| Acronym |
Sense |
Language |
Topics |
| PMM |
Physics of Metals and Metallography |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Metallurgy |
| PMM |
Planetary Mission Module |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMMA |
Polymethyl Methacrylate |
In English |
→ Plastic industry |
| PMMMA |
Pattern Model and Mould Manufacturers Association |
In English |
→ Associations
→ Metallurgy |
| PMN |
Parent, McLaughlin and Nangle (www.pmn.com) |
In English |
→ Economics
→ Consulting |
| PMN |
Private Mobile Networks |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PMP |
Prelaunch Monitor Program |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction
→ Astronautics |
| PMP |
Premodulation Processor |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PMPES |
Proceedings: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mathematics and natural sciences |
| PMPH |
Provision pour le Maintien du Potentiel Hydraulique |
In French |
→ Energy economics |
| PMPL |
Preferred Mechanical Parts List |
In English |
→ Maintenance and logistics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PMPO |
Peak Music Power Output |
In English |
→ Acoustical engineering
→ Music |
| PMPO |
Peak Momentary Performance Output |
In English |
→ Acoustical engineering
→ Music |
| PMR |
Pacific Missile Range |
In English |
→ Military engineering |
| PMR |
Payload Manifest Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMR |
Payload Manifesting Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMR |
Payload Mixing Review |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PMR |
Personne à Mobilité Réduite |
In French |
→ Pathology |
| PMRP |
Progress in Medical Radiation Physics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Medicine |
| PMS |
Payload Mounting Structure |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Astronautics |
| PMS |
Power Management System |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PMS |
Professor of Military Science |
In English |
→ Education
→ Military affairs
→ Military engineering |
| PMSI |
Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes d'Information |
In French |
→ Knowledge management
→ Data
→ Medicine |
| PMU |
Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität |
In German |
→ Higher education, universities
→ Medicine |
| PMV |
Panneaux à Messages Variables |
In French |
→ Graphic industries, printing, publishing |
| PMV |
Permanent Manned Vehicle |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PNADR |
Programul Naţional pentru Agricultură şi Dezvoltare Rurală |
In Romanian |
→ Agricultural sciences
→ Regional planning |
| PNB |
Pôle Nucléaire Bourguignon |
In French |
→ Nuclear technology |
| PNC |
Personnel Navigant Commercial |
In French |
→ Transport and postal services |
| PNC |
Pôle National de Comptabilité |
In French |
→ Accounting |
| PNCS |
Programme National de Cantines Scolaires |
In French |
→ Nutrition
→ Education |
| PND |
Pränatale Diagnostik |
In German |
→ Diagnostics
→ Reproductive biology |
| PNDA |
Plan National de Développement Agricole |
In French |
→ Agricultural sciences |
| PNH |
Primate Non Humain |
In French |
→ Primates
→ Veterinary medicine |
| PNH |
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria |
In English |
→ Pathology
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Proteins |
| PNH |
Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria |
In English |
→ Pathology
→ Blood and circulatory system
→ Proteins |
| PNK |
Personalnebenkosten |
In German |
→ Labour, labour economics
→ Accounting |
| PNNS |
Programme National Nutrition Santé |
In French |
→ Nutrition
→ Public health and hygiene |
| PNRC |
Programme National de Recherche sur les Maladies Cardiovasculaires |
In French |
→ Cardiology |
| PNRD |
Programme National de Recherche sur le Diabète |
In French |
→ Physiology
→ Pathology |
| PO |
Power On |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PO |
Power Oscillator |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POAC |
Process on a Chip |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| POC |
Payload Operations Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POCC |
Payload/Platform Operations Control Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POCC |
Payload Operations Control Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POCHEP |
Poste Communautaire d'Hygiène et d'Eau Potable |
In French |
→ Public health and hygiene
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PoCom |
Polymer Composites |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Chemical technology
→ Plastic industry |
| POD |
Payload Operations Division |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POD |
Precision Orbit Determination |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PODTG |
Precision Orbit Determination Task Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POE |
Pilot Operational Equipment |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POE |
Postinitieel masteronderwijs Epidemiologie |
In Dutch |
→ Higher education, universities
→ Pathology |
| PoE |
Power over Ethernet |
In English |
→ Networks, communication
→ Electrical engineering |
| POEM |
Polar Orbiting Earth Mission |
In English |
→ Astronautics
→ Astronomy
→ Earth sciences |
| POGDC |
Piston Octogonal à Géométrie Déformable Contrôlée |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| POGO |
Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory |
In English |
→ Geophysics
→ Astronautics |
| POGS |
Polar-Orbiting Geomagnetic Survey |
In English |
→ Geophysics
→ Astronautics |
| POI |
Power-On/Off Interrupt |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POIC |
Payload Operations Integration Center |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POID |
Power-On/Off Interrupt Delay |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POL |
Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants |
In English |
→ 665 |
| POL |
Petroleum, Oils And Lubricants |
In English |
→ Chemical technology |
| POLDEN |
Pollution, Déchets, Environnement |
In French |
→ Environmental protection
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PolPh |
Polymer Physics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Chemistry
→ Chemical technology
→ Plastic industry |
| POM |
Printer Output Microfilm |
In English |
→ Graphic industries, printing, publishing |
| POP |
Perpendicular to Orbit Plane |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POP |
Polar-Orbiting Platform |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POP |
Preburner Oxidizer Pump |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering |
| POP |
Preflight Operations Procedure |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POP |
Prelaunch Operations Plan |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POR |
Power-On Reset |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POrCo |
Progress in Organic Coatings |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Materials science |
| PORSEC |
Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference |
In English |
→ Congresses
→ Astronautics
→ Marine research, oceanography |
| POST |
Plan d'Orientation Scientifique et Technique |
In French |
→ Research policy
→ Mathematics and natural sciences |
| POST |
Payload Operations Support Team |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POST |
Program to Ootimize Simulated Trajectories |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| POT |
Proof of Technology |
In English |
→ Engineering, technology |
| POTS |
Plain Old Telephone Service |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| POV |
Peak Operating Voltage |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| POV |
Proximity Operations Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| POV |
Privately Owned Vehicle |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| POWG |
Payload Operations Working Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| POWG |
Payload Orbital Working Group |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PP |
Polypropylen |
In English |
→ Plastic industry |
| PP |
Polypropylene |
In English |
→ Plastic industry
→ Chemicals
→ Chemistry |
| PP |
Power Plant |
In English |
→ Energy economics
→ Electrical engineering |
| PP |
Premodulation Processor |
In English |
→ Electronics |
| PPA |
Power Pitch-Around |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PPC |
Pay per click |
In English |
→ 659 |
| PPC |
Payload Preparation Complex |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPCF |
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (www.iop.org/EJ/journal/PPCF) |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Plasma physics
→ Nuclear technology |
| PPCH |
Packet Paging Channel |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PPCU |
Partial Payload Checkout Unit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPD |
Power Pitch-Down |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PPDC |
Plate-forme de Préparation et de Distribution du Courrier |
In French |
→ Postal services
→ France |
| 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 |
| PPEE |
Periodica Polytechnica Electrical Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Electrical engineering |
| PPF |
Payload Processing Facility |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPG |
Polypropeenglycol |
In Dutch |
→ Chemicals |
| PPG |
Plan de Prévention Global |
In French |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPI |
Plan de Prévention Individuel |
In French |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPL |
Production Payload |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPL |
Private Pilot Licence |
In English |
→ Transport by air |
| PPLMN |
Periodic Public Land Mobile Network |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PPM |
Prioriteitsprogramma Materialenonderzoek |
In Dutch |
→ Research policy
→ Materials science |
| PPM |
Payload Project Manager |
In English |
→ Management
→ Astronautics |
| PPM |
Peak Program Meter |
In English |
→ Acoustical engineering |
| PPME |
Periodica Polytechnica Mechanical Engineering |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Mechanical engineering |
| PPMS |
Plan Particulier de Mise en Sûreté |
In French |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| PPMU |
Plan Provincial Médical d'Urgence |
In French |
→ Traumatology |
| PPP |
Payload Patch Panel |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| 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 |
Panphotocoagulation rétinienne |
In French |
→ Ophthalmology |
| PPRA |
Pôle Productique Rhône-Alpes |
In French |
→ Engineering, technology |
| PPS |
Partial-Pressure Suit |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPS |
Payload Pointing System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PPS |
Primary Propulsion System |
In English |
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PPS |
Primer Pair Selection |
In English |
→ Software
→ Biotechnology
→ Genetics
→ Biochemistry, biophysics |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| PQT |
Production Qualification Test |
In English |
→ Quality management
→ Engineering, technology |
| PR |
Public Relations
= RP | Relations Publiques | In French
= RP | Relations Presse | In French
|
In English |
→ Public relations |
| PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
In English |
→ Agricultural sciences |
| PrAA |
Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronautics
→ Aeronautics, aircraft |
| PRACH |
Packet Random Access Channel |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PrAeS |
Progress in Aerospace Sciences |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Astronomy
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PRAI |
Programme Régional d'Actions Innovatrices |
In French |
→ Regional administration
→ Engineering, technology |
| PRATIC |
PRocédure d'Analyse et de Traitement des Informations Commerciales |
In French |
→ Software
→ Trade
→ Energy economics |
| PRB |
Parachute Refurbishment Building |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PRC |
Pharmacotherapy Research Center |
In English |
→ Research institutes
→ Pharmacology, toxicology |
| PRC |
Provision pour Risques et Charges |
In French |
→ Accounting |
| PRD |
Payload Requirements Document |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRDA |
Program Research and Development Announcement |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| PRDT |
Prestation Régionale de Développement Technologique |
In French |
→ Engineering, technology |
| PRE |
Power Regulation Equipment |
In English |
→ Electrical engineering |
| PREDIS |
Plan Régional d'Élimination des Déchets Industriels Spéciaux |
In French |
→ Environmental protection
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PREDIT |
Programme National de Recherche et d'Innovation dans les Transports Terrestres |
In French |
→ Vehicle engineering
→ Transport and postal services |
| PRESCO |
Practical Recommendations for Sustainable Construction |
In English |
→ Construction |
| PRESENCCIA |
Presence & Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, NeuroScience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and Applications |
In English |
→ Human-computer interaction
→ Neurology |
| PREST |
Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology |
In English |
→ Politics
→ Mathematics and natural sciences |
| PrEx |
Propellants and Explosives |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PrExP |
Propellants and Explosives Pyrotechnics |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Vehicle engineering |
| PRF |
Pulse Repetition Frequency |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PRI |
Point de Raccordement Immeuble |
In French |
→ Telecommunications |
| PRI |
Primary Rate Interface |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PRIIM |
Projet de Réalisation et d'Innovation Industrielle de Microsystèmes Hétérogènes |
In French |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Electronics |
| PRIM |
Prévention des RIsques Majeurs |
In French |
→ Accidents, risks, safety |
| PRIM&R |
Public Responsibility In Medicine and Research |
In English |
→ Research policy
→ Medicine |
| PRINCE |
PRojet d'INfrastructure de Communication d'Entreprise |
In French |
→ Networks, communication
→ Telecommunications |
| PRIS |
Payload Remote Integration System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRISCILLA |
Bus PRiority strategies and Impact SCenarIos deveLoped on a Large urban Area |
In English |
→ Transport and postal services |
| PRISM |
Pacific Regional Information SysteM |
In English |
→ Computer science
→ Telecommunications |
| PRISM |
Process Industries Safety Management |
In English |
→ Engineering, technology |
| PRISMA |
Productique et Informatique des Systèmes Manufacturiers |
In French |
→ Computer-based techniques
→ Mechanical engineering |
| PRK |
Prix de Revient Kilométrique |
In French |
→ Prices
→ Automobile manufacturing |
| PRL |
Payload Retention Latch |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRL |
Preferred Retinal Locus |
In English |
→ Ophthalmology |
| PRLA |
Payload Retention Latch Actuator |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRLA |
Payload Retention Latch Assembly |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRM |
Payload Retention Mechanism |
In English |
→ Mechanical engineering
→ Astronautics |
| PRM |
Posigrade Rocket Motor |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRM |
Plafond Rayonnant Modulaire |
In French |
→ Construction |
| PRM |
Point de Regroupement des Moyens |
In French |
→ Firefighting |
| PrMS |
Progress in Materials Science |
In English |
→ Serial publications, periodicals
→ Materials science |
| PROACT |
Programme for Advanced Contactless Technology |
In English |
|
| PROFETAS |
Protein Foods, Environment, Technology and Society |
In English |
→ Food technology
→ Proteins |
| PROGRESS |
Programme for Research on Embedded Systems & Software |
In English |
→ Software
→ Electronics |
| PROMU |
Prospective de la Mobilité dans les Métropoles |
In French |
→ Transport and postal services
→ Regional planning |
| PROTON |
Public Research Organisations' Technology Offices Network |
In English |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| PRP |
Plafond Rayonnant Plâtre |
In French |
→ Construction |
| PrPc |
Protéine Prion cellulaire |
In French |
→ Proteins
→ Neurology
→ Infectious diseases |
| PRR |
Preflight Readiness Review |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PRR |
Pulse Repetition Rate |
In English |
→ Telecommunications |
| PRRB |
Payload Requirements Review Board |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRS |
Payload Retention System |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRS |
Power Reactant Subsystem |
In English |
→ Chemicals |
| PRS |
(Syndicat National des) Papetiers Répartiteurs Spécialisés |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Graphic industries, printing, publishing
→ Paper and board industry |
| PRSA |
Power Reactant Storage Assembly |
In English |
→ Chemicals |
| PRSD |
Power Reactant Storage and Distribution |
In English |
→ Chemicals |
| PRSDS |
Power Reactant Storage and Distribution System |
In English |
→ Chemicals |
| PRST |
Pôle de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique |
In French |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Research policy
→ Engineering, technology |
| PRSV |
Papaya Ringspot Virus |
In English |
→ Virology
→ Agricultural sciences |
| PRTLS |
Powered Return To Launch Site |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PRTR |
Pollutant Release and Transfer Register |
In English |
→ 5023
→ Environmental technology, water supply, waste management |
| PRV |
Point de Regroupement des Victimes |
In French |
→ Firefighting
→ Traumatology |
| PRVA |
Public Relations Verband Austria (www.prva.at) |
In German |
→ Organizations and associations
→ Public relations
→ Austria |
| PS |
Polystyrene |
In English |
→ Chemicals
→ Plastic industry |
| PS |
Parachute System |
In English |
→ Aeronautics, aircraft
→ Astronautics |
| PS |
Payload Specialist |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
| PS |
Payload Station |
In English |
→ Astronautics |
