| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPal | Pubblicazioni dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POPar | Publication de l'Observatoire de Paris | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy → France |
| POPB | Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy | In French | → Sport, physical exercises → France |
| POPE | Pilote Opérationnel de Projet d'Entreprise | In French | → Management |
| POPU | Push-Over/Pull-Up | In English | |
| POR | Point of Resolution | In English | |
| POR | Power-On Reset | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| POR | Purchase Order Request | In English | → 34745 |
| PORB | Production Operations Review Board | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PORCN | Production Order Records Change Notice | In English | → Records management → Maintenance and logistics |
| POrCo | Progress in Organic Coatings | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Materials science |
| PORD | Performance and Operations Requirements Document | In English | → Management |
| PORR | Preliminary Operations Requirements Review | In English | |
| PORSEC | Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference | In English | → Congresses → Astronautics → Marine research, oceanography |
| PORTALIS | POste de Référence Technique d'Accès aux Logiciels, Informations et Services | In French | → Computer hardware → Software |
| POS | Plan d'Occupation des Sols | In French | → Regional planning |
| POS | Parent(s) Over Shoulder | In English | |
| POS | Project Organisation System | In English | → 0057 |
| POS | Portable Oxygen System | In English | |
| POS | Probability Of Sufficiency | In English | |
| POS | Part Of Speech | In English | → Linguistics |
| POSA | Peloton Observatie, Surveillance & Arrestatie | In Dutch | → Police |
| POSITIF | Policy-based Security Tools and Framework | In English | |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface | In English | → Software → Human-computer interaction |
| POSL | Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Luxembourgeois (www.lsap.lu) = LSAP | Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei | In Letzeburgesh = LSAP | Luxemburger Sozialistische Arbeiterpartei | In German = LSAP | Luxemburgse Socialistische Arbeiderspartij | In Dutch |
In French | → Socialist parties → Luxembourg |
| POSR | Parti Ouvrier Socialiste Révolutionnaire | In French | → Socialist parties → Anarchist organizations |
| POST | Plan d'Orientation Scientifique et Technique | In French | → Research policy → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology |
| POST | Payload Operations Support Team | In English | → Astronautics |
| POST | Program to Ootimize Simulated Trajectories | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| POStr | Publication de l'Observatoire de Strasbourg | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POT | Proof of Technology | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| POT | Proximity Operations Trainer | In English | → Education |
| POT | Polska Organizacja Turystyczna (www.pso.pl) | In Polish | → Organizations and associations → Tourism → Poland |
| POTor | Pubblicazioni Varie Fuori Serie dell'Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino | In Italian | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POTou | Publications de l'Observatoire de Toulouse | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POTS | Plain Old Telephone Service | In English | → Telecommunications |
| POTUS | President Of The United States | In English | → Politics → Central administration |
| POV | Peak Operating Voltage | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| POV | Pneumatically Operated Valve | In English | |
| POV | Proximity Operations Vehicle | In English | → Vehicle engineering |
| POV | Privately Owned Vehicle | In English | → Vehicle engineering → Transport and postal services |
| POVRO | Publications of the Owens Valley Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| POWDER | Protocol for Web Description Resources | In English | → Software → Internet |
| POWG | Payload Operations Working Group | In English | → Astronautics |
| POWG | Payload Orbital Working Group | In English | → Astronautics |
| POWN | Polska Organizacja Walki o Niepodleglość | In Polish | → Political parties and movements → History → Poland |
| POWS | Project Operating Work Statement | In English | → Management |
| PP | Polypropylen | In English | → Plastic industry |
| PP | Polypropylene | In English | → Plastic industry → Chemicals → Chemistry |
| PP | Préfecture de Police | In French | → Police |
| PP | Partial Pressure | In English | |
| PP | Peak to Peak | In English | |
| PP | Planning Package | In English | |
| PP | Power Plant | In English | → Energy economics → Electrical engineering |
| PP | Premodulation Processor | In English | → Electronics |
| PP | Push-Pull | In English | |
| PP | Pacanowski-Philander | In many languages | |
| PP&C | Program Planning and Control | In English | → Management |
| PP&C | Project Planning and Control | In English | → Management |
| PP&LS | Production Planning and Logistics Support | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PP&WC | Process Planning and Work Control | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPA | Plan de Protection de l'Atmosphère | In French | → 5023 → Meteorology, climatology |
| PPA | Power Pitch-Around | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PPA | Pôle Paris Alternance (www.pgsm-ppa.fr) | In French | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Trade → France |
| PPA | Pandaigdigang Ponetikong Alpabeto = AFI | Alfabetul Fonetic Internaţional | In Romanian = LFE | Lizherenneg Fonetikel Etrebroadel | In Breton = МФА | Международната фонетична азбука | In Bulgarian = IPA | Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet | In Tosk = AFI | Alfabet Fonètic Internacional | In Catalan = IFA | Internacia Fonetika Alfabeto | In Esperanto = IPA | International Phonetic Alphabet | In English = ΔΦΑ | Διεθνές Φωνητικό Αλφάβητο | In Greek = IPA | Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet | In German = API | Alphabet Phonétique International | In French = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Spanish = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Galician = NAF | Nazioarteko Alfabeto Fonetikoa | In Basque = IPA | Internationaalt Phonetescht Alphabet | In Letzeburgesh = AFI | Alfabeto Fonetico Internazionale | In Italian = МФА | Международный фонетический алфавит | In Russian = AFI | Alfabeto Fonético Internacional | In Portuguese = AFI | Alfabet Fonetic Internacionau | In Occitan = IFA | Internationoal Fonetisch Alfabet | In Vlaams = AFN | Alfabeti Fonetik Ndërkombëtar | In Albanian = IFA | Internasionale Fonetiese Alfabet | In Afrikaans = AFI | Alfabetu Fonéticu Internacional | In Asturian = ХГЬА | Халкъаздагьоркьосеб гьаркьазул алфавит | In Avaric = IPA | Internationals Phonetischs Alphabet | In Austro-Bavarian = ХАФӘ́ | Халыҡ-ара фонетик алфавит | BA = МФА | Міжнародны фанетычны алфавіт | In Belarusian = AFE | Alfabèt Fonètico Entèrnacionâl | In Franco-Provençal = YFA | Ynternasjonaal Fonetysk Alfabet | In Frisian = AIF | Aibítir Idirnáisiúnta Foghraíochta | In Irish = API | Alphabeto Phonetic International | In Interlingua = IPA | Internasional a Ponetiko nga Alpabeto | ILO = IFA | Internaciona Fonetik Alfabeto | In Ido = AFN | Alfabeya Fonetîk a Navneteweyî | In Kurdish = API | Abecedarium Phoneticum Internationale | In Latin = AFI | Alfabeta Fonetical Internasional | LFN = TFA | Tarptautinė Fonetinė Abėcėlė | In Lithuanian = МФА | Меѓународна фонетска азбука | In Macedonian = AFA | Abjad Fonetik Antarabangsa | In Malay = AFI | Abc Fonético Anternacional | MWL = IPA | Internatschonal Phoneetsch Alphabet | In Low German = IFA | Internasjonale Fonetiske Alfabetet | In Norwegian = AFI | Alfabèt Fonétiko Internashonal | In Papiamento = IPA | Innernatiunaal Phoneddisch Alphebedd | PDC = EFA | Entanashunal Fonetikl Alfabet | In Pitcairn-Norfolk = MAF | Międzynarodowy Alfabet Fonetyczny | In Polish = AFI | Alfabet Fonétich Intërnassional | PMS = IPA | Internaitional Phonetic Alphabet | SCO = AFN | Alfabeti Fonetik Ndërkombëtar | SQ = МФА | Међународна фонетска абецеда | In Serbian = AFI | Alfabetu Fonétiku Internasionál | In Tetum = МФА | Міжнародний фонетичний алфавіт | In Ukrainian = LFB | Lafab Fonetik Bevünetik | VO |
In Tagalog | → Alphabetic writing systems → Phonetics, phonology |
| PPAR | Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PPAR | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Councils | In English | → Astronomy → Physics |
| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council | In English | → Organizations and associations → Astronomy |
| PPARG | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PPB | Program Performance Baseline | In English | → Management |
| PPB | Provisioning Parts Breakdown | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPC | Pay per click | In English | → 659 |
| PPC | Payload Preparation Complex | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPC | Phased Provisioning Code | In English | |
| PPC | Preprocessing Center | In English | → Computer science |
| PPC | Perfectionnement Professionnel Continu | In French | → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| PPCAS | Publication of the Pomona College Astronomical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PPCF | Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (www.iop.org/EJ/journal/PPCF) | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Plasma physics → Nuclear technology |
| PPCG | (Convention on the) Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide | In English | → International law → Criminal law |
| PPCH | Packet Paging Channel | In English | → Telecommunications |
| PPCM | Plus Petit Commun Multiple = LCM | Least Common Multiple | In English = KGV | Kleinste Gemene Veelvoud | In Dutch = MCM | Mínim Comú Múltiple | In Catalan = NSN | Nejmenší Společný Násobek | In Czech = ggT | Größter gemeinsamer Teiler | In German = PMKO | Plej Malgranda Komuna Oblo | In Esperanto = MCM | Mínimo Común Múltiplo | In Spanish = PYJ | Pienin yhteinen jaettava | In Finnish = LKKT | Legkisebb közös többszörös | In Hungarian = KPK | Kelipatan persekutuan terkecil | In Indonesian = MCM | Minimo Comune Multiplo | In Italian = NWW | Najmniejsza wspólna wielokrotność | In Polish = MMC | Mínimo Múltiplo Comum | In Portuguese = НОК | Наименьшее общее кратное | In Russian = NSN | Najmenší spoločný násobok | In Slovak = НСК | Найменше спільне кратне | In Ukrainian |
In French | → Number theory |
| PPCP | Postprocessing Computer Program | In English | → Computer programs |
| PPCP | Projet Pluridisciplinaire à Caractère Professionnel | In French | → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| PPcPp | Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Electromagnetism |
| PPCR | Pilot Programme on Climate Resilience | In English | → Environmental protection → Meteorology, climatology |
| PPCRB | Post-Prison Community Based Release | In English | → Law, jurisprudence |
| PPCRV | Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (www.ppcrv.org) | In English | → Religion, theology |
| PPCU | Partial Payload Checkout Unit | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPD | Power Pitch-Down | In English | → Electrical engineering |
| PPD | Predefined Process Diagram | In English | |
| PPD | Pilote de Planification et de Déploiement | In French | → Management |
| PPDC | Plate-forme de Préparation et de Distribution du Courrier | In French | → Postal services → France |
| PPE | Partit Popular Europeu | In Catalan | → Political parties and movements |
| PPE | Phase Partitioning Experiment | In English | |
| PPE | Premodulation Processor Equipment | In English | → Electronics |
| PPE | Programme de Principe d'Essais | In French | → Nuclear technology |
| PPE | Post-Production Engineering | In English | → Engineering, technology |
| PPEB | Post-Primary Education Board | In English | → Organizations and associations → Education |
| PPEE | Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Electrical engineering |
| PPEF | Post-Primary Education Forum (www.ppef.ie) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Education |
| PPEP | Plasma Physics and Environmental Perturbation | In English | → Plasma physics |
| PPF | Polar Platform | In English | |
| PPF | Payload Processing Facility | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPF | Primary Processing Facility | In English | |
| PPF | Parti Populaire Français | In French | → Political parties and movements → History → France |
| PPG | Polypropeenglycol | In Dutch | → Chemicals |
| PPG | Plan de Prévention Global | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPGeo | Progress in Physical Geography | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Geography |
| PPHTS | Physical Properties of High Temperature Superconductors | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PPI | Plan Particulier d'Intervention | In French | |
| PPI | Plan Position Indicator | In English | |
| PPI | Proposal Preparation Instruction | In English | |
| PPI | Pulse Position Indicator | In English | |
| PPI | Plan de Prévention Individuel | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPI | Pixel Per Inch | In English | → Operating systems |
| PPIL | Priced Provisioned Item List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPJ | People's Plan Japonesia | In English | |
| PPL | Planning Parts List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPL | Preferred Parts List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPL | Priced Parts List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPL | Production Payload | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPL | Program Parts List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPL | Provisioning Parts List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPL | Private Pilot Licence | In English | → Transport by air |
| PPLMN | Periodic Public Land Mobile Network | In English | → Telecommunications |
| PPM | Perl Package Manager | In English | → Software |
| PPM | Prioriteitsprogramma Materialenonderzoek | In Dutch | → Research policy → Materials science |
| PPM | Payload Project Manager | In English | → Management → Astronautics |
| PPM | Pulse Position Modulation | In English | |
| PPM | Peak Program Meter | In English | → Acoustical engineering |
| PPME | Pacific Plate Motion Experiment | In English | |
| PPME | Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Mechanical engineering |
| PPMR | Préparation Physique, Mentale et Réathlétisation | In French | → Sport, physical exercises |
| PPMS | Project Performance Measurement System | In English | |
| PPMS | Plan Particulier de Mise en Sûreté | In French | → Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPMtO | Publications of the Purple Mountain Observatory | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Astronomy |
| PPMU | Plan Provincial Médical d'Urgence | In French | → Traumatology |
| PPN | Physics of Particles and Nuclei | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Nuclear, atomic, and molecular physics |
| PPN | Pajak Pertambahan Nilai = BTW | Belasting op Toegevoegde Waarde | In Afrikaans = IVA | Impost sobre el valor afegit | In Catalan = PDV | Porez na dodatu vrijednost | In Bosnian = 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 = 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 Indonesian | → Taxes, duties |
| PPN | Parti Pied Noir | In French | → Political parties and movements → France |
| PPN | Project Programmer Number | In English | → Software |
| PPO | Preferred Provider Organization | In English | |
| PPP | Public Private Partnership = PPP | Partenariat Public-Privé | In French |
In English | → Law, jurisprudence → Public administration, government |
| PPP | Partenariat Public-Privé = (look above) |
In French | → Law, jurisprudence → Public administration, government |
| PPP | Pacific People's Partnership | In English | |
| PPP | Point to Point Protocol | In English | |
| PPP | Payload Patch Panel | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPP | Peak Pulse Power | In English | |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| PPP | Projet Professionnel Personnalisé | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| PPPC | Professional and Public Policy Committee | In English | |
| PPPL | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (www.pppl.gov) | In English | → Research institutes → Plasma physics |
| PPQIC | Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | → Quality management |
| PPQT | Preproduction Qualification Test | In English | → Quality management → Engineering, technology |
| PPR | Plan de Prévention des Risques | In French | → Management → Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPR | Payload Preparation Room | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPR | Program Planning Review | In English | → Management |
| PPR | Panphotocoagulation rétinienne | In French | → Ophthalmology |
| PPR | Politieke Partij Radicalen | In Dutch | → Political parties and movements |
| PPR | Périmètre Préférentiel de Regroupement | In French | |
| PPR | Programme de Principe de Requalification | In French | |
| PPRA | Pôle Productique Rhône-Alpes | In French | → Engineering, technology |
| PPRB | Preliminary Proposal Review Board | In English | |
| PPRE | Programme Personnalisé de Réussite Éducative | In French | → Education |
| PPS | Partial-Pressure Suit | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPS | Payload Pointing System | In English | → Astronautics |
| PPS | Pneumatic Power Subsystem | In English | |
| PPS | Primary Propulsion System | In English | → Vehicle engineering |
| PPS | Printer/Plotter System | In English | |
| PPS | Product Performance System | In English | |
| PPS | Provisioning Performance Schedule | In English | |
| PPS | Pulses Per Second | In English | |
| PPS | Proceedings of the Physical Society | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics |
| PPS | Partija Podunavskih Srba | In Croatian | → Political parties and movements |
| PPS | Primer Pair Selection | In English | → Software → Biotechnology → Genetics → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PPSC | Pro Patria Stormvogel Combinatie | In Dutch | → Organizations and associations → Sport, physical exercises |
| PPSL | Program Parts Selection List | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| PPSL | Proceedings of the Physical Society of London | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Physics → United Kingdom |
| PPSL | Pôle Pilote de Sécurité Locale (www.ppsl.asso.fr) | In French | → Associations |
| PPT | Prelaunch Package Test | In English | → 67973 → Astronautics |
| PPTE | Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Vehicle engineering → Transport and postal services |
| PPTEn | Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Plastic industry |
| PPWCP | Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program | In English | → Nutrition |
| PQ | Parti Québécois | In French | → Political parties and movements → Canada |
| PQA | Procurement Quality Assurance | In English | → Quality management → 34745 |
| PQC | 0056, Procurement Quality Control | In English | → 34745 |
| PQC | Product Quality Council | In English | → Quality management |
| PQE | Procurement Quality Engineering | In English | → Quality management → 34745 |
| PQE | Progress in Quantum Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Quantum mechanics → Electronics |
| PQFP | Plastic Quad Flat Pack | In English | → Electronics |
| PQGS | Propellant Quantity Gauging System | In English | → Astronautics |
| PQIC | Product Quality Improvement Council | In English | → Quality management |
| PQIC | Productivity and Quality Improvement Council | In English | → Quality management |
| PQJ | Police aux Questions Juives | In French | → Police |
| PQQ | Pre-Qualification Questionnaire | In English | |
| PQQ | Pyrroloquinoline Quinone | In English | → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PQR | Presse Quotidienne Régionale | In French | → Newspapers, journalism |
| PQS | Prévention, Qualité, Sécurité | In French | → Quality management |
| PQT | Preliminary Qualification Test | In English |