| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLIMHR | Payload Integration Management Hardware Review | In English | → Management → Computer hardware → Astronautics |
| PLUG | Provence Linux Users Group | In English | → Operating systems |
| PM | Performance Monitor | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Management |
| PMA | Performance Monitor Annunciator | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Management |
| PMAC | Portable Multipurpose Applications Console | In English | → Software → Human-computer interaction |
| PMAD | Performance Monitor Annunciation Driver | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Management |
| PMAP | Performance Monitor Annunciation Panel | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Management |
| PMF | Performance Monitor Function | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Management |
| PMHL | Preferred Measurement Hardware List | In English | → Computer hardware |
| PMIA | Parallel Multiplexer Interface Adapter | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| PMP | Prelaunch Monitor Program | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Astronautics |
| PMS | Property Management System | In English | → Software |
| PMSI | Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d'Information | In French | → Knowledge management → Data → Medicine |
| PMT | Pre-emptive Multitasking | In English | → Operating systems |
| PNI | Picture Network International | In English | → Data → Graphical processing → Image processing |
| PnP | Plug 'n play | In English | → Peripheral devices |
| POA | Pilote Opérationnel d'Application | In French | → Management → Software |
| POD | Parameter Override Display | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| PODAAC | Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov) | In English | → Data → Marine research, oceanography |
| PoE | Power over Ethernet | In English | → Networks, communication → Electrical engineering |
| POJO | Plain Old Java Object | In English | → Programming languages |
| POJO | Plain Old Java Objects | In English | → Programming languages |
| POLUX | Production Optimisée de Livrables UML et XML | In French | → Software |
| POMI | Pipe Organ MIDI Interface | In English | → Music |
| POP | Post Office Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| POP | Presentation Oriented Publishing | In English | → Document processing |
| POP | Parallel Ocean Program | In English | → Computer programs → Marine research, oceanography |
| POP | Post Office Protocol | In French | → Software → Networks, communication |
| PORTALIS | POste de Référence Technique d'Accès aux Logiciels, Informations et Services | In French | → Computer hardware → Software |
| POSIX | Portable Operating System Interface | In English | → Software → Human-computer interaction |
| POWDER | Protocol for Web Description Resources | In English | → Software → Internet |
| PPC | Preprocessing Center | In English | |
| PPCP | Postprocessing Computer Program | In English | → Computer programs |
| PPI | Pixel Per Inch | In English | → Operating systems |
| PPM | Perl Package Manager | In English | → Software |
| PPN | Project Programmer Number | In English | → Software |
| PPP | Point-to-Point Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| PPS | Primer Pair Selection | In English | → Software → Biotechnology → Genetics → Biochemistry, biophysics |
| PRAI | Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence | In English | → Software |
| PRATIC | PRocédure d'Analyse et de Traitement des Informations Commerciales | In French | → Software → Trade → Energy economics |
| PREMIA | Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Association | In English | → Associations → Artificial intelligence → Computer-based techniques |
| PRESENCCIA | Presence & Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, NeuroScience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and Applications | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Neurology |
| PRINCE | PRojet d'INfrastructure de Communication d'Entreprise | In French | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PRIP | Pattern Recognition and Image Processing | In English | → Graphical processing → Image processing |
| PRISM | Pacific Regional Information SysteM | In English | → Telecommunications |
| PRISMA | Productique et Informatique des Systèmes Manufacturiers | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Mechanical engineering |
| PROGRESS | Programme for Research on Embedded Systems & Software | In English | → Software → Electronics |
| PROLOG | PROgrammation LOGique | In French | → Programming languages |
| PROM | Programmable Read-Only Memory | In English | → Memories |
| PRPS | Programming Requirements Process Specification | In English | → Software |
| PS | PostScript | In English | → Programming languages → Document processing |
| PSC | Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center | In English | |
| PSCN | Program Support Communications Network | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| PSDE | Personal Systems Distribution Europe | In English | → Computer hardware |
| PSDN | Packet Switched Data Network | In English | → Networks, communication |
| PSE | Personal Security Environment = PSU | Persönliche Sicherheitsumgebung | In German = PSU | Prinz-von-Songkhla-Universität | In German = PSU | Prince of Songkhla University | In English |
In English | |
| PSE | Primer Specificity Evaluation | In English | → Software → Biotechnology → Genetics → Enzymes |
| PSI | Perception, Système et Information | In French | → Research institutes |
| PSICOSE | Participation du Système d'Information à la COmpréhension du Social dans l'Entreprise | In French | → Software → Personnel management |
| PSK | Phase Shift Key | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| PSL | Program Support Library | In English | → Software |
| PSL | Program Statement Language | In English | → Programming languages |
| PSO | Phantasy Star Online | In English | → Software → Entertainment |
| PSP | Programmable Signal Processor | In English | → Software → Telecommunications |
| PSP | PlayStation Portable | In English | → Computer hardware → Entertainment |
| PSPM | Point Set Pattern Matching | In English | → Algorithms → Computer-based techniques |
| PSU | Phantasy Star Universe | In English | → Software → Entertainment |
| PSU | Persönliche Sicherheitsumgebung = PSE (look above) |
In German | |
| PSU | Power Supply Unit | In English | → Computer hardware → Electrical engineering |
| PSWWWVL | Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library | In English | → Internet → Libraries → Area studies |
| PTCS | Propellant Tanking Computer System | In English | → Computer hardware → Astronautics |
| PTI | Poste de Travail Informatisé | In French | |
| PUP | Potentially Unwanted Program | In English | → Software |
| PUZ | Prozesatzeko Unitate Zentral | In Basque | → Computer hardware |
| PVS | Passive Vulnerability Scanner | In English | → Software |
| PWA | Private Write Area | In English | → Memories |
| QBIC | Query By Image Content | In English | → Image processing |
| QDOS | Quick and Dirty Operating System | In English | → Operating systems |
| QES | Qwam E-content Server | In English | → Networks, communication → Libraries |
| QIS | Qualcomm Internet Services | In English | → Internet |
| QIS | Quantum Information Science | In English | → Quantum mechanics |
| QLDS | Quick-Look Data Station | In English | → Data |
| QOM | Quick Ontology Mapping | In English | → Software |
| QUIC | Quality Data Information and Control | In English | → Quality management → Data |
| R&T | Réseaux & Télécoms | In French | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| R2ML | REWERSE Rule Markup Language | In English | → Software → Computer hardware |
| R@S | Réseau Associatif et Syndical | In French | → Networks, communication |
| RAAM | Recursive Auto-Associative Memory | In English | → Artificial intelligence |
| RAAP | Red Académica Peruana | In Spanish | → Higher education, universities → Telecommunications |
| RACF | Resource Access Control Facility | In English | → Software |
| RAD | Rapid Application Development | In English | → Software |
| RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial In User Service | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| RADOP | Radiator Optimization Computer Code | In English | → Software |
| RAGIE | Red Avanzada Guatemalteca para la Investigación y Educación | In Spanish | → Education → Mathematics and natural sciences → Telecommunications |
| RAICES | Red Avanzada de Investigación, Ciencia y Educación Salvadoreña | In Spanish | → Education → Mathematics and natural sciences → Telecommunications |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independant Disks | In English | → Memories |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Independent Disks | In English | → Memories |
| RAID | Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks | In English | → Computer hardware |
| RAII | Resource Acquisition Is Initialization | In English | → Software |
| RAISOM | Réseaux de collecte IP Sans Fil Optimisés | In French | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| RAM | Random Access Memory | In English | → Memories |
| RAMDAC | Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter | In English | → Memories |
| RAP | Reconnaissance Automatique de la Parole = ASR | Automatic Speech Recognition | In English |
In French | → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics |
| RAPRIA | Russian Federation Association for Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis | In English | → Associations → Graphical processing → Image processing |
| RARP | Reverse Address Resolution Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| RASMUS | Remote Accessible Software configurable Multi-channel Ultrasound Sampling system | In English | → Software → Diagnostics |
| RAU | Red Académica Uruguaya | In Spanish | → Higher education, universities → Telecommunications |
| RAX | Remote Access Computing System | In English | → Computer hardware |
| RAX | Remote Access Terminal | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| RCP | Rich Client Platform | In English | → Software |
| RCP | Rémunération pour Copie Privée | In French | → Software → Cinema, movies |
| RCS | Revision Control System | In French | → Software |
| RCSO-TIC | Réseau de Compétences de Suisse Occidentale en Technologie de l'Information et de la Communication | In French | → Telecommunications → Switzerland |
| RDA | Rich Desktop Application | In English | → Software |
| RDA | Remote Data Access | In English | → Data → Networks, communication |
| RDA | Resident Data Area | In English | → Data |
| RDBMS | Relational Database Management System |
In English | → Data → Knowledge management |
| RDC | Remote Diagnostics Center | In English | |
| RDDL | Resource Directory Description Language | In English | → Programming languages → Data |
| RDF | Resource Description Framework | In English | → Data → Networks, communication |
| RDF | Ressource Description Format | In English | → Data |
| RDF | Resource Data File | In English | → Files → Data |
| RDGS | Reconfiguration Display Generation System | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| RDM | Real-Time Data Manager | In English | → Software → Data |
| RDM | Repeats Detection Method | In English | → Algorithms → Computer-based techniques → Biotechnology |
| RDO | Relational Database Operator | In English | → Data |
| RDOS | Real-Time Disk Operating System | In English | → Operating systems |
| RDR | Raw Data Recorder | In English | → Data |
| REACCIUN | Red Académica de Centros de Investigación y Universidades Nacionales | In Spanish | → Education → Telecommunications |
| RECON | Remote Console | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| RedCYT | Red Científica y Tecnológica | In Spanish | → Mathematics and natural sciences → Applied sciences, technology → Telecommunications |
| RENATA | Red Nacional Académica de Tecnología Avanzada | In Spanish | → Telecommunications |
| RENATER | Réseau National de Télécommunication pour la Technologie, l'Enseignement et la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Networks, communication → Education → Engineering, technology |
| RENIA | Red Nicaragüense de Internet Avanzada | In Spanish | → Telecommunications → Internet |
| REPARTIR | Recherches et Études sur la Pédagogie Assistée par les Ressources et Techniques Informatiques Récentes | In French | → Education |
| REST | Representational State Transfer | In English | |
| RET | Resolution Enhancement Technology | In English | → Peripheral devices → Graphic industries, printing, publishing |
| RETINA | Red TeleInformática Académica | In Spanish | → Telecommunications |
| RETINA | RÉseau TéléInformatique NAtional | In French | → Networks, communication |
| REUNA | Red Universitaria Nacional | In Spanish | → Higher education, universities → Telecommunications |
| REVES | Rendu et Environnements VirtuEls Sonorisés | In French | → Computer-based techniques |
| REWERSE | Reasoning on the Web with Rules and Semantics | In English | → Software → Internet → Artificial intelligence → Semiotics |
| REX | Remote Events for XML | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| RFCP | Request For Computer Program | In English | → Computer programs |
| RFDU | Radio Frequency and Digital Unit | In English | → Telecommunications |
| RFHA | Reusable Flight Hardware Authorization | In English | → Computer hardware → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| RFI | Remote File Inquiry | In English | → Networks, communication → Files |
| RFIA | Reconnaissance des Formes et Intelligence Artificielle | In French | → Congresses → Artificial intelligence → Computer-based techniques |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identification | In English | → Telecommunications |
| RGC | Retro-Gaming Connexion | In English | → Software → Entertainment |
| RGC | Réalisation interne à Géométrie Contrainte | In French | → Computer-based techniques |
| RGD | Régie de Gestion des Données | In French | → Public administration, government → Knowledge management |
| RGI | Référentiel Général d'Interopérabilité | In French | → Software |
| RHEC | Radiation-Hardened Emulating Computer | In English | → Computer hardware |
| RIA | Rich Internet Application | In English | → Software → Internet |
| RIAM | Recherche et Innovations en Audiovisuel et Multimédia | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Cinema, movies |
| RIAP | Rural Internet Access Point | In English | → Internet |
| RIC | Reta Informado-Centro | In Esperanto | → Libraries → Networks, communication |
| RICAM | Johann Radon-Institut für computerorientierte und angewandte Mathematik | In German | → Research institutes → Mathematics |
| RICC | Remote Intercomputer Communications | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| RICP | Real-Time Interactive Computer Program | In English | → Computer programs |
| RIDS | Rockwell Integrated Defense Simulator | In English | → Military affairs → Computer simulation |
| RIE | Righi Interface Engineering | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| RIN | Réseau Informatique National | In French | → Networks, communication |
| RIP | Routing Information Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| RIP | Raster Image Processor | In English | → Graphical processing → Image processing |
| RIS | Rechtsinformationssystem | In German | → Data → Law, jurisprudence |
| RIS | Revue, Informatique et Statistique dans les sciences humaines | In French | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer-based techniques → Social sciences → Statistics |
| RIS | Rauminformationssystem | In German | → Software → Geography |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computer | In English | → Computer hardware |
| RISC | Reduced Instruction Set Computing | In English | → Computer hardware |
| RISEPTIS | Research and Innovation for SEcurity, Privacy and Trustworthiness in the Information Society | In English | → Research policy → Telecommunications |
| RIT | Request for Interface Tooling | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| RIU | Remote Interface Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| RJ | Registered Jacks | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| RLE | Run-Length Encoding | In English | → Algorithms |
| RMI | Remote Method Invocation | In English | → Networks, communication |
| RMS | Random Motion Simulator | In English | → Computer simulation |
| RNA | RNA Abundance Database | In English | → Data → Genetics → Biotechnology |
| RNIA | Réseau National Intégré de l'Administration | In French | → Networks, communication → Central administration → Tunisia |
| RNIL | Réseau National d'Ingénierie Linguistique | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics |
| RNP | Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa | In Portuguese | → Telecommunications |
| RNRE | Réseau National de Recherche et d'Éducation | In French | → Research policy → Networks, communication → Education |
| RNTL | Réseau National des Technologies Logicielles | In French | → Organizations and associations → Software |
| RNTL | Réseau National de Recherche et d'Innovation en Technologies Logicielles | In French | → Software |
| ROC | Reconnaissance Optique de Caractères = ORC | Optical Character Recognition | In English |
In French | → Writing systems → Document processing → Optics |
| ROIS | Research Organization of Information and Systems (www.rois.ac.jp) | In English | → Research institutes → Japan |
| ROLAP | Relational On Line Analytical Processing | In English | → Knowledge management → Data |
| ROM | Read Only Memory | In English | → Memories |
| ROOL | RISC OS Open Limited | In English | |
| ROS | Read-Only Storage | In English | → Memories |
| ROSES | Rockwell Operational Software Engineering System | In English | → Software |
| ROSS/V | RSTS/E Operating System Simulator for VAX | In English | → Operating systems |
| RPG | Report Program Generator = GAP | Générateur Automatique de Programmes | In French |
In English | → Programming languages |
| RPL | Reverse Polish Lisp | In English | → Programming languages |
| RPU | Reconfigurable Processing Unit | In English | → Computer hardware |
| RPV | Réseau Privé Virtuel = VPN | Virtual Private Network | In English = RPV | Red Privada Virtual | In Spanish = SPN | Skynprivaatnetwerk | In Afrikaans = VPN | Virtueel Particulier Netwerk | In Dutch = VPN | Virtuellt Privat Nätverk | In Swedish |
In French | → Networks, communication |
| RPV | Red Privada Virtual = VPN, SPN (look above) |
In Spanish | → Networks, communication |
| RSCS | Remote Spooling and Communication Subsystem | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| RSDP | Remote Site Data Processor | In English | → Data |