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| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDS | Product Distribution Subsystem | In English | |
| PDS | Production Data Sheet | In English | |
| PDS | Pyrotechnic Device Simulator | In English | |
| PDS | Plan de Développement Stratégique | In French | → Management |
| PDSA | People's Dispensary for Sick Animals | In English | → Organizations and associations → Veterinary medicine |
| PDSCC | Projet de Développement des Services à la Clientèle Courante | In French | |
| PDSDL | Python-based Dynamic System Description Language | In English | → Programming languages |
| PDT | Payload Data Tape | In English | → Astronautics |
| PDT | Product Development Team | In English | |
| PDT | Peripheral Detection Task | In English | |
| PDTR | Proposed Draft Technical Report | In English | |
| PDU | Plan de Déplacements Urbains | In French | → Transport and postal services |
| PDU | Protocol Data Unit | In English | → Networks, communication |
| PDU | Plan de Déplacement Urbain | In French | → Regional planning → Transport and postal services |
| PDU | Pilot Display Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PDU | Power Drive Unit | In English | → Energy economics |
| PDU | Pressure Distribution Unit | In English | → Mechanical engineering |
| PDU | Pulse Detection Unit | In English | |
| PDU | Plan de Développement Urbain | In French | → Regional planning |
| PDUG | Plan de Desserte Urbain Gaz | In French | → Regional planning → Energy economics |
| PDUIF | Plan de Déplacements Urbains d'Ile-de-France | In French | → Public administration, government → Transport and postal services → France |
| PDV | Pressure Disconnect Valve | In English | |
| PDV | Porez na dodatu vrijednost = BTW | Belasting op Toegevoegde Waarde | In Afrikaans = IVA | Impost sobre el valor afegit | In Catalan = ДДС | Данъкът върху добавената стойност | In Bulgarian = VAT | Value Added Tax | In English = AVI | Aldonvalora imposto | In Esperanto = ΦΠΑ | Φόρος Προστιθέμενης Αξίας | In Greek = DPH | Daň z přidané hodnoty | In Czech = Moms | Meromsætningsafgift | In Danish = IVA | Impuesto al Valor Agregado | In Spanish = MwSt | Mehrwertsteuer | In German = BTW | Belasting over de Toegevoegde Waarde | In Dutch = MVA | Merverdiavgift | In Norwegian = PVM | Pridėtinės vertės mokestis | In Lithuanian = IVA | Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto | In Italian = VASK | Virðisaukaskattur | In Icelandic = PPN | Pajak Pertambahan Nilai | In Indonesian = Áfa | Általános forgalmi adó | In Hungarian = PDV | Porez na dodanu vrijednost | In Croatian = ALV | Arvonlisävero | In Finnish = מע"מ | מס ערך מוסף | In Hebrew = KDV | Katma Değer Vergisi | In Turkish = VAT | ภาษีมูลค่าเพิ่ม | In Thai = VAT | மதிப்புக் கூட்டு வரி | In Tamil = DPH | Daň z pridanej hodnoty | In Slovak = НДС | Налог на добавленную стоимость | In Russian = TVA | Taxa pe valoarea adăugată | In Romanian = IVA | Imposto sobre o Valor Acrescentado | In Portuguese = VAT | 增值税 | In Chinese |
In Bosnian | → Taxes, duties |
| PDV | Porez na dodanu vrijednost = BTW, IVA, ДДС, VAT, AVI, ΦΠΑ, DPH, Moms, MwSt, MVA, PVM, VASK, PPN, Áfa, ALV, מע"מ, KDV, НДС, TVA (look above) |
In Croatian | → Taxes, duties |
| PDZ | Point de Distribution de Zone | In French | → Telecommunications |
| PE | Polyethylen | In English | → Plastic industry |
| PE | Primärenergie | In German | → Energy economics |
| PE | Polyethylene | In English | → Plastic industry → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| PE | Parlamento Europeo (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP | Eŭropa Parlamento | In Esperanto = EP | European Parliament | In English = EP | Europäisches Parlament | In German = ΕΚ | Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο | In Greek = EP | Evropský parlament | In Czech = PE | Parlament Europeu | In Catalan = ЕП | Европейски парламент | In Bulgarian = AP | Avropa Parlamenti | In Azerbaijani = PE | Parlement Européen | In French = EP | Europäescht Parlament | In Letzeburgesh = PE | Parlamento Europeo | In Italian = EP | Európai Parlament | In Hungarian = EP | Európsky parlament | In Slovak = PE | Parlamentul European | In Romanian = PE | Parlamento Europeu | In Portuguese = PE | Parlament Europejski | In Polish = EP | Europees Parlement | In Dutch |
In Spanish | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Parity Error | In English | → Computer science |
| PE | Payload Element | In English | → Astronautics |
| PE | Plasma Effects | In English | → Plasma physics |
| PE | Processing Element | In English | |
| PE | Program Element | In English | |
| PE | Program Exception | In English | |
| PE | Project Engineering | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PE | Project Engineer | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PE | Parlament Europeu (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP, ΕΚ, ЕП, AP (look above) |
In Catalan | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Parlement Européen (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP, ΕΚ, ЕП, AP (look above) |
In French | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Parlamento Europeo (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP, ΕΚ, ЕП, AP (look above) |
In Italian | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Parlamentul European (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP, ΕΚ, ЕП, AP (look above) |
In Romanian | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Parlamento Europeu (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP, ΕΚ, ЕП, AP (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Parlament Europejski (www.europarl.europa.eu) = EP, ΕΚ, ЕП, AP (look above) |
In Polish | → Parliaments, representation → European Union → Europe |
| PE | Préjudice Esthétique | In French | → Civil law → Plastic surgery |
| PE | Professeur des Écoles | In French | → Education |
| PEA | Payload Electronics Assembly | In English | → Electronics → Astronautics |
| PEA | Preliminary Environmental Analysis | In English | |
| PEAEC | Participation des Employeurs Agricoles à l'Effort de Construction | In French | → Taxes, duties → Construction → Accommodation |
| PEAG | Pustulose Exanthématique Aiguë Généralisée = AGEP | Acute Generalised Exanthematous Pustulosis | In English |
In French | → Dermatology → Immunology and allergy → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| PEAP | Personal Egress Air Pack | In English | |
| PEAQ | Perceptual Evaluation of Audio Quality | In English | → Acoustical engineering |
| PEAR | Program Explanation Analysis Required | In English | |
| PEB | Pacific Economic Bulletin | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Economics |
| PEB | Plan d'Exposition au Bruit | In French | → Politics |
| PEB | Prêt Entre Bibliothèques | In English | → Libraries |
| PEB | Performance Evaluation Board | In English | → Management |
| PEB | Program Element Breakdown | In English | |
| PEC | Proposal Evaluation Criteria | In English | → Management |
| PEC | Post Energie Combinatie | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Sport, physical exercises |
| PEC | Parallel Earth Conductor | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PEC | Protective Earth Conductor | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PEC | Professional Education Center | In English | → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| PECC | Pacific Economic Cooperation Council | In English | → International relations → Economics |
| PECIP | Productivity Enhancing Capital Investment Program | In English | → Engineering, technology → Finance |
| PECO | Pays d'Europe Centrale et Orientale | In French | → Geography |
| PECP | Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PECT | Plan Énergie Climat Territorial | In French | → Regional administration → Energy economics → Meteorology, climatology → Environmental protection |
| PEDB | Payload Engineering Database | In English | → Astronautics |
| PEE | Plan Environnement Entreprise | In French | → Environmental protection |
| PEE | Plan d'Épargne d'Entreprise | In French | → Finance |
| PEE | Procédure d'Exécution d'Essais | In French | → Applied sciences, technology |
| PEEC | Participation des Employeurs à l'Effort de Construction | In French | → Labour, labour economics → Accommodation |
| PEEI | Physics and Evolution of the Earth's Interior | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Geophysics |
| PEEK | Polyetheretherketone | In English | → Plastic industry |
| PEEP | Parents d'Élève de l'Enseignement Public (www.peep.asso.fr) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Education → France |
| PEER | Partnership for Eastern Economic Revitalization | In English | → International economic cooperation |
| PEF | Pôle Entrepreneuriat Féminin | In French | → Economics |
| PEF | Pôle (interdisciplinaire) d'Études Françaises | In French | → Higher education, universities → Language, linguistics, literature |
| PEFC | Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification | In English | → Forestry |
| PEFMC | Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell | In English | → Energy economics |
| PEFPN | Physica Energiae Fortis et Physica Nuclearis | In Latin | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| PEFU | Payload Effects Follow-Up Study | In English | → Astronautics |
| PEG | Powered Explicit Guidance | In English | |
| PEG | Poly-Ethylène Glycol | In French | → Chemistry → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PEGASUS | Preliminary Expert Ground Analysis Scheduler | In English | → Management |
| PEGASUS | Partnership for a European Group of Aeronautic and Space Universities | In French | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Higher education, universities → Aeronautics, aircraft → Vehicle engineering |
| PEGC | Professeur d'Enseignement Général des Collèges | In French | → Education |
| PEGC | Professeur d'Enseignement Général de Collège | In French | → Education |
| PEI | Projet Entreprise Innovante | In French | → 3384 → 650115 |
| PEI | Polyetherimide | In English | → Plastic industry |
| PEIA | Prosopography of Early Islamic Administration | In English | → Islam → Public administration, government |
| PEIPRB | Prince Edward Island Psychologists Registration Board | In English | → Organizations and associations → Psychology → Canada |
| PEIR | Project Equipment Inspection Record | In English | → Records management |
| PEJ | Portugala Esperanto-Junularo | In Esperanto | → Associations → Artificial languages (linguistics) → Portugal |
| PEJ | Pola Esperanto-Junularo | In Esperanto | → Organizations and associations → Artificial languages (linguistics) |
| PEK | Perfektiga Esperanto-Kurso | In Esperanto | → Education → Artificial languages (linguistics) |
| PEL | Plan d'Épargne Logement | In French | → Banks → Accommodation |
| PELS | Projet d'Économie Locale et Sociale | In French | → Economics → Social welfare |
| PEM | Payload Electronics Module | In English | → Electronics → Astronautics |
| PEM | Particle Environment Monitor | In English | |
| PEM | Por-Esperanta Mormonaro | In Esperanto | → Organizations and associations → Christianity → Artificial languages (linguistics) |
| PEM | Plant Engineering and Maintenance | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PEM | Privacy Enhanced Mail | In English | → Software |
| PEMEX | Petróleos Mexicanos (www.pemex.com) | In Spanish | → Mining → Energy economics → Mexico |
| PEMFC | Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell | In English | → Vehicle engineering → Electrical engineering → Plastic industry |
| PEMFC | Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell | In English | → Energy economics |
| PEMS | Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mathematics |
| PENCE | Promouvoir Ensemble le Nouveau Confort Électrique | In French | → Electrical engineering |
| PENELOP | Protocole Étendu et Normalisé d'Échanges en Ligne pour les Opérations Patrimoniales | In French | → Networks, communication → Banks |
| PENELOPE | Promoting ENergy Efficiency to Local Organisations through dissemination Partnerships in Europe | In English | → Energy economics |
| PEO | Private Education Organization | In English | → Education |
| PEO | Project Engineering Office | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PEO | Program Executive Officer | In English | → Management |
| PEP | Pôle Européen de Plasturgie | In French | → Organizations and associations → Plastic industry |
| PEP | Postexpositionelle Prophylaxe | In German | → Personal health and hygiene |
| PEP | Peak Envelope Power | In English | |
| PEP | Plant Engineering Procedure | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PEP | Power Extension Package | In English | |
| PEP | Proposal Evaluation Panel | In English | → Management |
| PEP | Plant Equipment Package | In English | |
| PEP | Productibility Engineering and Planning | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PEP | Policy Enforcement Point | In English | |
| PEPI | Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Geophysics → Planets and satellites |
| PÉPINES | Promotion des estriennes pour initier une nouvelle équité sociale | In French | → Feminism |
| PEPITE | Projet d'Évolution du PIlotage de Toutes les Entités | In French | → Management |
| PEQ | Palestine Exploration Quarterly | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Archeology |
| PER | Plan d'Exposition aux Risques | In French | → Management → Accidents, risks, safety |
| PER | Preliminary Engineering Report | In English | → Management → Engineering, technology |
| PERB | Public Employment Relations Board | In English | → Organizations and associations → Labour, labour economics → Personnel management |
| PerCo | Perkins Observatory Contributions | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PERG | Programme d'Électrification Rurale Global | In French | → Electrical engineering → Regional planning |
| PERL | Practical Extraction and Report Language | In English | → Computer programs |
| PERM | Programmgesteuerte Elektronische Rechenanlage | In German | → Computer hardware |
| PERP | Parts and Equipment Reliability Program | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PERSEE | Plate-forme d'Études et de Recherches en SÉcurité Évolutive | In French | |
| PERT | Program Evaluation Research Task | In English | → Research policy |
| PERT | Program Evaluation and Review Technique | In English | → Management → Engineering, technology |
| PERTNAP | PERT Network Automatic Plotting | In English | |
| PES | Public Employment Service | In English | → Labour, labour economics → Public administration, government |
| PES | Party of European Socialists (www.pes.org) = PES | Partia Europejskich Socjalistów | In Polish = PSE | Parti Socialiste Européen | In French = ESP | Europeiska socialdemokratiska partiet | In Swedish = PSE | Partito del Socialismo Europeo | In Italian |
In English | → Socialist parties → Europe |
| PES | Partia Europejskich Socjalistów (www.pes.org) = PSE, ESP (look above) |
In Polish | → Socialist parties → Europe |
| PES | Photoelectric Scanner | In English | → Electronics → Graphic industries, printing, publishing |
| PES | Polyéthersulfone | In French | → Chemical technology |
| PESC | Politique Étrangère et de Sécurité Commune = CFSP | Common Foreign and Security Policy | In English = GASP | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | In German = WPZiB | Wspólna polityka zagraniczna i bezpieczeństwa | In Polish = GBVB | Gemeenschappelijk Buitenlands en Veiligheidsbeleid | In Dutch = PESC | Politica Estera e di Sicurezza Comune | In Italian = SZPB | Společná zahraniční a bezpečnostní politika | In Czech = СЗБП | Спільна зовнішня та безпекова політика | In Ukrainian = SZPB | Spoločná zahraničná a bezpečnostná politika | In Slovak = PESC | Política Externa e de Segurança Comum | In Portuguese = FUSP | Felles utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitikk | In Norwegian |
In French | → European Union → International relations → Police |
| PESC | Politica Estera e di Sicurezza Comune = CFSP, GASP, WPZiB, GBVB, SZPB, СЗБП, FUSP (look above) |
In Italian | → European Union → International relations → Police |
| PESC | Política Externa e de Segurança Comum = CFSP, GASP, WPZiB, GBVB, SZPB, СЗБП, FUSP (look above) |
In Portuguese | → European Union → International relations → Police |
| PESD | Politique Européenne de Sécurité et de Défense | In French | → Military affairs → European Union |
| PESSL | Parallel Engineering and Scientific Subroutine Library | In English | → Programming languages → Mathematics and natural sciences → Engineering, technology |
| PET | Persona-Enabling Toolkit | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PET | Performance Enhancement Team | In English | → Management |
| PET | Performance/Endurance Tradeoff | In English | |
| PET | Phase Elapsed Time | In English | |
| PET | Production Environmental Test | In English | |
| PET | Program Elapsed Time | In English | |
| PET | Personal Electronic Transactor | In English | → Computer hardware |
| PET | Protective Earth Terminal | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PETA | Performance Evaluation and Trend Analysis | In English | |
| PETDB | Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor | In English | → Petrology |
| PETE | Polyethylene Terephthalate | In English | → Plastic industry → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| PETHA | Programme Ecorégional pour les Tropiques Humides et Subhumides de l'Afrique Subsaharienne = EPHTA | Ecoregional Programme for Humid and Subhumid Tropics of Subsaharan Africa | In English |
In French | → 5023 → Africa |
| PETN | Petaerythrite Tetranitrate | In English | → Chemistry |
| PETS | Performance/Endurance Tradeoff Study | In English | |
| PETSCII | PET Standard Code of Information Interchange | In English | → Computer science |
| PEV | Paul-Émile Victor | In French | |
| PEV | Parti Évangélique (www.evppev.ch) = EVP | Evangelische Volkspartei | In German |
In French | → Political parties and movements → Christianity → Switzerland |
| PEV | Programme Élargi de Vaccination | In French | → Medicine |
| PEX | Partage d'EXpérience | In French | |
| PEXI | Pupitre d'EXploitation Informatisé | In French | → Computer hardware |
| PF | Parachute Facility | In English | |
| PF | Payload Function | In English | → Astronautics |
| PF | Power Factor | In English | |
| PF | Powered Flight | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PF | Pulse Frequency | In English | |
| PF | Projet de formation | In French | → Research policy → Education |
| PF | Prestations Familiales | In French | → Social welfare |
| PF | Performance Factor | In English | → Quality management |
| PF | Protocole Facultatif = OP | Optional Protocol | In English |
In French | → International law |
| PF&CO | Publications of the Flower and Cook Astronomical Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PFA | Paralysie flasque aiguë | In French | → Pathology |
| PFA | Palmdale Final Assembly | In English | |
| PFA | Probability of False Alarm | In English | |
| PFAO | Publications of the Flower Astronomical Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PFB | Payload Feedback | In English | → Astronautics |
| PFB | Payload Forward Bus | In English | → Computer architecture → Astronautics |
| PFB | Position Feedback | In English | |
| PFB | Pressure-Fed Booster | In English | |
| PFC | Performance Flight Certification | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PFC | Postflight Checklist | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PFC | Power Factor Corrector | In English | |
| PFC | Preliminary Flight Configuration | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PFC | Plasma Frais Congelé | In French | → Blood and circulatory system → Pharmacology, toxicology |
| PFC | Puttense Football Club | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Football and rugby |
| PFC | Power-Factor-Corrected | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PFCE | Prestation Fiscale Canadienne pour Enfants | In French | → Taxes, duties → Social welfare |
| PFCF | Payload Flight Control Facility | In English | → Astronautics |
| PFCS | Primary Flight Control System | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| PFF | Postfactory Functional | In English | |
| PFGE | Pulsed-Field Gel Electroporesis | In English | → Biological sciences |
| PFI | Plattform für Innovationsmanagement | In German | |
| PFI | Plates-Formes Intégratrices | In French | → Engineering, technology |