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Acronyms
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
| 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-Code | The GPS precision code |
| P-DME | Precision Distance Measuring Equipment |
| P-n-P | Plug and Play |
| P-P | Peak to Peak |
| p.d. | Per Diem (Per Day) |
| P/CR | Problem/Change Report |
| P/N | Part Number |
| P/RAT | Prediction/Resolution Advisory Tool |
| P/RST | Press To Reset |
| P2P | Peer To Peer |
| P2P | Person To Person |
| P3 | Preservation, Packaging and Packing |
| P3I | Preplanned Product Improvements |
| P3P | Platform for Privacy Preferences |
| PA | Passenger Address |
| PA | Power Amplifier |
| 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 |
| PA/CI | Passenger Address/Cabin Interphone |
| PAA | Peer Access Approval |
| PAA | Policy Approving Authority |
| PAAW | Policy Approving Authority Workstation |
| PABX | Private Automatic Branch Exchange |
| PAC | Path Attenuation Compensation |
| 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 |
| PACIS | Passenger Address and Communication Interphone System |
| 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 |
| Paired Channels | TAC or ILS frequency is selected. Most navigation frequency and are automatically selected when the VOR DME channels are paired with a VORTAC or ILS controls have this feature. |
| PAIS | Process Appraisal Information System |
| PAL | Programmable Array Logic |
| 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 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 | Precision Approach Radar. An X-band radar which scans a limited area and is part of the ground-controlled approach system. |
| 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 | Polish Air Traffic Agency |
| PATA | Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment |
| PATB | Police Anti-Terrorism Brigade |
| PATGEN | Patient Generator |
| PATT | Pattern |
| PAU | Passenger Address Unit |
| PAUC | Program Acquisition Unit Cost |
| PAVE | Principles and Applications of Value Engineering |
| PAW | Passive Attack Weapon |
| PAX | Passenger |
| 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 |
| PBID | Post Burn-In Data |
| 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 | Personal Computer |
| PC | Printed Circuit |
| PC | Packet Classifier |
| PC | Peripheral Controller |
| PC | Photoconductive |
| PC | Pocket Calculator |
| PC | Political Committee |
| PC | Prime Contractor |
| PC | Principal Consultant |
| PC | Principals Committee |
| 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 | Printed Circuit Board |
| PCB | Power Cut Back |
| PCB | Process Control Block |
| PCB | Program Control Block |
| PCC | Pilot Controller Communication |
| PCC | Partnership Coordination Cell |
| PCC | Planning Coordination Conference |
| PCC | Pre-activation Communications Channel |
| PCC | Private Control Channel |
| PCC | Procurement Contracting Office |
| 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 |
| PCF | Patrol Craft Fast |
| PCF | Personal Call Forwarding |
| PCFV | Primary Cause for Variability |
| PCG | Policy Coordination Group |
| PCH | Paging Channel |
| PCI | Protocol Control Information. The N-PCI is exchanged between peer network members (OSI Model) to coordinate joint information. |
| 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 |
| PCIP | Precipitation |
| PCIS | Portable Common Interface Set |
| PCIS2 | Portable Common Interface Set 2 |
| PCL | Post Conference List |
| PCL | Printer Command Language |
| PCL | Printer Control Language |
| PCM | Pulse Code Modulation |
| PCM | Physical Connect Management |
| PCM | Plug Compatible Mainframe |
| PCM | Power Converter Module |
| PCM | Production Cost Model |
| 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 | Passenger Control Unit |
| PCU | Power Control Unit |
| 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) |
| Pd | Probability of Detection |
| 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 | Pre-Departure Clearance |
| 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 |
| PDCU | Panel Data Concentrator Unit |
| 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. Standardizes digital descriptions of part configurations and properties needed for manufacturing. |
| 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 |
| Primary Display Function | |
| Portable Document Format | |
| Probability Density Function | |
| 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 | Public Data Network |
| PDN | Packet Data Network |
| PDN | Part Discontinuance Notice |
| PDN | Private Data Network |
| PDO | Physical Device Object |
| PDO | Portable Distributed Objects |
| PDOP | Position Dilution Of Precision. A GPS term for error introduced into the GPS calculations. |
| PDOS | Powered Door Opening System |
| PDP | Power Definition Phase |
| PDP | Power Distribution Panel |
| PDP | Product Development Process |
| PDP | Program Decision Package |
| PDP | Program Development Plan |
| 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 | Primary Display System |
| 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 | Protocol Data Unit. The N-PDU is a combination of the N-PCI and the N-UD or N-SDU. The N-PDU is the total information that is transferred between peer network members (OSI Model) as a unit. |
| PDU | Power Drive Unit |
| PDU | Packet Data 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 | Portable Electronic Devices |
| 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 |
| Performance Index | A relative number used to compare the performance of different radar systems. It is calculated from transmitter peak power, antenna gain, pulse width, prf, antenna beam width and the receiver noise figure. |
| 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 | Pacific Engineering Trials |
| PET | Positron Emission Tomography |
| PET | Propulsion Engineering Trainer |
| PEX | PHIGS Extensions to X-Windows |
| PF | Power Factor |
| 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 |
| PFC | Primary Flight Computer |
| PFCS | Primary Flight Control System |
| PFD | Primary Flight Display. An EFIS presentation substituting for the ADI. |
| PFD | Primary Flight Director. |
| PFD | Power Flux Density |
| PFE | Path Following Error |
| 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 |
| PfP | Partnership for Peace |
| PFR | Pulse Repetition Frequency. The rate at which pulses are transmitted. |
| PFR | Platform Facility Requirement |
| PFR | Power Failure Restart |
| PFR | Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| PFS | Principle For Safety |
| 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 |
| Phase Modulation | A signal in which the phase varies (with respect to the original signal) with the amplitude of the modulatory signal,while the amplitude of the carrier wave remains constant. Similar to a modified frequency modulated signal. |
| 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 Interface Device |
| 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 | Processor Input/Output |
| PIO | Private 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 |
| PIREP | Pilot Report |
| 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 |
| Pitot Pressure | The sum of the static and dynamic pressures and isthe total force per unit area exerted by the air on the surface of a body in motion. |
| Pitot Tube | A forward facing probe attached to the outside of the aircraft to sense the relative pressure of the aircraft moving through the atmosphere. Named for Henri Pitot who first used this method of measuring fluid flow pressure. |
| 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 |
| Pk | Probability of Kill |
| 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 | Power Level Angle |
| 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 | Phase Modulation |
| PM | Pattern Matching |
| PM | Performance Management |
| PM | Periodic Maintenance |
| 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 | Parts Manufacturing Approval |
| 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 |
| PMAT | Portable Maintenance Access Terminal |
| PMB | Performance Measurement Baseline |
| PMBC | Program Managers Briefing Course |
| PMC | Provisional Memory Cover |
| 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-Type Metal Oxide Semiconductor |
| 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 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 | Pseudo Noise |
| PN | Part Number |
| PN | Project Number |
| PNCS | Performance Navigation Computer System |
| 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 |
| PnP | Ports and Protocols |
| 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 | Proof Of Concept |
| POC | Point of Contact |
| 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 |
| PODSL | Packet over DSL |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Polled Mode | An ACARS mode of operation in which the airborne system transmits only in response to received uplink messages (polls). |
| POLO | Parallel Optical Link Organization |
| Poly | Polycrystalline Silicon |
| 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 | Post Office Protocol |
| POP | Precision Optical Performance |
| 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 | Pacific Ocean Region |
| POR | Power On Reset |
| PORTS | Port Characteristics File |
| PORTS | Portable Training System |
| PORTSIM | Port Simulation Model |
| POS | Position |
| POS | Packet Over SONET |
| POS | Peacetime Operating Stocks |
| POS | Point Of Sale |
| POS | Ports Of Support |
| POS | Position line of the OTG message format |
| POS | Positive |
| POS | Probability Of Survival |
| POS/NAV | Positioning/Navigation |
| 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 | Potentiometer |
| POT | Point Of Termination |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone System |
| POTS | Plain Ordinary Telephone System |
| POTUS | President Of The United States |
| POV | Privately Owned Vehicle |
| PoV | Point of View |
| 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 |
