List of acronyms and initialisms
(Starting with "P")
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This list contains acronyms,
initialisms, and pseudo-blends.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g.,
SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or
portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)
WPA Wyoming Pipeline Authority, http://www.wyopipeline.com/
P
P0-9
- P2P - (i) Peer-to-peer (networking)
- P3I or P³I - (i) PrePlanned Product Improvement
PA
- pa - (s) Punjabi language (ISO 639-1 code)
- pA - (s) picoampere
- Pa - (s) pascal - Protactinium
- PA - (s) Panama (ISO 3166 digram) - Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 country code) - (i) Partial Agonist - (s) Pennsylvania (postal symbol) - petampere - (i) PolyAmide (Nylon) - Prince Albert piercing - Public Address (vocal amplification system) - Public Affairs
- PA 6 - (s) Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly for PA 11, 12, 46, 66, 610)
- PAA - (i) Position Area for Artillery
- PAB - (s) Panamanian balboa (ISO 4217 currency code)
- PABX - (p) Private Automated Branch eXchange (company phone system)
- PAC - (i) Pan Africanist Congress - (a) Partial Solar Calibrator - Patriot Advanced Capabilities - Political Action Committee - (a/i) Primary Auditory Cortex
- PACOM - (p) (U.S.) Pacific Command
- PADI - (a) Professional Association of Diving Instructors
- PAEK - (i) PolyArylEtherKetone
- PAFC - (i) Plymouth Argyle Football Club
- PAHO - (i) Pan American Health Organization
- PAI - (i) PolyAmide Imide
- PAI - (i) Pre-Approval Inspection (pharma)
- PAK - (s) Pakistan (ISO 3166 trigram)
- Pakistan - (p) Punjab, Afghan states, Kashmir, sIndh, baluchiSTAN
- PAL - (a) Phase Alternating Line (TV standard) - (p) Philippine Airlines
- PAM - (a/i) Precision Attack Missile
- PAMELA - (a) Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics
- PAMELA - (a) Pedestrian Accessibility and Movement Environment Laboratory
- pan - (s) Punjabi language (ISO 639-2 code)
- PAN - (s) Panama (ISO 3166 trigram) - (a) Personal Area Network - (i) PolyAcryloNitrile
- PANS - (a) Pretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
- Pan-STARRS - (p) Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response System
- PAO - (i) Public Affairs Officer
- PAPI - (a) Precision Approach Path Indicator (aviation)
- PARC - (a) Palo Alto Research Center
- PAROS - (a) Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (treaty)
- PARP - (i) (NATO Partnership for Peace) Planning And Review Process
- PARWIG - (a) Power Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane wing shape)
- PAS - See entry
- PASA - (i) PolyAmide, Semi-Aromatic (Nylon)
- PASGT - (i) Personnel Armor System, Ground Troops
- PASR - (i) Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting
- PATH - (a) Port Authority Trans-Hudson
- PAWS - (a) Phased Array Warning System - Progressive Animal Welfare Society
- PAYD - (a) Pay As You Drive
- PAYE - (a) Pay As You Earn
PB
PC
PD
PE
PF
PG
PH
PI
PJ
PK
PL
PM
PN
PO
PP
PQ
PR
PS
PT
PU
PV
PW
PX
PY
PZ
Published - December 2008
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