3-letter words starting with p
- pov — point of view
- pow — the head; poll.
- pox — a disease characterized by multiple skin pustules, as smallpox.
- poz — positive
- ppa — a substance, C 9 H 1 3 NO, related to ephedrine and amphetamine, available in various popular nonprescription diet aids as an appetite suppressant.
- ppb — parts per billion
- ppc — PowerPC
- ppd — Parallel Presence Detect
- ppe — philosophy, politics, and economics: a university course
- ppi — (unit, graphics) (ppi) The unit used to measure resolution of a bitmap display or video input device.
- ppl — Polymorphic Programming Language. An interactive, extensible language, based on APL, from Harvard University.
- ppm — Portable Pixmap
- ppn — Project-Programmer Number. A user-ID under TOPS-10 and its various mutant progeny at SAIL, BBN, CompuServe and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the PDP-10 era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well.
- ppo — A PPO is an organization whose members receive medical care at a greatly reduced cost only if they use doctors and hospitals which belong to the organization.
- ppp — Point-to-Point Protocol
- ppr — present participle
- pps — In Britain, a PPS is a Member of Parliament who is appointed by a more senior Member to help them with their duties. PPS is an abbreviation for 'parliamentary private secretary'.
- ppv — PPV is an abbreviation for pay-per-view.
- pqe — post-qualification experience
- pqs — Picture Quality Scale
- pra — PRAgmatics. The language used by COPS for specification of code generators.
- prb — (after the signatures of Pre-Raphaelite painters) Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
- prc — People's Republic of China
- pri — ISDN Primary Rate Interface. See also BRI
- prk — photorefractive keratectomy
- prl — Proof Refinement Logic. Versions: micro-PRL, lambda-PRL, nu-PRL.
- prn — pro re nata
- pro — in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc.
- prp — performance-related pay
- prs — pairs
- prt — party
- prv — Proverbs
- prw — parents are watching
- pry — to inquire impertinently or unnecessarily into something: to pry into the personal affairs of others.
- psa — Problem Statement Analizer. See PSL/PSA.
- psd — (tool) Portable Scheme Debugger.
- psf — Print Services Facility
- psg — phrase-structure grammar
- psi — Portable Scheme Interpreter
- psk — 1. (communications) Phase-Shift Keying. 2. (cryptography, networking) Pre-Shared Key.
- psl — (language) 1. Portable Standard Lisp. 2. Problem Statement Language.
- psn — Packet Switch Node
- pso — Oracle Parallel Server
- psr — pulsar
- pss — postscripts
- pst — Pacific Standard Time
- psu — power supply unit
- psv — public service vehicle (now called passenger carrying vehicle)
- pta — peseta.
- ptc — A Pascal to C translator.