List of acronyms: P

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter P.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) Compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

P0–9

  • P2P – (i) Peer-to-peer (networking)
  • P3I or P3I – (i) PrePlanned Product Improvement

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PE - Professional Engineer

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  • pi – (s) Pāli language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • Pi – (s) Pebi
  • PI – (i) PolyImide – PolyIsoprene – Private Investigator
  • PIB – (i) PolyIsoButylene
  • PIC – (i) Person In Charge
  • PICNIC – (a) Problem In Chair Not In Computer
  • PICS – (i) Private Investment Capital Subscription
  • PID – (i) Pelvic Inflammatory Disease – (p) Plan Identification Number – Positive Identification – Procedural Identification – (i) Procurement Identification Description
  • PIDOOMA– (a/i) Pulled It Directly Out Of My Ass
  • PIF – (a/i) Partners in Flight
  • PIG – (a) Pipeline Inspection Gauge
  • PIGS (also PIIGS or PIIGGS) – (a) Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain; PIIGS if including Ireland; PIIGGS if including the United Kingdom (Great Britain)
  • PIGS – Passenger Inert Guidance Systems – Movable tape barrier, typically used on airport aprons to guide passengers to/from their aircraft avoiding danger areas.
  • PIM – (a/i) Parameterized Ionospheric Model – Path of Intended Motion – Pediatric Index of Mortality – Personal Information Manager/Management – Presence and Interworking Mobility – Processor-In-Memory – Program Integration Manager – Protocol Independent Multicast
  • PIN – (a) Personal Identification Number
  • PINF – (i) People In Need Foundation (Czech charitable organisation)
  • PIPA – (a/i) Program on International Policy Attitudes
  • PIR – (i) Priority Intelligence Requirement
  • PIRA – (a) Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • PIREPS – (p) Pilot Reports
  • PITA – (a) Pain In The Ass
  • P.I - Philippines Islands
  • PITS - Person In The Seat. A common problem as to why a computer is not working proerly. It is a PITS issue.

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PZ

References

  1. ↑ Manual de comunicación.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
  3. ↑ http://www.thepartnershipofkindermusikeducators.blogspot.com%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ "kindermusik-germany.de".
  5. ↑ "Music Classes for Children and Schools - Kindermusik". Kindermusik.com.
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