private Loop Direct Attach
PLE - Prudent Limit of Endurance
PLEX - Procedural Language Extension
PLEXUS - Phillips Laboratory Expert User System
PLGR - Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver
PLI - Private Line Interface
PLISN - Provisioning List Item Sequence Number
PLL - Phase Locked Loop
PLL - Phased Lock Loop
PLM - Product Lifecycle Management
PLMN - Public Land Mobile Network
PLMTS - Public Land Mobile Telecommunications System
PLO - Partnership Liaison Office
PLO - Phase Locked Oscillator
PLO - Physical Layer Operations
PLOAM - Physical Layer Operations, Administrations and Maintenance
PLP - Pitch Lock Pin
PLRS - Position Location Reporting System
PLRS - Position, Location and Reporting System
PLS - Physical Layer Signaling
PLS - Physical Layer Specification
PLS - Position Locator System
PLS - Programmable Logic Sequencer
PLS AP - Product Logistic Support Application Protocol
PLSDU - Physical Layer Service Data Unit
PLT - Partnership Liaison Team
PLT - Pilottmtproduction Lead Time
PLT - Planning and Liaison Team
PLT - Platoon
PLUGE - Picture Line Up Generating Equipment
PM - Pattern Matching
PM - Performance Management
PM - Periodic Maintenance
PM - Phase Modulation
PM - Post Meridian
PM - Precautionary Measure
PM - Preventative Maintenance
PM - Preventive Maintenance
PM - Process Management
PM - Process Model
PM - Processable Mode
PM - Procurement Manager
PM - Product Manager
PM - Program Manager
PM - Project Manager
PM ITTS - Project Manager for Instrumentation, Targets and Threat Simulations
PM TRADE - Project Manager for Training Devices
PMA - Permanent Magnet Alternator
PMA - Physical Medium Attachment
PMA - President’s Management Agenda
PMA - Program Manager Air
PMA - Program Manager, Air
PMA - Project Military Adviser
PMAC - Packet Media Access Controller
PMAD - Power Management and Distribution
PMAL - Permanent Magnetic Alternator Left
PMB - Performance Measurement Baseline
PMBC - Program Managers Briefing Course
PMC - PCI Mezzanine Card
PMC - Packet Mode Channel
PMC - Part Mission Capable
PMC - Program Management Course
PMC - Program/Project Management Charter
PMCC - Packet Mode Channel Connect
PMCC - Professional Military Comptroller Course
PMCCC - Packet Mode Channel Call Control
PMCE - Packet Mode Channel Element
PMCH - Packet Mode Channel Handler
PMCM - Part Mission Capable Maintenance
PMCOP - Program Management Community of Practice
PMCS - Partial Mission Capable, Supply
PMCS - Professional Military Comptroller School
PMD - Physical Layer media Dependent
PMD - Program Management Directive
PMD - Program Management Document
PMDB - Project Master Database
PME - Peacetime Military Engagement
PME - Power Management Event
PME - Precision Measurement Equipment
PME - Prime Mission Equipment
PME - Principal Mission Element
PME - Professional Military Education
PMES - Committee on Physical, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences
PMG - Permanent Magnet Generator
PMG - Program Management Group
PMGT - Power Management
PMGW - Primary Mission Gross Weight
PMIC - Periodic Maintenance Information Card
PMIC - Precious Metal Indicator Code
PMIG - Programmer’s Minimal Interface to Graphics
PMIP - Program Management Improvement Project
PMIS - Production Management Information System
PMJEG - Performance Measurement Joint Executive Group
PMM - Power Management Mode
PMM - Program Memory Module
PMM - Protocol Management Module
PMMS - Power Measurement Modulation Session
PMMW - Passive Millimeter Wave
PMO - Program Management Office
PMO - Project Management Office
PMOS - P-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor
PMP - Parts, Materials, and Processes
PMP - Personal Management Profiles
PMP - Point to MultiPoint
PMP - Program Management Plan
PMP - Project Master Plan
PMPMTS - Program Management Performance Measurement Tracking System
PMR - Peak-to-Mean Ratio
PMR - Personal Mobile Radio
PMR - Principal Military Requirement
PMR - Program Management Review
PMR - Program Manager’s Representative
PMR - Provisioning Master Record
PMRM - Periodic Maintenance Requirements Manual
PMRO - Program Manager’s Representative Office
PMRT - Program Management Responsibility Transfer
PMS - Payments Management System
PMS - Performance Measurement System
PMS - Physical Media Specific
PMS - Pipeline Management System
PMS - Planned Maintenance System
PMS - Program Management System
PMS - Program Management System
PMS - Program Manager Sea
PMS-TC - Physical Media Specific - Transmission Convergence
PMSC - Political Military Steering Committee
PMSP - Pre Message Security Protocol
PMSP - Preliminary Message Security Protocol
PMSS - Program Management Support System
PMT - Product Maturity Testing
PMT - Program Management Team
PMTC - Pacific Missle Test Center
PMV - Private Motor Vehicle
PN - Part Number
PN - Project Number
PN - Pseudo Noise
PND - Price Non-Disclosure
PNE - Peaceful Nuclear Explosion
PNEK - Post-Nuclear Event Key
PNET - Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty
PNEU - Pneumatic
PNG - Portable Network Graphics
PNL - Panel
PNNI - Private Network to Network Interface
PNO - Program Number
PNP - Plug and Play
PNP - Private Nonprofit
PNVS - Pilots Night Vision System
PO - Peace Operations
PO - Program Office
PO - Project Officer
PO - Propositioning Objective
PO - Purchase Order
POA - Point Of Arrival
POA&M - Plan Of Action and Milestones
POAM - Plan of Action and Milestones
POB - Personnel On Board
POBIT - Power On Built In Test
POC - Point Of Contact
POC - Professional Officer Candidate
POC - Professional Officer Course
POC - Proof Of Concept
POC - Public Operator’s Code
POCD - Process Operational Concept Document
POD - Packet over DSL
POD - Point Of Departure
POD - Port Of Debarkation
POD - Probability Of Detection
POD - Probability of Detection
PODSL - Packet over DSL
POE - Port Of Embarkation
POE - Port of Embarkation
POE - Program Office Estimate
POE - Projected Operating Environment
POEM - Peripheral Original Equipment Manufacturer
POF - Plastic Optical Fiber
POF - Private Operating Frequencies
POFA - Programmed Operational and Functional Appraisal
POG - Port Operations Group
POI - Program Of Instruction
POI - Program of Instruction
POL - Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant
POL - Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants
POL - Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants
POL - Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants
POL - Polarity
POL - Problem Oriented Language
POLAD - Political Adviser
POLAD - Political Advisor
POLO - Parallel Optical Link Organization
POM - Program Objective Memorandum
POM - Program Objectives Memorandum
POMCUS - Prepositioned Organizational Materiel Configured in Unit Sets
POMCUS - Prepositioned Organizational Materiel Configured to Unit Sets
POMCUS - Prepositioned Overseas Materiel Configured to Unit Sets
POMCUS - Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured to Unit Sets
POMSS - Prepositioned Organizational Materiel Storage Site
PON - Passive Optical Network
PON - Program on Negotiation
POP - Performance Oriented Packaging
POP - Point Of Presence
POP - Point of Presence
POP - Post Office Protocol
POP - Precision Optical Performance
POP - Program Operating Plan
POP - Proof Of Principle
POP - Proof of Principle (Army)
POP-D - Proof Of Principle Demonstration
POP3 - Post Office Protocol version 3
POPS - Pyrotechnic Optical
POPUS - Post Office Processor Utility Subsystem
POR - Power On Reset
PORTS - Port Characteristics File
PORTS - Portable Training System
PORTSIM - Port Simulation Model
POS - Packet Over SONET
POS - Peacetime Operating Stocks
POS - Point Of Sale
POS - Ports Of Support
POS - Position
POS - Position line of the OTG message format
POS - Positive
POS - Probability Of Survival
POSA - Payments Outstanding Suspense Account
POSD - Port Operations, Security and Defense
POSF - Ports of Support File
POSIX - Portable Operating System
POSIX - Portable Operating System Interface
POSIX - Portable Operating System for Computer Environments
POSN - Position
POSONET - Packet Over SONET
POSS - Passive Optical Satellite Surveillance
POST - Point Of Sale Terminal
POST - Point Of Service Test
POST - Power On Self Test
POST - Prototype Ocean Surveillance Terminal
POT - Point Of Termination
POTS - Plain Old Telephone System
POTS - Plain Ordinary Telephone System
POTUS - President Of The United States
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
POW - Prisoner Of War
POW - Prisoner of War
PP - Point to Point
PP - Portable Part
PP - Pre Processor
PP - Present Position
PP - Process Planning
PP - Production Planning
PP - Program Package
PP - Program Plan
PP&C - Program Planning and Control
PP&P - Preservation, Packing and Packaging
PPA - Potential Problem Analysis
PPAG - Public Policy Advisory Group
PPB - Power Plant Bulletin
PPB - Provisioning Parts Breakdown
PPBES - Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (Army)
PPBIT - Preperiodic Built In Test
PPBS - Planning, Programming and Budgeting System
PPBS - Program Planning and Budgeting System
PPC - Power Plant Change
PPC - Production Planning and Control
PPCO - Provisioning Principal Contracting Office
PPD - Permanent Partial Disability
PPD - Program Package Document
PPD - Proposal Package Description
PPD - Proposed Plan Distribution
PPDB - Point Positioning Data Base
PPDN - Public Packet Data Network
PPE - Personal Protective Equipment
PPF - Platform Proto-Federations
PPI - Pixels Per Inch
PPI - Plan Position Indicator
PPI - Planned Position Indicator
PPI - Preplanned Product Improvement
PPI - Programmable Parallel Interface
PPID - Parent Process IDentification
PPIL - Parts Provisioning Index List
PPL - Parts Price List
PPL - Preferred Products List
PPL - Private Pilot's License
PPL - Process Programming Language
PPL - Provisioning Parts List
PPLI - Precise participant Location and Identification
PPLSP - Private Pilot's License Screening Program
PPM - Pages Per Minute
PPM - Period of Performance and Maintenance
PPM - Pulse Position Modulation
PPMG - Propositioning Program Management Group
PPN - Private Packet Network
PPO - Preferred Provider Organization
PPODS - Pictorial Procedure Oriented Design System
PPP - Personnel Performance Profile
PPP - Point to Point Protocol
PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
PPP - Pollution Prevention Plan
PPP - Power Projection Platform
PPP - Program Protection Plan
PPPI - Preplanned Product Improvement
PPPP - Program Pollution Prevention Plan
PPQA - Process and Project Quality Assurance
PPQT - Pre-Production Qualification Testing
PPRB - Project and Priority Review Board
PPS - Ports, Protocols and Services
PPS - Ports, Protocols, and Services
PPS - Post Post Script
PPS - Post Production Support
PPS - Precise Positioning System
PPS - Program Performance Schedule
PPS - Program Performance Specification
PPS - Proposal Pricing System
PPS - Pulses Per Secondt
PPSL - Parts Program Selection List
PPSL - Preferred Parts Selection List
PPSM - Ports, Protocols and Services Management
PPSM - Ports, Protocols, and Services Management
PPSN - Public Packet Switched Network
PPSP - Postproduction Support Plan
PPSS - Post Production Software Support
PPTP - Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
PPTP - Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
PPU - Pre Processor Utility
PPX - Point to Point Switching
PQ - Priority Queuing
PQ - Productivity and Quality
PQA - Procurement Quality Assurance
PQAP - Planned Quality Assurance Program
PQFP - Plastic Quad Flat Pack
PQM - Product Quality Management
PQS - Personnel Qualification Standard
PQT - Product Qualification Test
PQT - Production Qualification Testing
PR - Packet Radio
PR - Pilot Run
PR - Primary Responsibility
PR - Procurement Request
PR - Pseudo Random
PR - Public Relations
PR - Purchase Request
PR&A - Project Request and Authorization
PR/PI - Public Relations/Public Information
PRA - Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
PRA - Patient Record Architecture
PRA - Patient Reporting Activity
PRA - Primary Rate Access
PRACL - Page-Replacement Algorithm and Control Logic
PRAG - Performance Risk Management Group
PRAM - Pipelined Random Access Memory
PRAT - Production Reliability Acceptance Test
PRB - Policy Review Board
PRB - Procurement Review Board
PRB - Propeller Bulletin
PRBAC - Partition Rule Base Access Control
PRBS - Pseudo Random Binary Sequence
PRC - PRivate Channel
PRC - Planning Research Corporation
PRC - Portable Recompression Chamber
PRC - Propeller Change
PRD - Presidential Review Directive
PRD - Projected Rotation Date
PRDA - Program Research and Development Announcement
PRDR - Preproduction Reliability Design Review
PRE-EX - Pre-Exercise
PREIS - Prototype Engineering Information System
PREMO - Presentation Environment for Multimedia Objects
PREP - Programmable Electronics Performance
PREPO - Propositioning
PREREADEX - Pre-Readiness Exercise
PRES - Present
PRESS - Pressure
PRETT - PATRIOT Radar Emulator Test Tool
PRF - Pulse Repetition Frequency
PRG - Program Review Group
PRI - Primary
PRI - Primary Rate Interface
PRI - Priority
PRICE-S - Parametric Review of Information for Costing and Evaluation - Software
PRIMES - Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems
PRIMES - Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronics Systems
PRISM - Parameterized Real-Time Ionospheric Specification Model
PRISM - Partnership for Research in Information Systems Management
PRISM - Portable Reusable Integrated Software Modules
PRISM - Portable Reuseable Integrated Software Modules
PRISM - Portable, Reusable, Integrated Software Modules
PRM - Partner Relationship Management
PRM - Performance Reference Model
PRM - Performance Report Messages
PRM - Protocol Reference Model
PRMD - PRivate Management Domain
PRML - Partial-Response Maximum-Likelihood
PRO - Planning and Reporting Officer
PROC - Processor
PROD - Production
PRODEVCEN - Program Development Center
PROFILE - Project
PROLOG - Programming Logic
PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
PROMET - Project Metropolis
PROP - Proprotor
PROPIN - Proprietary Information
PROSUB - Probable Submarine
PROT - Protection
PROTAC - Proposed Tactical
PROTEC - Programmable Ordinance Technology
PROVORG - Providing Organization
PRP - Personnel Reliability Program
PRR - Pilot Record Request
PRR - Production Readiness Review
PRR - Production Revision Record
PRR - Production Revision Request
PRS - Provisioning Requirements Statement
PRST - Probability Ratio Sequential Test
PRT - Program Requirements Team
PRV - Pressure Regulator Valve
PRV - Pressure Relief Valve
PS - Packet Scheduler
PS - Packet Switch
PS - Particle Separater
PS - Portal Services
PS - Post Shakedown (Availability)
PS - PostScript
PS - Power Supply
PS - Pressure Switch
PS/PC - Physical Security/Pilferage Code
PSA - Personnel Support Activities
PSA - Personnel Support Activity
PSA - Post Shakedown Availability
PSA - Principal Staff Assistant
PSA - Problem Statement Analyzer
PSA - Professional Services Automation
PSA - Program Support Agreement
PSA - Provisional Site Acceptance
PSA - Provisional System Acceptance
PSBR - Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
PSC - Political and Security Committee
PSC - Principal Subordinate Command
PSD - Personnel Support Detachment
PSD - Power Demand Signal
PSD - Power Spectral Density
PSDB - Perceived Situation Database
PSDN - Packet Switched Data Network
PSDN - Public Switched Digital Network
PSDP - Preliminary System Design Plan
PSDS - Postal Source Data Sytem
PSDS - Public Switched Digital Service
PSDU - Physical Layer service Data Unit
PSE - Packet Switch Exchange
PSE - Peculiar Support Equipment
PSE - Power Source Element
PSE - Power Source Equipment
PSE - Project Support Environment
PSESWG - Programming Support Environment Software Working group
PSF - Peace Support Force
PSG - Programmable Sound Generator
PSI - Pounds per Square Inch
PSI - Programmable Serial Interface
PSIA - Pounds per Square Inch Absolute
PSIC - Provisioning System Identifier Code
PSID - Pounds per Square Inch Differential
PSID - Private System IDentification
PSIDS - Private System IDentification Service
PSIDS - Prototype Secondary Information Dissemination System
PSIG - Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
PSK - Phase Shift Keying
PSL - Portable Standard Lisp
PSL - Preferred Supplier List
PSL - Problem Statement Language
PSL - Protected Services List
PSL/PPL - Process Support Language/Process Programming Language
PSL/PSA - Problem Statement Language/Problem Statement Analyzer
PSM - Personal Storage Module
PSM - Please See Me
PSM - Portable Space Model
PSM - Power Supply Module
PSM - Practical Software Measurement
PSM - Processor Support Module
PSM - Professional Staff Member(Congress)
PSMD - Preliminary Ship Manpower Document
PSN - Packet Switched Network
PSN - Packet Switched Node
PSN - Personal Software Network
PSNR - Peak Signal to Noise Ratio
PSO - Peace Support Operation
PSO - Pressure Shut Off
PSO - Primary Strike Objective
PSO - Protocol Supporting Organization
PSO/NO-AIR - Pressure Shut Off No Air
PSP - Personal Software Process
PSP - Power Support Platform
PSP - Print Service Provider
PSP - Programmable Signal Processor
PSP - Public Service Profiles
PSPA - Peace Support Psychological Activities
PSPDN - Packet Switched Public Data Network
PSQM - Perceptual Speech Quality Measure
PSQT - Practical Software Quality Techniques
PSR - Predicted Sonar Range
PSRAM - Pseudo Static Random Access Memory
PSRC - Presidential Selective Reserve Call-up
PSS - Packet Switched Service
PSS - Packet Switched System
PSS - Packet Switching Service
PSS - Physical Source Statements
PSS - Plans and Support Section
PSS - Portable Security System
PSS - Product Support Services
PSS1 - Private Network Signaling System 1
PSSP - Personnel Security and Surety Program
PSTAT - Precipitation Static
PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
PSTS - Precision SIGINT Targeting System
PSTT - Practical Software Testing Techniques
PSU - Port Security Unit
PSU - Power Supply Unit
PSU TRADET - Port Security Unit Training Detachment
PSVP - Pilot Secure Voice Project
PSW - Processor Status Word
PSYOP - Psychological Operations
PSYOPS - Psychological Operations
PSYWAR - Psychological Warfare
PT - Packet Terminal
PT - Part
PT - Payload Type
PT - Pipeline Time
PT - Plain Test
PT - Point
PT - Portable Terminal
PT - Project Team
PT - Test Plan
PTA - Primary Training Activities
PTA - Proposed Technical Approach
PTADB - Planning Terrain Analysis Data Base
PTADDS - Portable Tactical Automated Dependent Surveillance Systems
PTBT - Partial Test Ban Treaty
PTC - Positive Temperature Coefficient
PTC - Power Temperature Control
PTC - Power Temperature Controller
PTCCN - Prototype Tactical Cryptological Communications Network
PTD - Permanent Total Disability
PTD - Provisioning Technical Documentation
PTEL - Prequalified Training Equipment List
PTEP - Prequalified Training Equipment Program
PTF - Platform Task Force
PTH - Plated Through Hole
PTL - Praise The Lord
PTM - Packet Transfer Mode
PTM - Pulse Time Modulation
PTM-TC - Packet Transfer Mode - Transmission Convergence
PTN - Public Telecommunications Network
PTNO - Public Telecommunications Network Operator
PTO - Patent and Trademark Office
PTO - Percent Time Operable
PTO - Public Telecommunications Operator
PTOR - Power Turn On Reset
PTOS - Patriot Tactical Operations Simulation
PTP - Paper Tape Punch
PTP - Peer To Peer (usually written P2P)
PTP - Point To Point
PTP - Predeployment Training Program
PTP - Program Test Plans
PTPCP - Peer To Peer Control Protocols
PTPR - Program Test Procedures and Reports
PTR - Preliminary Technical Review
PTR - Problem Trouble Report
PTR - Program Tape Reader
PTR - Program Trouble Report
PTS - Permanent Threshold Shift
PTT - Part task Trainer
PTT - Plotting Team Trainer
PTT - Post Telegraph and Telephone
PTT - Post, Telephone, and Telegraph
PTT - Postal, Telephone and Telegraph companies
PTT - Public Telephone and Telegraph
PTT - Push To Talk
PTTI - Precise Time and Time Interval
PTU - Process Technology Utilization
PU - Participating Unit
PU - Physical Unit
PU - Processor Utility
PUA - Profiling User Agent
PUB - Publication
PUM - Personal User Mobility
PUMA - Parallel Universal Message Passing Architecture
PUT - Programmable Unijunction Transistor
PV - Present Value
PVA - Portable Vehicle Analyzer
PVA - Process Validation Enterprise
PVC - Permanent Virtual Circuit
PVD - Plain View Displa
PVI - Pilot Vehicle Interface
PVM - Parallel Virtual Machines
PVO - Private Voluntary Organization
PVO - Private Volunteer Organization
PVP - Parallel Vector Platform
PVP - Pipelined Vector Supercomputer
PVRA - Physical Volume Reserved Area
PVS - Periscope View Simulators
PVS - Pipelined Vector Supercomputer
PVSG - Periscope Visual Scene Generator
PVST - Port Visit
PW - Prisoner Of War
PW - Pulse Width
PWA - Password Access
PWA - Printed Wire Assembly
PWA - Printed Wiring Assembly
PWB - Printed Wire Board
PWB - Printed Wiring Board
PWB - Programmer’s Work Bench
PWBS - Program Work Breakdown Structure
PWC - Principal Warfare Commander
PWD - Password
PWDS - Protected Wireline Distribution System
PWF - Personnel Working File
PWFG - Primary Wave Form Generator
PWG - Permanent Working Group
PWHQ - Primary War Headquarters
PWM - Pulse Width Modulation
PWP - Partnership Work Program
PWR - Power
PWR - Prepositioned War Reserves
PWR - Propositioned War Reserve
PWR/GND - Power/Ground
PWRM - Propositioned War Reserve Material
PWRMR - Prepositioned War Reserve Materiel Requirement
PWRMS - Prepositioned War Reserve Materiel Stocks
PWRS - Prepositioned War Reserve Stocks
PWS - Performance Work Statement
PWT-E - Personal Wireless Telecommunications Enhanced (interoperability standard)
PX - Post eXchange
PXD - Post Exercise Discussion
PXE - Post Exercise Evaluation
PXR - Post Exercise Report
PY - Prior Year
PY - Program Year
PZ - Pick-up Zone
Pd - Probability of Detection
Peta - 10**15
PfP - Partnership for Peace
Pk - Probability of Kill
PnP - Ports and Protocols
PoV - Point of View
Poly - Polycrystalline Silicon
Pre-BADD - Pre-Battlefield Awareness Data Dissemination
Pre-IPC - Pre-Initial Planning Conference
Process Identification Nu -
PtSi - Platinum Silicide
Pulse Coded Modulation -
p.d. - Per Diem (Per Day)
ppm - parts per million