3-letter words containing p
- pgd — preimplantation genetic diagnosis; a technique using in vitro fertilization to ensure that a baby does not possess a known genetic defect of either parent. After genetic analysis of the embryos so formed, only those free of defect are implanted in the mother's womb
- pgp — Pretty Good Privacy
- pgr — psychogalvanic response
- pha — Public Housing Administration
- phb — Bachelor of Philosophy
- phc — Pharmaceutical Chemist
- phd — degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- phi — the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- phm — Philemon
- pho — a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- php — PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- phr — phrase
- phs — Public Health Service
- pia — a female given name.
- pic — a movie.
- pid — process identifier
- pie — a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna.
- pif — Program Information File
- pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
- pik — payment in kind.
- pil — Procedure Implementation Language. A subsystem of DOCUS.
- pim — personal information manager.
- pin — Personal Identification Number
- pip — a male given name, form of Philip.
- pir — a term of respect for the head of a religious group, especially in Pakistan and various areas of the Middle and Near East.
- pis — the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet (II, π).
- pit — the stone of a fruit, as of a cherry, peach, or plum.
- piu — more: più allegro.
- pix — Ecclesiastical. the box or vessel in which the reserved Eucharist or Host is kept. a watch-shaped container for carrying the Eucharist to the sick.
- pjs — pajamas.
- pk. — pack.
- pke — public-key encryption
- pki — Public Key Infrastructure
- pkk — Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê: Kurdistan Workers' Party, an organization based in Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan engaged in armed conflict with theTurkish state for self-determination for the Kurds
- pkt — Pkt is used in recipes as a written abbreviation for packet.
- pku — phenylketonuria
- pl1 — (spelling) It's spelled "PL/I".
- pla — (language, music) A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. Pla includes concurrency based on message passing.
- plc — Programmable Logic Controller
- plo — Palestine Liberation Organization
- plp — Parliamentary Labour Party
- plr — Public Lending Right
- pls — Pls is a written abbreviation for please.
- plu — a beaver skin, especially one of prime quality.
- ply — British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold.
- pm2 — (language, compiler) A software emulator for parallel random access machine (PRAM) and a parallel Modula-2 compiler for the emulator. pm2 programming language is Modula-2/Pascal mixture having extensions for parallel execution in a PRAM. Parallelism is expressed by pardo-loop-structure. Additional features include private/shared variables, two synchronisation strategies, load balancing and parallel dynamic memory allocation. E-mail: Simo Juvaste <[email protected]>.
- pmc — PCI Mezzanine Card
- pmg — Paymaster General
- pmi — private medical insurance
- pmk — postmark