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3-letter words starting with p

  • p-q — manners; behavior; conduct (usually preceded by mind or watch): The children were told to mind their p's and q's.
  • p/c — petty cash
  • p/e — price/earnings (ratio)
  • p/n — promissory note
  • p2c — A Pascal to C translator by Dave Gillespie <[email protected]>. Supports ANSI/ISO standard Pascal as well as substantial subsets of HP Pascal, Turbo Pascal, VAX, and many other dialects.
  • p2p — (networking)   1. The kind of communication found in a system using layered protocols. Each software or hardware component can be considered to communicate only with its peer in the same layer via the connection provided by the lower layers. 2. A decentralised file sharing system like BitTorrent, Gnutella or Kazaa where computers that download data also store that data and serve it to other downloaders. This increases the total bandwidth available in proportion to the number of users and so reduces download time. It also improves resilience by providing multiple redundant sources for the same data. This contrasts with client-server where all clients download the data from a single server (or mirror), sharing its fixed bandwidth. Peer-to-peer networks are typically ad-hoc and rely on users sharing the content they have downloaded for the benefit of other users. Users who fail to do this are called "leaches". A "seed" is a node on a peer-to-peer network that is sharing a complete copy of a file, as opposed to other nodes that may only have some of the parts into which the file has been split.
  • p3l — (Superscript 3). A language with explicit parallelism including constructs for farms and geometric parallelism. P3L currently uses C++ as a host language.
  • p45 — a severance form issued by HMRC via an employer to a person leaving employment
  • pac — Also, pack. a soft, flexible, heelless shoe worn as a liner inside a boot or overshoe.
  • pad — Packet Assembler/Disassembler
  • pah — expressing contempt or dismissal
  • pak — pack; package.
  • pal — a special air service offered by the U.S. Postal Service for sending parcels from 5 to 30 pounds (2.3 to 13.5 kg) to overseas servicemen: only the regular parcel post rate to the U.S. port of shipment plus $1 is charged. Compare SAM (def 2).
  • pam — Pluggable Authentication Module
  • pan — an international distress signal used by shore stations to inform a ship, aircraft, etc., of something vital to its safety or to the safety of one of its passengers.
  • pap — a teat; nipple.
  • par — an equality in value or standing; a level of equality: The gains and the losses are on a par.
  • pas — a step or series of steps in ballet.
  • pat — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
  • pau — a department in SW France. 2978 sq. mi. (7710 sq. km). Capital: Pau.
  • paw — father; pa.
  • pax — the Roman goddess of peace.
  • pay — to coat or cover (seams, a ship's bottom, etc.) with pitch, tar, or the like.
  • paz — a city in and the administrative capital of Bolivia, in the W part; Sucre is the official capital. About 12,000 feet (3660 meters) above sea level.
  • pbb — any of several fat-soluble, cancer-causing substances formerly used as fire retardants
  • pbd — Programmer Brain Damage
  • pbm — play by mail. See play by electronic mail.
  • pbs — In the United States, PBS is an organization that broadcasts television programs and is not financed by advertising. PBS is an abbreviation for 'Public Broadcasting Service.'
  • pbx — Private Branch Exchange
  • pca — (tool, programming)   A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use.
  • 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.

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