Abbreviations starting with P

Pulse Amplitude Modulation

Port Autonome de Marseille (https://www.marseille-port.fr/)

Psychological Association of Manitoba

Programma Alimentare Mondiale

PAM is equivalent to PMA (Programa Mundial d'Alimentos) in Asturian, PAM (Programme Alimentaire Mondial) in French, WFP (World Food Programme) in English, WFP (세계 식량 계획) in Korean, WFP (მსოფლიო სასურსათო საბჭო) in Georgian, WFP (国際連合世界食糧計画) in Japanese, PMA (Programa Mundial de Alimentos) in Spanish.

In Italian

Plan d’Action pour la Méditerranée

Point Accepted Mutation

Plaque Aréolo-Mamelonnaire

PAMA

Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (www.pamalliance.org)

PAMELA

Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics

PAMI

Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence

PAMM

Philippines-Australia Ministerial Meeting

PAMPAS

Pioneering Advanced Mobile Privacy and Security (www.pampas.eu.org)

PAMS

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Polyacrylonitrile

Chemical technology

Probabilistic Analysis Network

Probability

Physics of Atomic Nuclei

Polska Akademia Nauk (www.pan.pl)

In Polish

Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non identifiés

Applied sciences

PAN-H

Plan d’Action National sur l’Hydrogène et les piles à combustible

PANS

Personal Area Network System

Networks, communication

PANSS

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale

PANSY

Program of the Antarctic Syowa MST/IS Radar

PANTER

Poste Auxiliaire de Numérisation, de Tracé et d'Études de Réseaux

PANTHER

Protein ANalysis THrough Evolutionary Relationships (www.pantherdb.org)

PAO

Public Affairs Office

PAO

Poker Academy Online

Entertainment

PAO

Российское авторское общество

In Russian

Russia

Papanicolaou

Payload Accommodation Plan

Astronautics

Payload Adapter Plate

Astronautics

Personnel Assurance Program

Product Assurance Plan

Quality management

Procédé Agrégé de Paiement

Economics

Plan d’Action de Prévention

Projet Annuel de Performance

The abbreviation PAP (Projet Annuel de Performance) is included in abbreviations such as PAPA (Projet Annuel de Performance Académique) and PAPE (Projet Annuel de Performance d’Établissement).

Policy Administration Point

Password Authentication Protocol

PAP-ND

Projet d’Action Personnalisée – Nouveau Départ

PAPA

Projet Annuel de Performance Académique

The abbreviation PAPA (Projet Annuel de Performance Académique) includes the abbreviation PAP (Projet Annuel de Performance).

PAPE

Projet Annuel de Performance d’Établissement

The abbreviation PAPE (Projet Annuel de Performance d’Établissement) includes the abbreviation PAP (Projet Annuel de Performance).

PAPEETE

Pour Améliorer les Performances Énergétiques ET Environnementales

PAPEI

Psychological Association of Prince Edward Island

Peer Assessment Permanent Group

Organizations and associations

Pakistan Association of Petroleum Geoscientists

Programm zur Auswertung von Pappgassenversuchen

Plan d’Amélioration de la Productivité Globale

PAPI

Precision Approach Path Indicator

PAPI

Point d'Accès Public à Internet

Internet

PAPI

Programme d’Appui à la Petite Irrigation

PAPL

Project-Approved Parts List

PAPhS

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society

PAQ

Plan d’Assurance Qualité

Quality management

Population Adjusted Relative (Risk Calculation)

Planning Action Request

The abbreviation PAR (Planning Action Request) includes the abbreviation AR (Action Request).

Project management

Precision Approach Radar

Problem Accountability Record

Problem Action Report

Problem Action Request

The abbreviation PAR (Problem Action Request) includes the abbreviation AR (Action Request).

Product Acceptance Review

The abbreviation PAR (Product Acceptance Review) includes the abbreviation AR (Acceptance Review).

Quality management

Photosynthetically Active Radiation

Perimeter Acquisition Radar

Electronics

Perl Archive Toolkit

PARACHUTE

Participation in RAndomized trials Compromised by widely Held beliefs aboUt lack of Treatment Equipoise

PARADISEC

Pacific And Regional Archive for DIgital Sources in Endangered Cultures

PARAK

Programme d'appui rural Aga Khan

PARB

Problem Assessment Review Board

The abbreviation PARB (Problem Assessment Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

PARC

Palo Alto Research Center (www.parc.com)

PARE

Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment

PARE-PAP

Plan d’Aide à la Recherche d’Emploi - Projet d’Action Personnalisée

PAREL

Programme d'Aide à la Remise en État des Logements

Right to housing

PARLACEN

Parlamento Centroamericano (www.parlacen.org.gt)

In Spanish

PARM

Permanencier Auxiliaire de Régulation Médicale

Traumatology

PARS

Property Accountability Record System

PARS

Property Accounting and Reporting System

PARS

Programmed Airline Reservation System

PARTAJ

Plan d'Accompagnement Régional et Territorial pour l'Avenir des Jeunes

PARTEI

Partei für Arbeit, Rechtsstaat, Tierschutz, Elitenförderung & basisdemokratische Initiative

Political parties and movements

Publicly Available Specifications

Standardization

Percussive Arts Society

Parti Islam SeMalaysia

In Malay

Personen uit het Autisme Spectrum

In Dutch

Publicly Available Specification

Payload Accommodation Study

Astronautics

Primary Alerting System

Problem Assessment System

Quality management

Productivity, Affordability, and Supportability

Prêt à l'Accession Sociale

Programme d’Ajustement Structurel

Project management

Produit d'Activation des Structures

Prélèvement À la Source

PASA

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

PASA

Permutateur Automatique de Sources d'Alimentation

Electrical engineering

PASAu

Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia

PASC

Pacific Area Standards Congress

PASC

Programa de Alcance a la Sociedad Civil

In Spanish

PASCAL

Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling and Computational Learning (www.pascal-network.org)

Artificial intelligence

PASEPARE

Programme d’Appui aux Secteurs de l’Eau Potable, de l’Assainissement et Ressources en Eau

PASJ

Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

PASK

Publications of the Academy of Science Kasakstan

PASO

Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture

Software engineering

PASO

Pacific Aviation Safety Office

PASOLS

Pacific Area Senior Officer Logistics Seminar

Physical resources management

PASP

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

PASPS

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Supplement

PASR

Problem Analysis Status Report

The abbreviation PASR (Problem Analysis Status Report) includes the abbreviation SR (Status Report).

PASS

Primary Avionics Software System

PASS

Planning and Scheduling System

005552

PASS

Permanence d'Accès aux Soins de Santé

Medicine

PASSAGE

Produire des Annotations Syntaxiques à Grande Échelle

PASSaGE

Pattern Analysis, Spatial Statistics and Geographic Exegesis

PASTEL

Plateforme d’Assistance Technique Européenne en Lorraine

PASTI

Public Address Speech Transmission Index

PASTISS

Professional Analysis Software Tool for Inflatable Space Structures

Phi Alpha Theta

Organizations and associations

Problem Action Team

Production Acceptance Test

Quality management

Prime à l'Aménagement du Territoire

Physical planning

Port Address Translation

PATE

Performance Analysis, Test, and Evaluation

Quality management

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health

Partners for Advanced Transit and Higways

Performance Analysis and Test History

Quality management

Postflight Attitude and Trajectory History

A Principled Approach to Humanitarian Action (www.unicef.org/pathtraining/)

United Nations

PATHS

Precursor Above-The-Horizon Sensor

PATONN

Physics and Technology of Nanotubes@Nanotubes

Nanotechnology

PATP

Preliminary Authority To Proceed

Management

PATRACDR

Personnel, Armement, Tenue, Radio, Alimentation, Commandement, Déroulement, Rendez-vous

PATRIARCHE

Patrimoine Archéologique

PATS

Payload Avionics Test Station

PATS

Program for Analysis of Time Series

PAU

Polska Akademia Umiejętności (www.pau.krakow.pl)

In Polish

PAUTx

University of Texas Publications in Astronomy

PAV

Pressure-Actuated Valve

Fluids handling

PAV

Project Algemene Vakken in het BSO

In Dutch

PAVC

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Vaccine Consortium

PAVE

Profession Architecture, Ville et Environnement

PAW

Plasma Arc Welding

The abbreviation PAW (Plasma Arc Welding) is included in the abbreviation VPPAW (Variable Polarity Plasma Arc Welding).

PAWS

Personal Atlas Work Station

PAZ

Precautionary Action Zone

PAZE

Podlaska Agencja Zarzidzania Energii

In Polish

Energy economics

PAllO

Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh

PApCh

Pure and Applied Chemistry

PApGe

Pure and Applied Geophysics

PApPh

Pure and Applied Physics

PB

Point de Branchement

Telecommunications

PBAN

Polybutadiene Arcylonitrile

Chemical technology

Polybromobiphényle

PBB is equivalent to PBB (Polybromierte Biphenyle) in German, PBB (Polybrominated biphenyl) in English.

Chemicals

Polybromierte Biphenyle

PBB is equivalent to PBB (see above).

Chemicals

Polybrominated biphenyl

PBB is equivalent to PBB (see above).

Chemicals

Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu (https://www.un.org/)

PBB is equivalent to UN (Unuiĝintaj Nacioj) in Esperanto, ONU (Organisation des Nations Unies) in French, ONU (Organizazión d'as Nazions Unitas) in Aragonese, ААН (Арганіза́цыя Аб'ядна́ных На́цый) in Belarusian, VN (Verenigde Nasies) in Afrikaans, ONU (Organización de les Naciones Uníes) in Asturian, OOH (Организацията на обединените нации) in Bulgarian, ABU (Aozadur ar Broadoù Unanet) in Breton, OSN (Organizace Spojených Národů) in Czech, ПНО (Пĕрлешнĕ Нацисен Организацийĕ) in Chuvash, ՄԱԿ (Միավորված Ազգերի Կազմակերպություն) in Armenian, FN (Feriene Naasjes) in Frisian, UN (United Nations) in English, NBE (Nazio Batuen Erakundea) in Basque, ONU (Organizacion de las Nacions Unidas) in Occitan, UN (Unuiĝinta Naciaro) in Esperanto, UN (Ujedinjeni Narodi) in Bosnian, CN (Consociatio Nationum) in Latin, FN (Forenede Nationer) in Danish, UN (Unionita Nacioni) in Ido, ONU (Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite) in Italian, KU (Kenedhlow Unys) in Cornish, ONU (Organització de les Nacions Unides) in Catalan, ΟΗΕ (Οργανισμός Ηνωμένων Εθνών) in Greek, ΗΕ (Ηνωμένα Έθνη) in Greek, ONU (Organización de las Naciones Unidas) in Spanish, VN (Vereinte Nationen) in German, VN (Verenigde Naties) in Dutch, VN (Vereent Natiounen) in Letzeburgesh, ООН (Организация Oбъединённых Hаций) in Russian, ONU (Organisacion des Nacions Unies) in Franco-Provençal, ONZ (Organizacja Narodów Zjednoczonych) in Polish, BMT (Birlashgan Millatlar Tashkiloti) in Uzbek, ООН (Організація Об'єднаних Націй) in Ukrainian, BM (Birleşmiş Milletler) in Turkish, LHiQ (Liên Hiệp Quốc) in Vietnamese, OKB (Organizata e Kombeve të Bashkuara) in Albanian, OSN (Organizácia Spojených národov) in Slovak, OZN (Organizacija Združenih Narodov) in Slovenian, УН (Уједињене нације) in Serbian, FN (Förenta nationerna) in Swedish, UM (Umoja wa Mataifa) in Swahili, NU (Nazzioni Uniti) in Sicilian, ONU (Organizaţia Naţiunilor Unite) in Romanian, ONU (Organização das Nações Unidas) in Portuguese, VN (Vereenten Natschonen) in Low German, ST (Sameindu Tjóðir) in Faroese, HN (Huñusqa Nasyunkuna) in Quechuan languages, NA (Na Náisiúin Aontaithe) in Irish, NY (Neteweyên Yekbûyî) in Kurdish, ÜRO (Ühinenud Rahvaste Organisatsioon) in Estonian, SÞ (Sameinuðu þjóðanna) in Icelandic, ЕМрО (Еидгылоу Амилаҭқәа Рорганизациа) in Abkhazian, ДЛО (Дунэе Лъэпкъ Организацие) in Adyghe, የተ.መ.ድ. (የተባበሩት መንግሥታት ድርጅት) in Amharic, ЦМГІ (Цолъарал Миллатазул ГІуцІи) in Avar, BMT (Birləşmiş Millətlər Təşkilatı) in Azerbaijani, VN (Vaoantn Nationa) in Austro-Bavarian, JTO (Jongtėniu Tautū Uorganėzacėjė) in Samogitian, БМО (Берләшкән Милләттәр Ойошмаһы) in Bashkir, НҮБ (Нэгэдэһэн Үндэһэтэнэй Байгуулга) in the BXR language, BM (Birleşken Milletler) in Crimean Tatar, CU (Cenhedloedd Unedig) in Welsh, ONU (Organización las Nacionis Unías) in Extremaduran, އ.ދ (އެކުވެރި ދައުލަތްތައް) in Dhivehi, ÜRO (Ütistünüisi Rahvidõ Organisatsiuun) in Võro, ÜR (Ütistünüq Rahvaq) in Võro, YK (Yhdistyneet kansakunnat) in Finnish, ONU (Organizazion des Nazions Unidis) in Friulian, ONI (Organizasyon di sé Nasyonzini) in French Guianese Creole, ONU (Organización das Nacións Unidas) in Galician, AU (Ny h-Ashoonyn Unnaneysit) in Manx, UN (United Nations) in Fiji Hindi, UN (Ujedinjeni narodi) in Croatian, ENSZ (Egyesült Nemzetek Szervezete) in Hungarian, ՄԱԿ (Միաւորուած Ազգերու Կազմակերպութիւն) in Western Armenian, ONU (Organisation del Nationes Unite) in Interlingua, PBB (Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa) in Indonesian, OUN (Organisation del Unit Nationes) in Interlingue, PBB (Pasarékatan Bangsa-Bangsa) in Javanese, BMSh (Birlesken Milletler Shólkemi) in Karakalpak, გაერო (გაერთიანებული ერების ორგანიზაცია) in Georgian, ЛъЗ (Лъэпкъ Зэгуэтхэр) in Kabardian, БМО (Бирлешген Миллетлени Организациясы) in Karachay-Balkar, ӦВК (Ӧтувтчӧм Войтыръяслӧн Котыр) in Komi, БУУ (Бириккен Улуттар Уюму) in Kirghiz, СМТ (Садхьанвай миллетрин тешкилат) in the LEZ language, NU (Nasiones Unida) in Lingua Franca Nova, VN (Verenigde Naties) in Limburgish, ÜNU (Urganizaziun di Naziun Ünii) in Lombard, LIBIMO (Lisangá lya Bikólo bya Mokili mobimba) in Lingala, LBM (Lisangá lya Bikólo bya Molɔ́ngɔ́) in Lingala, JTO (Jungtinių Tautų Organizacija) in Lithuanian, ANO (Apvienoto Nāciju Organizācija) in Latvian, PBB (Pasarékatan Bangsa-Bangsa) in Bilma Kanuri, FM (Firenena Mikambana) in the MLG language, ИНО (Иктыш ушнышо Наций-влак Организаций) in the MHR language, PBB (Pasarikatan Banso-Banso) in the MIN language, ООН (Организација на обединетите нации) in Macedonian, НҮБ (Нэгдсэн Үндэстний Байгууллага) in Mongolian, संरा (संयुक्त राष्ट्रे) in Marathi, SN (Dei sameinte nasjonane) in Nynorsk, FN (De forente nasjoner) in Norwegian, ߡ.ߟ.ߛ (ߡߊ߲߬ߕߏ߲ ߘߍ߬ߣߍ߲ ߛߌ߲߬ߝߏ߲߬ߧߊ߬ߟߌ) in the NQO language, ONE (Organisatioun des Natiouns Eunies) in Norman, ИНО (Иугонд Нациты Организаци) in Ossetian, HA (Huñusqa Aylluskakuna) in Quechuan languages, ONU (Organisassion dle Nassion Unìe) in Piedmontese, ONU (Organisaziun da las Naziuns unidas) in Romansh, ОЗН (Орґанізація Зъєдиненых Націй) in Rusyn, ХНТ (Холбоһуктаах Нациялар Тэрилтэлэрэ) in Yakut, UNO (Unitit Naitions Organisation) in Scots, UN (Unitit Naitions) in Scots, ON (Ovttastuvvan Našuvnnat) in Northern Sami, MNP (Mubatanidzwa weNyika Pasirose) in Shona, QM (Qaramada Midoobay) in Somali, OKB (Organizata e Kombeve të Bashkuara) in Albanian, PBB (Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa) in Sundanese, СММ (Созмони Милали Муттаҳид) in Tajik, BMG (Birleşen Milletler Guramasy) in Turkmen, БМО (Берләшкән Милләтләр Оешмасы) in Tatar, ОНО (Огазеяськем Нациослэн Организацизы) in Udmurt, ONU (Organixasion dełe Nasion Unìe) in Venetian, ÜRO (Ühtenzoittud Rahvahiden Organizacii) in Veps, ÜRK (Ühthižrahvazkundad) in Veps, ÜN (Ühtištetad Nacijad) in Veps, NNP (Nogan Netas Pebalöl) in Volapük, ONU (Organizåcion des Nåcions Uneyes) in Walloon, KMX (Kureelu Mbootayu Xeet yi) in Wolof, AOA (Àgbájọ àwọn Orílẹ̀-èdè Aṣòkan) in Yoruba.

In Malay

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Provider Backbone Bridge

Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (https://www.un.org/)

PBB is equivalent to UN, ONU, ААН, VN, OOH, ABU, OSN, ПНО, ՄԱԿ, FN, NBE, CN, KU, ΟΗΕ, ООН, ONZ, BMT, LHiQ, OKB, OZN, УН, UM, ST, HN, NA, NY, ÜRO, SÞ, ЕМрО, ДЛО, የተ.መ.ድ., ЦМГІ, JTO, БМО, НҮБ, CU, އ.ދ, YK, ONI, AU, ENSZ, OUN, BMSh, გაერო, ЛъЗ, ӦВК, БУУ, СМТ, ÜNU, LIBIMO, LBM, ANO, FM, ИНО, संरा, ߡ.ߟ.ߛ, ONE, HA, ОЗН, ХНТ, UNO, MNP, QM, СММ, BMG, ОНО, ÜRK, NNP, KMX, AOA (see above).

In Indonesian

Pasarékatan Bangsa-Bangsa (https://www.un.org/)

In Javanese

Pasarékatan Bangsa-Bangsa (https://www.un.org/)

In Bilma Kanuri

Pasarikatan Banso-Banso (https://www.un.org/)

[MIN]

Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa (https://www.un.org/)

In Sundanese

PBB-TE

Provider Backbone Bridge - Traffic Engineering

PBBC

Progress in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry

PBBN

Provider Backbone Bridge Network

PBC

The People's Bank of China (http://www.pbc.gov.cn/)

Payload Bay Door

Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit

PBDE

Polybromodiphényléther

PBDE is equivalent to PBDE (Polybromierte Diphenylether) in German, PBDE (Polybrominated diphenyl ether) in English.

Chemicals

PBDE

Polybromierte Diphenylether

PBDE is equivalent to PBDE (see above).

Chemicals

PBDE

Polybrominated diphenyl ether

PBDE is equivalent to PBDE (see above).

Chemicals

PBDI

Prise de Branchement avec Déclencheur Intégré

Energy economics

PBDM

Payload Bay Door Mechanism

PBEB

Provider Backbone Edge Bridge

PBG

Produadur Broadel Gros

In Breton

Economics

PBI

Polybenzimidezole

Chemical technology

PBI

Push-Button Indicator

Human-computer interaction

PBIC

Programmable Buffer Interface Card

PBIM

Programmable Buffer Interface Module

PBK

Payload Bay Kit

Astronautics

PBL

Payload Bay Liner

Astronautics

PBL

Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte

Policy Block List

Program Business Management

The abbreviation PBM (Program Business Management) includes the abbreviation BM (Business Management).

Management

PBMB

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

PBMC

Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell

Blood and circulatory system

PBML

Prague Bulletin of Mathematical Linguistics

Preburner Pump

Postboost Propulsion System

Vehicle engineering

PBR

Ponction-Biopsie Rénale

Diagnostics

Phosphate-Buffered Saline

Biology

Payload Berthing System

Astronautics

Program Breakdown Structure

Management

Protective Breathing System

Safety

Portable Batch System

Public Broadcasting Service

Telecommunications

Papier Büro und Schreibwaren

Paper and board industry

Pfadibewegung Schweiz (www.pbs.ch)

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Pharmacology, therapeutics, toxicology

Personel Bilgi Sistemi

In Turkish

Porter Batiste Stoltz

Music

Production Base Support

Print Batch Services

Provider Backbone Transport