Abbreviations in Germanic languages

Astronautics

PPP

Peak Pulse Power

PPPC

Professional and Public Policy Committee

The Public and Professional Policy Committee (PPPC) is an interdisciplinary committee of the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) constituted in order to identify and discuss the ethical, social and policy issues related to human genetics and its application in research, clinical practice and laboratory genetic services.

PPPL

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (www.pppl.gov)

PPQIC

Productivity and Product Quality Improvement Council

PPQT

Preproduction Qualification Test

The abbreviation PPQT (Preproduction Qualification Test) includes the abbreviation QT (Qualification Test).

PPR

Payload Preparation Room

Astronautics

PPR

Program Planning Review

Quality management

PPR

Politieke Partij Radicalen

PPRB

Preliminary Proposal Review Board

The abbreviation PPRB (Preliminary Proposal Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

Partial-Pressure Suit

Astronautics

Payload Pointing System

Astronautics

Pneumatic Power Subsystem

6215

Primary Propulsion System

Vehicle engineering

Printer/Plotter System

Peripherals

Product Performance System

Quality management

Provisioning Performance Schedule

Pulses Per Second

Proceedings of the Physical Society

Primer Pair Selection

PPSC

Pro Patria Stormvogel Combinatie

PPSL

Program Parts Selection List

Physical resources management

PPSL

Proceedings of the Physical Society of London

PPT

Prelaunch Package Test

PPT

Paraprofessional Translator

Translation

PPTE

Periodica Polytechnica Transportation Engineering

PPTEn

Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering

PPWCP

Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program

Dietetics

PPcPp

Progress in Photochemistry and Photophysics

PQA

Procurement Quality Assurance

The abbreviation PQA (Procurement Quality Assurance) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

PQC

Procurement Quality Control

The abbreviation PQC (Procurement Quality Control) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).

PQC

Product Quality Council

Quality management

PQE

Procurement Quality Engineering

PQE

Progress in Quantum Electronics

PQFP

Plastic Quad Flat Pack

The abbreviation PQFP (Plastic Quad Flat Pack) includes the abbreviation QFP (Quad Flat Pack).

Electronics

PQGS

Propellant Quantity Gauging System

PQIC

Product Quality Improvement Council

PQIC

Productivity and Quality Improvement Council

PQQ

Pre-Qualification Questionnaire

PQQ

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone

Biochemistry, biophysics

PQT

Preliminary Qualification Test

The abbreviation PQT (Preliminary Qualification Test) includes the abbreviation QT (Qualification Test).

PQT

Production Qualification Test

The abbreviation PQT (Production Qualification Test) includes the abbreviation QT (Qualification Test).

Public Relations

PR is equivalent to RP (Relations Publiques) in French, RP (Relations Presse) in French.

Public relations

Purchase Request

The abbreviation PR (Purchase Request) is included in abbreviations such as EPR (Engineering Purchase Request), MIPR (Military Intergovernmental Purchase Request), MPR (Mockup Purchase Request) and EOPR (Engineering Order Purchase Request).

Sale

Performance Report

The abbreviation PR (Performance Report) is included in abbreviations such as CPR (Cost Performance Report) and TASPR (Technical And Schedule Performance Report).

Position Record

Records management

Pressure Ratio

Fluids handling

Pressure Regulator

Fluids handling

Problem Report

The abbreviation PR (Problem Report) is included in abbreviations such as WSPR (Weapon System Problem Report), CPR (Critical Problem Report), IPR (Interim Problem Report), MPR (Maintainability Problem Report), OMPR (Operational Maintainability Problem Reporting), PRSS (Problem Report Squawk Sheet), SPR (Software Problem Report) and TPR (Test Problem Report).

Procurement Regulation

The abbreviation PR (Procurement Regulation) is included in the abbreviation PRD (Procurement Regulation Directive).

Sale

Program Requirements

The abbreviation PR (Program Requirements) is included in abbreviations such as KPRD (KSC (Kennedy Space Center) Program Requirements Document), PRB (Program Requirements Baseline), PRCB (Program Requirements Change Board), PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board), PRCBD (Program Requirements Control Board Directive), PRD (Program Requirements Document), PRR (Program Requirements Review) and QPRD (Quality Program Requirements Document).

Pulse Rate

Progress Report

The abbreviation PR (Progress Report) is included in abbreviations such as AMPR (Aeronautical Manufacturer’s Progress Report), BPR (Bimonthly Progress Report), DSNPR (Deep Space Network Progress Report), IPNPR (Interplanetary Network Progress Report), QPR (Quarterly Progress Report), TDAPR (Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Progress Report) and TMOPR (Telecommunications and Mission Operations Progress Report).

Personal Record

Sport

Participatory Rural Appraisal

Agriculture

Precession Axis

Professional Rugby Players Association

Plan de Reprise d’Activité

Management

PRAC

Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee

PRACA

Problem Reporting And Corrective Action

The abbreviation PRACA (Problem Reporting And Corrective Action) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).

Quality management

PRACH

Packet Random Access Channel

Telecommunications

PRAI

Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

Panel Review Board

The abbreviation PRB (Panel Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

Parachute Refurbishment Building

Program Review Board

The abbreviation PRB (Program Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

Program Requirements Baseline

The abbreviation PRB (Program Requirements Baseline) includes the abbreviation PR (Program Requirements).

Quality management

President’s Review Board

The abbreviation PRB (President’s Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

PRC

Pharmacotherapy Research Center

PRCB

Program Requirements Change Board

The abbreviation PRCB (Program Requirements Change Board) includes abbreviations PR (Program Requirements) and CB (Change Board).

PRCB

Program Requirements Control Board

The abbreviation PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) is included in the abbreviation PRCBD (Program Requirements Control Board Directive), and it includes abbreviations PR (Program Requirements) and CB (Control Board).

PRCB

Program Review Control Board

The abbreviation PRCB (Program Review Control Board) includes the abbreviation CB (Control Board).

PRCBD

Program Requirements Control Board Directive

The abbreviation PRCBD (Program Requirements Control Board Directive) includes abbreviations PR (Program Requirements), PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) and CB (Control Board).

PRCO

Publications of the Riverview College Observatory

PRCS

Primary Reaction Control System

Payload Requirements Document

The abbreviation PRD (Payload Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

Personal Radiation Dosimeter

Preliminary Requirements Document

The abbreviation PRD (Preliminary Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

Procurement Regulation Directive

The abbreviation PRD (Procurement Regulation Directive) includes the abbreviation PR (Procurement Regulation).

Sale

Procurement Requirements Document

The abbreviation PRD (Procurement Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

Program Requirements Document

The abbreviation PRD (Program Requirements Document) includes abbreviations PR (Program Requirements) and RD (Requirements Document).

Project Requirements Document

The abbreviation PRD (Project Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

PRDA

Program Research and Development Announcement

PRDLA

Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance

PRE

Personal Rescue Enclosure

Safety

PRE

Power Regulation Equipment

Electrical engineering

PREMIA

Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence Association

PRESCO

Practical Recommendations for Sustainable Construction

Construction

PRESENCCIA

Presence & Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, NeuroScience, Cerebral-Computer Interfaces and Applications

PREST

Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology

PRF

Pulse Repetition Frequency

Telecommunications

PRI

Primary Rate Interface

Telecommunications

PRIDE

Pacific Regional Initiatives for the Delivery of basic Education

PRIM&R

Public Responsibility In Medicine and Research

PRIME

Privacy and Identity Management for Europe

PRIP

Pattern Recognition and Image Processing

PRIS

Payload Remote Integration System

Astronautics

PRISCILLA

Bus PRiority strategies and Impact SCenarIos deveLoped on a Large urban Area

Transport and postal services

Pacific Regional Information SysteM

Pacific Roundtable on Industry, Society and Management

Process Industries Safety Management

Partnership for Research Infrastructures in Earth System Modeling (http://prism.enes.org)

Earth sciences

PRISMATICA

Pro-active Integrated Systems for Security Management by Technological Institutional and Communication Assistance

Engineering, technology

Page Revision Log

Payload Retention Latch

Astronautics

Priority Rate Limiting

Preferred Retinal Locus

PRLA

Payload Retention Latch Actuator

PRLA

Payload Retention Latch Assembly

Astronautics

Payload Retention Mechanism

Performance and Reliability Module

Quality management

Pocket Radiation Meter

Nuclear technology

Posigrade Rocket Motor

Astronautics

Pulse Rate Modulation

PRN

Program Release Notice

Pseudorandom Noise

Pulse Ranging Navigation

Public Research Organisation

The abbreviation PRO (Public Research Organisation) is included in abbreviations such as PROTON (Public Research Organisations’ Technology Offices Network) and PROTON (Public Research Organisation Technology Transfer Office Network).

Planning and Reporting Officers

Management

Praktijkonderwijs

Education

Planning Resident Order

PROACT

Programme for Advanced Contactless Technology

PROE

Publications of the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh

PROFETAS

Protein Foods, Environment, Technology and Society

PROFS

Professional Office Systems

PROGRESS

Programme for Research on Embedded Systems & Software

PROM

Programmable Read-Only Memory

The abbreviation PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) is included in abbreviations such as EPROM (Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) and EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), and it includes the abbreviation ROM (Read-Only Memory).

Memories

PROMIS

Project-Oriented Management Information System

PROO

Programma voor onderwijsonderzoek

Education

PROTEIN

euroPean Reusable and cOsThEavy lift transport InvestigatioN

Astronautics

PROTON

Public Research Organisations’ Technology Offices Network

The abbreviation PROTON (Public Research Organisations’ Technology Offices Network) includes the abbreviation PRO (Public Research Organisation).

PROTON

Public Research Organisation Technology Transfer Office Network

The abbreviation PROTON (Public Research Organisation Technology Transfer Office Network) includes the abbreviation PRO (Public Research Organisation).

PRP

Personnel Reliability Program

Personnel management

PRP

Program Redefinition Proposal

Management

PRPS

Programming Requirements Process Specification

Parts Replacement Request

Maintenance

Parts Rework or Replacement

Maintenance

Preflight Readiness Review

The abbreviation PRR (Preflight Readiness Review) includes the abbreviation RR (Readiness Review).

Preliminary Requirements Review

The abbreviation PRR (Preliminary Requirements Review) includes the abbreviation RR (Requirements Review).

Quality management

Production Readiness Review

The abbreviation PRR (Production Readiness Review) includes the abbreviation RR (Readiness Review).

Quality management

Program Requirements Review

The abbreviation PRR (Program Requirements Review) includes abbreviations PR (Program Requirements) and RR (Requirements Review).

Quality management

Project Requirements Review

The abbreviation PRR (Project Requirements Review) includes the abbreviation RR (Requirements Review).

Quality management

Pulse Repetition Rate

Telecommunications

PRRB

Payload Requirements Review Board

The abbreviation PRRB (Payload Requirements Review Board) includes abbreviations RR (Requirements Review) and RB (Review Board).

Payload Retention System

Astronautics

Personal Rescue System

Safety

Personnel Rescue Service

Safety

Power Reactant Subsystem

Chemicals

Precision Ranging System

Preliminary Requirements Specification

Management

Primary Recovery Site

Primary Rescue Site

Safety

Provisioning Requirements Statement

Positioning Reference Signal

PRSA

Power Reactant Storage Assembly

Chemicals

PRSC

Poverty Reduction Support Credit

PRSD

Power Reactant Storage and Distribution

Chemicals

PRSDS

Power Reactant Storage and Distribution System

Chemicals

PRSS

Problem Report Squawk Sheet

The abbreviation PRSS (Problem Report Squawk Sheet) includes the abbreviation PR (Problem Report).

Quality management

PRSV

Papaya Ringspot Virus

PRT

Pulse Repetition Time

PRTLS

Powered Return To Launch Site

The abbreviation PRTLS (Powered Return To Launch Site) includes abbreviations LS (Launch Site) and RTLS (Return To Launch Site).

Astronautics

PRTR

Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

PRV

Pressure-Reducing Valve

Fluids handling

PRVA

Public Relations Verband Austria (www.prva.at)

In German

PRisMa

Portfolio Risk Management

Paging Systems

Polystyrene

PostScript

Parachute System

Production Sheet

Payload Specialist

Astronautics

Payload Station

Astronautics

Payload Support

Astronautics

Pointing Subsystem

Power Supply

The abbreviation PS (Power Supply) is included in abbreviations such as EPS (Experimental Power Supply), GPS (Ground Power Supply), HVPS (High Voltage Power Supply), IPS (Inverter Power Supply), KPSM (Klystron Power Supply Modulator), EPSMA (European Power Supply Manufacturers Association), LVPS (Low Voltage Power Supply), MBPS (Main Bus Power Supply), PSCU (Power Supply Control Unit), UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply), UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) and PSU (Power Supply Unit).

Electrical engineering

Pressure Switch

Fluids handling

Primary Structure

Probability of Survival

Pacific Sociological Association

Prabhu Dasi Sisters of Ajmeer

Power and Servoassembly

Power Servoamplifier

Power Switching Assembly

Preferred Storage Area

Presleep Activity

Medicine

Pressure Switch Assembly

Payload Service Area

Astronautics

Producibility, Supportability, and Affordability

Physical resources management

Payload Support Avionics

Postsleep Activity

Poultry Science Association (www.poultryscience.org)

Probabilistic Safety Assessment

PSAA

Philippines Studies Association of Australasia

PSAC

Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee

PSB

Singapore Productivity and Standards Board

PSBLS

Permanent Space-Based Logistics System

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Parallel Switch Control

Payload Support Contractor

The abbreviation PSC (Payload Support Contractor) includes the abbreviation SC (Support Contractor).

Planetary Spacecraft