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| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAM | Pulse Amplifier Modulation | In English | |
| PAM | Pulse Amplitude Modulation | In English | |
| PAM | Port Autonome de Marseille (www.marseille-port.fr) | In French | → Transport and postal services → France |
| PAM | Psychological Association of Manitoba | In English | → Associations → Psychology → Canada |
| PAM | Programma Alimentare Mondiale = PMA | Programa Mundial d'Alimentos | In Asturian = PAM | Programme Alimentaire Mondial | In French = WFP | World Food Programme | In English = WFP | 세계 식량 계획 | In Korean = WFP | მსოფლიო სასურსათო საბჭო | In Georgian = WFP | 国際連合世界食糧計画 | In Japanese = PMA | Programa Mundial de Alimentos | In Spanish |
In Italian | → United Nations → 6123 → Agricultural sciences |
| PAM | Plan d'Action pour la Méditerranée | In French | |
| PAM | Point Accepted Mutation | In English | → 575 → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PAMA | Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (www.pamalliance.org) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Music → Acoustical engineering |
| PAMELA | Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics | In English | → Astronautics → Astronomy |
| PAMI | Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence | In English | → Artificial intelligence → Computer-based techniques |
| PAMM | Philippines-Australia Ministerial Meeting | In English | → International relations |
| PAMPAS | Pioneering Advanced Mobile Privacy and Security (www.pampas.eu.org) | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Telecommunications |
| PAMS | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics → United States |
| PAN | Polyacrylonitrile | In English | → Chemical technology |
| PAN | Probabilistic Analysis Network | In English | → 5192 |
| PAN | Physics of Atomic Nuclei | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclei |
| PAN | Polska Akademia Nauk (www.pan.pl) | In Polish | → Academies → Mathematics and natural sciences → Poland |
| PAN | Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non identifiés | In French | → Applied sciences, technology |
| PAN-H | Plan d'Action National sur l'Hydrogène et les piles à combustible | In French | → Energy economics → Chemical technology |
| PANS | Personal Area Network System | In English | → Networks, communication |
| PANSS | Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale | In English | → Diagnostics → Psychiatry |
| PANSY | Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS Radar | In English | → Earth sciences → Antarctica |
| PANTER | Poste Auxiliaire de Numérisation, de Tracé et d'Études de Réseaux | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Energy economics → Electrical engineering |
| PANTHER | Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships (www.pantherdb.org) | In English | → Proteins → Biotechnology |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office | In English | |
| PAO | Poker Academy Online | In English | → Entertainment |
| PAO | Российское авторское общество | In Russian | → Russia |
| PAP | Papanicolaou | In German | → Gynaecology → Oncology |
| PAP | Payload Accommodation Plan | In English | → Astronautics |
| PAP | Payload Adapter Plate | In English | → Astronautics |
| PAP | Personnel Assurance Program | In English | → Labour, labour economics → Insurance |
| PAP | Product Assurance Plan | In English | |
| PAP | Procédé Agrégé de Paiement | In French | → Economics |
| PAP | Plan d'Action de Prévention | In French | |
| PAP | Projet Annuel de Performance | In French | → Management |
| PAP | Policy Administration Point | In English | |
| PAP-ND | Projet d'Action Personnalisée – Nouveau Départ | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| PAPA | Projet Annuel de Performance Académique | In French | → Education |
| PApCh | Pure and Applied Chemistry | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Chemistry |
| PAPE | Projet Annuel de Performance d'Établissement | In French | → Education |
| PAPEETE | Pour Améliorer les Performances Énergétiques ET Environnementales | In French | → Energy economics → Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PAPEI | Psychological Association of Prince Edward Island | In English | → Associations → Psychology → Canada |
| PAPG | Peer Assessment Permanent Group | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| PAPG | Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geoscientists | In English | → Associations → Earth sciences → Pakistan |
| PAPG | Programm zur Auswertung von Pappgassenversuchen | In German | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PAPG | Plan d'Amélioration de la Productivité Globale | In French | → Management |
| PApGe | Pure and Applied Geophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Geophysics |
| PAPhS | Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Philosophy, psychology → United States |
| PAPI | Precision Approach Path Indicator | In English | → Transport and postal services → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| PAPI | Point d'Accès Public à Internet | In French | → Internet |
| PAPL | Project-Approved Parts List | In English | |
| PApPh | Pure and Applied Physics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PAQ | Plan d'Assurance Qualité | In French | → Quality management |
| PAR | Population Adjusted Relative (Risk Calculation) | In English | → Demography → Accidents, risks, safety |
| PAR | Planning Action Request | In English | |
| PAR | Precision Approach Radar | In English | → Transport and postal services → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| PAR | Problem Accountability Record | In English | → Records management → Quality management |
| PAR | Problem Action Report | In English | |
| PAR | Problem Action Request | In English | |
| PAR | Product Acceptance Review | In English | → Quality management |
| PAR | Photosynthetically Active Radiation | In English | → Earth sciences → Biological sciences |
| PAR | Perimeter Acquisition Radar | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PARACHUTE | Participation in RAndomized trials Compromised by widely Held beliefs aboUt lack of Treatment Equipoise | In English | → Traumatology → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| PARADISEC | Pacific And Regional Archive for DIgital Sources in Endangered Cultures | In English | → Libraries → Language, linguistics, literature → Geography, biography, history |
| PARAK | Programme d'appui rural Aga Khan | In French | → Development → Agricultural sciences → Regional planning |
| PARB | Problem Assessment Review Board | In English | |
| ParC | Parallel Computing | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer science |
| PARC | Palo Alto Research Center (www.parc.com) | In English | → Research institutes → Computer science |
| PARE | Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment | In English | → Biological sciences → Zoology → Anatomy |
| PARE-PAP | Plan d'Aide à la Recherche d'Emploi - Projet d'Action Personnalisée | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| PAREL | Programme d'Aide à la Remise en État des Logements | In French | → Accommodation |
| PaReL | Pattern Recognition Letters | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer-based techniques |
| PARLACEN | Parlamento Centroamericano (www.parlacen.org.gt) | In Spanish | → International relations → Parliaments, representation |
| PARM | Permanencier Auxiliaire de Régulation Médicale | In French | → Traumatology |
| PARS | Property Accountability Record System | In English | → Records management → Accounting |
| PARS | Property Accounting and Reporting System | In English | → Accounting |
| PARS | Programmed Airline Reservation System | In English | → Software → Transport by air → Tourism |
| PARTAJ | Plan d'Accompagnement Régional et Territorial pour l'Avenir des Jeunes | In French | → Regional administration → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| PARTEI | Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung & basisdemokratische Initiative | In German | → Political parties and movements |
| PAS | Publicly Available Specifications | In English | → Standardization |
| PAS | Percussive Arts Society | In English | → Organizations and associations → Music |
| PAS | Parti Islam SeMalaysia | In Malay | → Political parties and movements → Islam |
| PAS | Personen uit het Autisme Spectrum | In Dutch | → Neurology |
| PAS | Publicly Available Specification | In English | |
| PAS | Payload Accommodation Study | In English | → Astronautics |
| PAS | Primary Alerting System | In English | |
| PAS | Problem Assessment System | In English | |
| PAS | Productivity, Affordability, and Supportability | In English | |
| PAS | Prêt à l'Accession Sociale | In French | → Finance → Accommodation |
| PAS | Programme d'Ajustement Structurel | In French | |
| PAS | Produit d'Activation des Structures | In French | → Chemistry → Nuclear technology |
| PASA | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Australia |
| PASA | Permutateur Automatique de Sources d'Alimentation | In French | → Electrical engineering |
| PASAu | Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → Australia |
| PASC | Pacific Area Standards Congress | In English | → Congresses → Standardization |
| PASC | Programa de Alcance a la Sociedad Civil | In Spanish | |
| PASCAL | Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling and Computational Learning (www.pascal-network.org) | In English | → Artificial intelligence |
| PASJ | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PASK | Publications of the Academy of Science Kasakstan | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PASO | Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture | In English | → Software |
| PASOLS | Pacific Area Senior Officer Logistics Seminar | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PASP | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PASPS | Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Supplement | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PASR | Problem Analysis Status Report | In English | |
| PASS | Primary Avionics Software System | In English | → Software → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| PASS | Planning and Scheduling System | In English | |
| PASS | Permanence d'Accès aux Soins de Santé | In French | → Medicine |
| PASSaGE | Pattern Analysis, Spatial Statistics and Geographic Exegesis | In English | → Computer-based techniques → Geography |
| PASTEL | Plateforme d'Assistance Technique Européenne en Lorraine | In French | → Research policy → Regional administration → France |
| PASTI | Public Address Speech Transmission Index | In English | → Telecommunications → Acoustical engineering |
| PASTISS | Professional Analysis Software Tool for Inflatable Space Structures | In English | → Software → Mechanical engineering |
| PAT | Phi Alpha Theta | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| PAT | Problem Action Team | In English | |
| PAT | Production Acceptance Test | In English | → Quality management |
| PAT | Prime à l'Aménagement du Territoire | In French | → Regional planning |
| PATE | Performance Analysis, Test, and Evaluation | In English | |
| PATH | Program for Appropriate Technology in Health | In English | → Medicine |
| PATH | Partners for Advanced Transit and Higways | In English | → Organizations and associations → Transport and postal services |
| PATH | Performance Analysis and Test History | In English | |
| PATH | Postflight Attitude and Trajectory History | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PATH | A Principled Approach to Humanitarian Action (www.unicef.org/pathtraining/) | In English | → United Nations |
| PATHS | Precursor Above-The-Horizon Sensor | In English | |
| PATONN | Physics and Technology of Nanotubes@Nanotubes | In English | |
| PATP | Preliminary Authority To Proceed | In English | |
| PATRACDR | Personnel, Armement, Tenue, Radio, Alimentation, Commandement, Déroulement, Rendez-vous | In French | → Firefighting → Telecommunications |
| PATRIARCHE | Patrimoine Archéologique | In French | → Databases → Archeology |
| PATS | Payload Avionics Test Station | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PATS | Program for Analysis of Time Series | In English | |
| PAU | Polska Akademia Umiejętności (www.pau.krakow.pl) | In Polish | → Academies → Poland |
| PauLLA | Pau Logiciels Libres Association | In French | → Associations → Software → Operating systems |
| PAUTx | University of Texas Publications in Astronomy | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → United States |
| PAV | Pressure-Actuated Valve | In English | |
| PAV | Project Algemene Vakken in het BSO | In Dutch | |
| PAVC | Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Vaccine Consortium | In English | → Organizations and associations → Immunology and allergy |
| PAVE | Profession Architecture, Ville et Environnement | In French | → Research institutes → Regional planning → Architecture |
| PAW | Plasma Arc Welding | In English | → Plasma physics → Metallurgy |
| PAWS | Personal Atlas Work Station | In English | |
| PAZ | Precautionary Action Zone | In English | |
| PAZE | Podlaska Agencja Zarzidzania Energii | In Polish | → Energy economics |
| PB | Point de Branchement | In French | → Telecommunications |
| PBAN | Polybutadiene Arcylonitrile | In English | → Chemical technology |
| PBB | Polybromobiphényle = PBB | Polybromierte Biphenyle | In German = PBB | Polybrominated biphenyl | In English |
In French | → Chemicals |
| PBB | Polybromierte Biphenyle = (look above) |
In German | → Chemicals |
| PBB | Polybrominated biphenyl = (look above) |
In English | → Chemicals |
| PBB | Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu = UN | Unuigintaj Nacioj | In Esperanto = ONU | Organisation des Nations Unies | In French = ONU | Organizazión d'as Nazions Unitas | In Aragonese = ААН | Арганіза́цыя Аб'ядна́ных На́цый | In Belarusian = VN | Verenigde Nasies | In Afrikaans = ONU | Organización de les Naciones Uníes | In Asturian = OOH | Организацията на обединените нации | In Bulgarian = ABU | Aozadur ar Broadoù Unanet | In Breton = ПНО | Пĕрлешнĕ Нацисен Организацийĕ | In Chuvash = FN | Feriene Naasjes | In Frisian = UN | United Nations | In English = NBE | Nazio Batuen Erakundea | In Basque = ONU | Organización das Nacións Unidas | In Occitan = UN | Unuiĝinta Naciaro | In Esperanto = UN | Ujedinjeni Narodi | In Bosnian = CN | Consociatio Nationum | In Latin = FN | Forenede Nationer | In Danish = UN | Unionita Nacioni | In Ido = ONU | Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite | In Italian = KU | Kenedhlow Unys | In Cornish = ONU | Organització de les Nacions Unides | In Catalan = ΟΗΕ | Οργανισμός Ηνωμένων Εθνών | In Greek = ΗΕ | Ηνωμένα Έθνη | In Greek = ONU | Organización de las Naciones Unidas | In Spanish = VN | Vereinte Nationen | In German = VN | Verenigde Naties | In Dutch = VN | Vereent Natiounen | In Letzeburgesh = ООН | Организация Oбъединённых Hаций | In Russian = ONU | Organisacion des Nacions unies | In Franco-Provençal = ONZ | Organizacja Narodów Zjednoczonych | In Polish = BMT | Birlashgan Millatlar Tashkiloti | In Uzbek = ООН | Організація Об'єднаних Націй | In Ukrainian = BM | Birleşmiş Milletler | In Turkish = LHiQ | Liên Hiệp Quốc | In Vietnamese = OKB | Organizata e Kombeve të Bashkuara | In Albanian = OSN | Organizácia Spojených národov | In Slovak = OZN | Organizacija Združenih Narodov | In Slovenian = УН | Уједињене нације | In Serbian = FN | Förenta nationerna | In Swedish = UM | Umoja wa Mataifa | In Swahili = NU | Nazzioni Uniti | In Sicilian = ONU | Organizaţia Naţiunilor Unite | In Romanian = ONU | Organização das Nações Unidas | In Portuguese = VN | Vereenten Natschonen | In Low German = ST | Sameindu Tjóðir | In Faroese = HN | Huñusqa Nasyunkuna | In Quechua = NA | Náisiúin Aontaithe | In Irish = ÜRO | Ühinenud Rahvaste Organisatsioon | In Estonian = SÞ | Sameinuðu þjóðanna | In Icelandic |
In Malay | → International relations → United Nations |
| PBB | Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PBB | Provider Backbone Bridge | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PBB-TE | Provider Backbone Bridge - Traffic Engineering | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PBBC | Progress in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PBBN | Provider Backbone Bridge Network | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PBC | The People's Bank of China (http://www.pbc.gov.cn/) | In English | → Banks → China |
| PBD | Payload Bay Door | In English | → Mechanical engineering → Astronautics |
| PBDAC | Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit | In English | → Banks → Development → Agricultural sciences |
| PBDE | Polybromodiphényléther = PBDE | Polybromierte Diphenylether | In German = PBDE | Polybrominated diphenyl ether | In English |
In French | → Chemicals |
| PBDE | Polybromierte Diphenylether = (look above) |
In German | → Chemicals |
| PBDE | Polybrominated diphenyl ether = (look above) |
In English | → Chemicals |
| PBDI | Prise de Branchement avec Déclencheur Intégré | In French | → Energy economics |
| PBDM | Payload Bay Door Mechanism | In English | → Mechanical engineering → Astronautics |
| PBEB | Provider Backbone Edge Bridge | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PBeiO | Publications of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Observatories → Astronomy → China |
| PBG | Produadur Broadel Gros | In Breton | → Economics |
| PBI | Polybenzimidezole | In English | → Chemical technology |
| PBI | Push-Button Indicator | In English | |
| PBIC | Programmable Buffer Interface Card | In English | → Computer hardware → Software |
| PBIM | Programmable Buffer Interface Module | In English | → Software → Human-computer interaction |
| PBioS | Proceedings: Biological Sciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Biological sciences |
| PBK | Payload Bay Kit | In English | → Astronautics |
| PBL | Payload Bay Liner | In English | → Astronautics |
| PBL | Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte | In English | → Blood and circulatory system → Immunology and allergy |
| PBL | Policy Block List | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| PBM | Program Business Management | In English | → Management |
| PBMB | Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PBMC | Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell | In English | → Blood and circulatory system |
| PBosO | Publications of the Bosscha Observatory Lembang | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PBP | Preburner Pump | In English | |
| PBPS | Postboost Propulsion System | In English | → Vehicle engineering |
| PBR | Ponction-Biopsie Rénale | In French | → Diagnostics |
| PBrn | Publications of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Borneo | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline | In English | → Biological sciences |
| PBS | Payload Berthing System | In English | → Astronautics |
| PBS | Program Breakdown Structure | In English | |
| PBS | Protective Breathing System | In English | |
| PBS | Portable Batch System | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| PBS | Public Broadcasting Service | In English | → Telecommunications |
| PBS | Papier Büro und Schreibwaren | In German | → Paper and board industry |
| PBS | Pfadibewegung Schweiz (www.pbs.ch) | In German | → Organizations and associations → Switzerland |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme | In English | → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| PBS | Personel Bilgi Sistemi | In Turkish | |
| PBS | Porter Batiste Stoltz | In English | → Music |
| PBS | Production Base Support | In English | |
| PBS | Print Batch Services | In English | → Software → Peripheral devices |
| PBT | Provider Backbone Transport | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PBT | Polybutylene Terephthalate | In English | → Chemicals |
| PBTS | Payload Bay Transfer System | In English | → Astronautics |
| PBV | Postboost Vehicle | In English | → Vehicle engineering |
| PBV | Post Boost Vehicle | In English | → Military engineering → Astronautics |
| PBW | Particle-Beam Weapon | In English | → Military engineering |
| PBW | Proportional Bandwidth | In English | |
| PBX | Private Branch Exchange | In English | → Telecommunications |
| PC | Programming Committee | In English | → Management |