3-letter words starting with p
- 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
- pml — Parallel ML.
- pms — a private message sent to another user of a social media service or private messaging service: How do I send a pm to the moderator of the message board?
- pmt — PMT is an abbreviation for premenstrual tension.
- png — Portable Network Graphics
- pni — psychoneuroimmunology
- pnp — 1. (electronics) A type of bipolar transistor consisting of a layer of N-doped semiconductor (the "base") between two P-doped layers (the "collector" and "emitter"). PNP transistors are commonly operated with the emitter at ground and the collector at a negative voltage. In the 1960s, the germanium PNP transistor was the cheapest and best for use at ordinary temperatures. The leakage current from collector to base in this type of device is larger than for the silicon transistor, and also varies more with temperature. The effect of these deficiencies can be lessened by proper biasing and feedback, which can make the circuit both serviceable and reliable. Neither germanium nor PNP transistors are as common today. The voltages used on a PNP transistor are inverted when compared with vacuum tubes. Further, the behaviour of vacuum tubes is usually described in terms of voltages whereas transistors are better described in terms of current. 2. (architecture) plug and play.
- poa — Portable Object Adapter
- pob — Prisoner of Bill
- poc — Point Of Contact
- pod — the straight groove or channel in the body of certain augers or bits.
- poe — PowerOpen Environment
- poh — to reject contemptuously
- poi — a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded, moistened, and fermented.
- pol — a politician, especially one experienced in making political deals, exchanging political favors, etc.
- pom — pommy.
- poo — excrement.
- pop — point of presence
- por — power-on reset
- pos — a chamber pot.
- pot — a deep hole; pit.