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  • Fundamentals of knowledge and culture

    Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.

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    Code

    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    PRP

    Program Redefinition Proposal

    In English

    PRPS

    Programming Requirements Process Specification

    In English

    PRR

    Parts Replacement Request

    In English

    PRR

    Parts Rework or Replacement

    In English

    PRR
    Preflight Readiness Review

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

    In English

    PRR
    Preliminary Requirements Review

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

    In English

    PRR
    Production Readiness Review

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

    In English

    PRR
    Program Requirements Review

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

    In English

    PRR
    Project Requirements Review

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

    In English

    PRRB
    Payload Requirements Review Board

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

    In English

    PRS

    Preliminary Requirements Specification

    In English

    PRSS
    Problem Report Squawk Sheet

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

    In English

    PRST

    Pôle de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique

    In French

    PRisMa

    Portfolio Risk Management

    In English

    PS

    PostScript

    In English

    PSA

    Preferred Storage Area

    In English

    PSA

    Producibility, Supportability, and Affordability

    In English

    PSA

    Probabilistic Safety Assessment

    In English

    PSAC

    Presidential Scientific Advisory Committee

    In English

    PSB

    Singapore Productivity and Standards Board

    In English

    PSBLS

    Permanent Space-Based Logistics System

    In English

    PSC

    Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

    In English

    PSC

    Program Schedule Chart

    In English

    PSCDS

    Publication Spéciale du Centre de Données Stellaires

    In French

    PSCN
    Preliminary Specification Change Notice

    The abbreviation PSCN (Preliminary Specification Change Notice) includes abbreviations CN (Change Notice) and SCN (Specification Change Notice).

    In English

    PSCN

    Program Support Communications Network

    In English

    PSD

    Physical Sciences Data

    In English

    PSD

    Power Systems Division

    In English

    PSD

    Program Support Document

    In English

    PSDE

    Personal Systems Distribution Europe

    In English

    PSDN

    Packet Switched Data Network

    In English

    PSDR

    Planning and Scheduling Document Record

    In English

    PSE
    Personal Security Environment

    = PSU | Persönliche Sicherheitsumgebung | In German
    = PSU | Prinz-von-Songkhla-Universität | In German
    = PSU | Prince of Songkhla University | In English

    In English

    PSE

    Primer Specificity Evaluation

    In English

    PSF

    Probability of Stress Failure

    In English

    PSI

    Physical Space Inventory

    In English

    PSI

    Programme de Surveillance de l’Irradiation

    In French

    PSI

    Perception, Système et Information

    In French

    PSI/SCI

    Preshipment Inspection and Seller Configuration

    In English

    PSICOSE

    Participation du Système d'Information à la COmpréhension du Social dans l'Entreprise

    In French

    PSIG

    Propulsion Systems Integration Group

    In English

    PSJ

    Palynological Society of Japan

    In English

    PSK

    Phase Shift Key

    In English

    PSL

    Program Support Library

    In English

    PSL

    Program Statement Language

    In English

    PSM

    Product Support Manager

    In English

    PSM
    Program Management Support

    The abbreviation PSM (Program Management Support) includes the abbreviation PM (Program Management).

    In English

    PSN

    Program Schedule Network

    In English

    PSN

    Plan Stratégique National

    In French

    PSO

    Pad Safety Officer

    In English

    PSO

    Phantasy Star Online

    In English

    PSP
    Payload Signal Processor

    The abbreviation PSP (Payload Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).

    In English

    PSP

    Program Support Plan

    In English

    PSP
    Programmable Signal Processor

    The abbreviation PSP (Programmable Signal Processor) includes the abbreviation SP (Signal Processor).

    In English

    PSP

    Project Schedule Plan

    In English

    PSP

    PlayStation Portable

    In English

    PSPL

    Priced Spare Parts List

    In English

    PSPM

    Point Set Pattern Matching

    In English

    PSPO

    Professional Scrum Product Owner

    In English

    PSR
    Payload Safety Review

    The abbreviation PSR (Payload Safety Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Safety Review).

    In English

    PSR
    Performance Status Report

    The abbreviation PSR (Performance Status Report) includes the abbreviation SR (Status Report).

    In English

    PSR
    Problem Status Report

    The abbreviation PSR (Problem Status Report) includes the abbreviation SR (Status Report).

    In English

    PSR
    Production Safety Review

    The abbreviation PSR (Production Safety Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Safety Review).

    In English

    PSR
    Program Status Review

    The abbreviation PSR (Program Status Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Status Review).

    In English

    PSR
    Project Safety Review

    The abbreviation PSR (Project Safety Review) includes the abbreviation SR (Safety Review).

    In English

    PSR

    Personal Services Regular

    In English

    PSRD
    Program Support Requirements Document

    The abbreviation PSRD (Program Support Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

    In English

    PSRR
    Preliminary Systems Requirements Review

    The abbreviation PSRR (Preliminary Systems Requirements Review) includes the abbreviation RR (Requirements Review).

    In English

    PSRS

    Plant Service Recall System

    In English

    PSS

    Performance Summary System

    In English

    PSS
    Planning and Scheduling System

    The abbreviation PSS (Planning and Scheduling System) is included in abbreviations such as CAPSS (Computer-Aided Planning and Scheduling System) and SPSS (Science Planning and Scheduling System).

    In English

    PSSR

    Performance Status Summary Report

    In English

    PSSR

    Performance Status Summary Review

    In English

    PSST

    Periodic Significant Scheduled Task

    In English

    PST

    Preliminary Systems Test

    In English

    PSTS

    Profile Specific Test Specificiation

    In English

    PSU

    Plan Stratégique d’Unité

    In French

    PSU

    Phantasy Star Universe

    In English

    PSU
    Persönliche Sicherheitsumgebung

    = PSE, PSU (see above)

    In German

    PSU
    Power Supply Unit

    The abbreviation PSU (Power Supply Unit) includes the abbreviation PS (Power Supply).

    In English

    PSWWWVL

    Pacific Studies WWW Virtual Library

    In English

    PT

    Project Team

    In English

    PT

    Product Team

    In English

    PT

    Productivity Team

    In English

    PTA
    Propulsion Test Article

    The abbreviation PTA (Propulsion Test Article) includes the abbreviation TA (Test Article).

    In English

    PTA

    Programme Triennal d’Actions

    In French

    PTAS

    Performance Trend Analysis System

    In English

    PTB

    Payload Timing Buffer

    In English

    PTCC
    Propulsion Test Control Center

    The abbreviation PTCC (Propulsion Test Control Center) includes abbreviations CC (Control Center) and TCC (Test Control Center).

    In English

    PTCS

    Planning, Training, and Checkout System

    In English

    PTCS

    Propellant Tanking Computer System

    In English

    PTE

    Plate-forme Technologique Européenne

    In English

    PTI

    Preliminary Test Information

    In English

    PTI

    Programmed Test Input

    In English

    PTI

    Poste de Travail Informatisé

    In French

    PTIS

    Programmed Test Input System

    In English

    PTJ

    Projektträger Jülich

    In German

    PTM

    Pulse Time Modulation

    In English

    PTQ

    Post-Training Quantization

    In English

    PTR
    Preliminary Test Report

    The abbreviation PTR (Preliminary Test Report) includes the abbreviation TR (Test Report).

    In English

    PTR

    Program Technical Review

    In English

    PTR

    Program Trouble Report

    In English

    PTS

    Profile Test Specification

    In English

    PTS

    Profile Test Suite

    In English

    PTS

    Payload Test Set

    In English

    PTV

    Pathfinder Test Vehicle

    In English

    PUC

    Permanent UNIMARC Committee

    In English

    PUCE

    Programme pour l’Utilisation des Composants Électroniques

    In French

    PUND
    Programo de la Unuiĝintaj Nacioj pri Disvolvado

    = PNUD | Programme des Nations Unies pour le Développement | In French
    = PNUD | Programa de les Naciones Uníes pa'l Desendolcu | In Asturian
    = PNUD | Programul Naţiunilor Unite pentru Dezvoltare | In Romanian
    = UNDP | United Nations Development Programme | In English
    = PNUD | Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo | In Spanish
    = PNUD | Programa de les Nacions Unides per al Desenvolupament | In Catalan
    = UNDP | გაეროს განვითარების პროგრამა | In Georgian
    = UNDP | জাতিসংঘ উন্নয়ন কর্মসূচী | In Bengali
    = PNUD | Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento | In Portuguese
    = ПРООН | Программа развития ООН | In Russian
    = UNDP | สำนักงานโครงการพัฒนาแห่งสหประชาชาติ | In Thai
    = UNDP | ஐக்கிய நாடுகள் வளர்ச்சித் திட்டம் | In Tamil
    = UNDP | 联合国开发计划署 | In Chinese languages

    In Esperanto

    PUP

    Potentially Unwanted Program

    In English

    PUZ

    Prozesatzeko Unitate Zentral

    In Basque

    PV

    Physical Volume

    In English

    PVED

    Propulsion and Vehicle Engineering Division

    In English

    PVS

    Passive Vulnerability Scanner

    In English

    PVT
    Preflight Verification Test

    The abbreviation PVT (Preflight Verification Test) includes the abbreviation VT (Verification Test).

    In English

    PVT
    Pyrotechnic Verification Test

    The abbreviation PVT (Pyrotechnic Verification Test) includes the abbreviation VT (Verification Test).

    In English

    PVWA

    Planned Value of Work Accomplished

    In English

    PVWS

    Planned Value of Work Scheduled

    In English

    PWA

    Private Write Area

    In English

    PWA
    Product Work Authorization

    The abbreviation PWA (Product Work Authorization) includes the abbreviation WA (Work Authorization).

    In English

    PWBS
    Program Work Breakdown Structure

    The abbreviation PWBS (Program Work Breakdown Structure) includes the abbreviation WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).

    In English

    PYPL

    PopularitY of Programming Language

    In English

    PaReL

    Pattern Recognition Letters

    In English

    PaaS

    Platform as a Service

    In English

    Pacman

    Package manager

    In English

    ParC

    Parallel Computing

    In English

    PauLLA

    Pau Logiciels Libres Association

    In French

    PetDB
    Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (https://www.earthchem.org/petdb)

    PetDB (Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor) is a searchable database of published geochemical data for igneous and metamorphic rocks of the ocean floor, including magmatic rocks generated at mid-ocean ridges, back-arc basins, or young seamounts, abyssal peridotites, old oceanic crust, mantle xenoliths, and ophiolites.

    In English

    PiCT

    Prothrombinase-induced Clotting Time

    In English

    PlR

    Planetary Report

    In English

    PnP

    Plug 'n play

    In English

    PoE

    Power over Ethernet

    In English

    ProTon

    Public Research Organisations Transfer Office Network

    In English

    PyG

    PyTorch Geometric

    In English

    Q&A

    Question and Answer

    In English

    QA
    Quality Assurance

    = AQ | Assurance Qualité | In French

    The abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance) is included in abbreviations such as ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), SQA (Software Quality Assurance), ECQAC (Electronic Components Quality Assurance Committee), QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education), ABQAURP (American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians), PQA (Procurement Quality Assurance), QA&T (Quality Assurance and Test), QAC (Quality Assurance Chart), QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document), QAD (Quality Assurance Division), QAFM (Quality Assurance Forms Manual), QAM (Quality Assurance Manual), QAOP (Quality Assurance Operating Procedure), QAP (Quality Assurance Product), QAR (Quality Assurance Report), R&QA (Reliability and Quality Assurance), RM&QA (Reliability, Maintainability, and Quality Assurance), SDQA (Space Division Quality Assurance), SQA (Subcontractor Quality Assurance), SR&QA (Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance), T&QA (Test and Quality Assurance), LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance) and SDQA (Software Development Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QA

    Quality Audit

    In English

    QA
    Question Answering

    The abbreviation QA (Question Answering) is included in the abbreviation CoQA (Conversational Question Answering).

    In English

    QA&T
    Quality Assurance and Test

    The abbreviation QA&T (Quality Assurance and Test) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAA
    Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

    The abbreviation QAA (Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAC
    Quality Assurance Chart

    The abbreviation QAC (Quality Assurance Chart) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QACAD
    Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document

    The abbreviation QACAD (Quality Assurance Corrective Action Document) includes abbreviations QA (Quality Assurance) and CA (Corrective Action).

    In English

    QAD
    Quality Assurance Division

    The abbreviation QAD (Quality Assurance Division) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAFM
    Quality Assurance Forms Manual

    The abbreviation QAFM (Quality Assurance Forms Manual) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAM
    Quality Assurance Manual

    = MAQ | Manuel d’Assurance Qualité | In French

    The abbreviation QAM (Quality Assurance Manual) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAOP
    Quality Assurance Operating Procedure

    The abbreviation QAOP (Quality Assurance Operating Procedure) includes abbreviations QA (Quality Assurance) and OP (Operating Procedure).

    In English

    QAP

    Quality Assessment Procedure

    In English

    QAP
    Quality Assurance Product

    The abbreviation QAP (Quality Assurance Product) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAR
    Quality Assurance Report

    The abbreviation QAR (Quality Assurance Report) includes the abbreviation QA (Quality Assurance).

    In English

    QAT

    Quantization-Aware Training

    In English

    QAVT

    Qualification Acceptance Vibration Test

    In English

    QBIC

    Query By Image Content

    In English

    QC
    Quality Control

    The abbreviation QC (Quality Control) is included in abbreviations such as ASQC (American Society for Quality Control), FTSQCO (Fiji Trade Standards and Quality Control Office), COSQC (Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control), PQC (Procurement Quality Control), QCDR (Quality Control Deficiency Report), QCOP (Quality Control Operating Procedure) and SQC (Statistical Quality Control).

    In English

    QCD

    Qualité, Coûts, Délais

    In French

    QCDR
    Quality Control Deficiency Report

    The abbreviation QCDR (Quality Control Deficiency Report) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).

    In English

    QCOP
    Quality Control Operating Procedure

    The abbreviation QCOP (Quality Control Operating Procedure) includes abbreviations OP (Operating Procedure) and QC (Quality Control).

    In English

    QCS

    Qualified Calibration Source

    In English

    QDA
    Quadratic Discriminant Analysis

    The abbreviation QDA (Quadratic Discriminant Analysis) is included in the abbreviation SQDA (Sparse Quadratic Discriminant Analysis).

    In English

    QDOS
    Quick and Dirty Operating System

    The abbreviation QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

    In English

    QDR
    Qualification Design Review

    The abbreviation QDR (Qualification Design Review) is included in the abbreviation CQDR (Critical Qualification Design Review), and it includes the abbreviation DR (Design Review).

    In English

    QDS

    Quality Data System

    In English

    QE

    Quality Engineer

    In English

    QE

    Quality Engineering

    In English

    QED
    Quod Erat Demonstrandum

    = CQFD | Ce Qu'il Fallait Démontrer | In French

    In Latin

    QES

    Qwam E-content Server

    In English

    QFD

    Quality Function Deployment

    In English

    QFD

    Quality Functional Deployment

    In English

    QG

    Quartier Général

    In French

    QI

    Quality Information

    In English

    QI

    Qualification Initiale

    In French

    QIC

    Quality Information Control

    In English

    QIS

    Quality Improvement Service

    In English

    QIS

    Qualcomm Internet Services

    In English

    QIS

    Quantum Information Science

    In English

    QLDS

    Quick-Look Data Station

    In English

    QMS

    Quality Management System

    In English

    QO

    Qualification Opérationnelle

    In French

    QOM

    Quick Ontology Mapping

    In English

    QOS

    Quality Operating System

    In English

    QP

    Qualification des Performances

    In French

    QPD

    Quality Planning Document

    In English

    QPL

    Qualified Parts List

    In English

    QPL

    Qualified Products List

    In English

    QPP

    Quality Program Plan

    In English

    QPR
    Quarterly Progress Report

    The abbreviation QPR (Quarterly Progress Report) includes the abbreviation PR (Progress Report).

    In English

    QPRD
    Quality Planning Requirements Document

    The abbreviation QPRD (Quality Planning Requirements Document) includes the abbreviation RD (Requirements Document).

    In English

    QPRD
    Quality Program Requirements Document

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

    In English

    QPRH

    Quality Planning Requirements Handbook

    In English

    QPSD

    Quality and Productivity Systems Division

    In English

    QQPRI

    Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information

    In English

    QRS

    Qualification Review Sheet

    In English

    QS

    Quality System

    In English

    QS

    Qualité Sûreté

    In French

    QSA

    Qualification Site Approval

    In English

    QSAE

    Quality and Standards Authority of Ethiopia

    In English

    QSE

    Qualité, Sécurité, Environnement

    In French

    QSGVT

    Quarter-Scale Ground Vibration Test

    In English

    QSII

    Qualité et Sécurité des Installations Intérieures

    In French

    QSL

    Qualified Source List

    In English

    QTP
    Qualification Test Plan

    The abbreviation QTP (Qualification Test Plan) includes the abbreviation TP (Test Plan).

    In English

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