3-letter words containing p
- pcb — 1. (hardware) Power Circuit Breaker. 2. (hardware) Power Control Box. 3. (hardware) Printed Circuit Board. 4. Process Control Block. 5. Product Configuration Baseline. 6. Program Control Block. 7. (networking) Protocol Control Block. (TCP).
- pcc — Press Complaints Commission
- pcf — A simply typed, functional language.
- pci — Peripheral Component Interconnect
- pcl — 1. Printer Control Language. A Document description language used by Hewlett-Packard Laserjet printers, a superset of HP-GL/2. 2. Portable CommonLoops. 3. Peripheral Conversion Language. A Honeywell command language for file transfer between I/O devices on the CP-V and CP-6 operating systems. 4. ["PCL - A Process Oriented Job Control Language", V. Lesser et al, Proc 1st Intl Conf Distrib Comp Sys, IEEE 1979, pp.315-329].
- pcm — 1. (data) Pulse Code Modulation. 2. (company) Plug Compatible Manufacturer.
- pcn — 1. Program Composition Notation. 2. (communications) Personal Communication Network.
- pcp — PCP is a drug that is used illegally for its hallucinogenic effects. PCP is an abbreviation for 'phencyclidine.'
- pcr — polymerase chain reaction: a technique for rapidly producing many copies of a fragment of DNA for diagnostic or research purposes
- pcs — 1. Personal Communication Services. 2. PC-Scheme.
- pct — per cent
- pcu — PCI Configuration Utility
- pcv — passenger carrying vehicle
- pcx — (filename extension) A filename extension for images created with the IBM PC Paintbrush tool.
- pda — (computer) (PDA) A small hand-held computer typically providing calendar, contacts, and note-taking applications but may include other applications, for example a web browser and media player. Small keyboards and pen-based input systems are most commonly used for user input. The Apple Newton was a fairly early example.
- pdb — a white, crystalline, volatile, water-insoluble solid, C 6 H 4 Cl 2 , of the benzene series, having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as a moth repellent.
- pdc — Primary Domain Controller
- pdf — a file format that makes it possible to display text and graphics in the same fixed layout on any computer screen.
- pdh — Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy
- pdl — 1. Page Description Language. 2. Program Design Language. 3. Push Down List. 4. Dave Lebling, one of the co-authors of Zork. His network address on the ITS machines was at one time <[email protected]>. 5. Propositional Dynamic Logic.
- pdm — 1. Product Development Management. 2. Product Data Management.
- pdo — Protected Denomination of Origin: a geographical indication defined within European Union law in order to protect regional agricultural products and foodstuffs
- pdp — Programmed Data Processor
- pdq — pretty damn quick
- pdr — price-dividend ratio
- pds — 1. (hardware) Processor Direct Slot. 2. partitioned data set.
- pdt — Pacific Daylight Time
- pdu — Protocol Data Unit
- pea — the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ped — performance-enhancing drug
- pee — the letter p.
- peg — a female given name, form of Peggy.
- peh — the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- pei — I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pel — a pixel
- pem — Privacy Enhanced Mail
- pen — a female swan.
- pep — peak envelope power
- per — for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard.
- pes — a foot or footlike part.
- pet — a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
- pew — bench in church
- pex — (PHIGS Extension to X) Extension to the X Window System providing 3d graphics support.
- pfa — please find attached
- pfc — private first class
- pfd — preferred
- pfe — 1. (text, editor) Programmer's File Editor. 2. (language) Portable Forth Environment.
- pfi — Private Finance Initiative
- pfl — 1. (language) A concurrent extension of ML by Holmstrom and Matthews, using CCS. 2. (language, database) Persistent Functional Language.
- pga — 1. (graphics, specification) Professional Graphics Adapter. 2. (hardware) Pin Grid Array.