3-letter words starting with p
- pdm — 1. Product Development Management. 2. Product Data Management.
- pdo — Protected Denomination of Origin: a geographical indication defined within European Union law in order to protect regional agricultural products and foodstuffs
- pdp — Programmed Data Processor
- pdq — pretty damn quick
- pdr — price-dividend ratio
- pds — 1. (hardware) Processor Direct Slot. 2. partitioned data set.
- pdt — Pacific Daylight Time
- pdu — Protocol Data Unit
- pea — the round, edible seed of a widely cultivated plant, Pisum sativum, of the legume family.
- ped — performance-enhancing drug
- pee — the letter p.
- peg — a female given name, form of Peggy.
- peh — the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
- pei — I(eoh) M(ing) [yoh ming] /yoʊ mɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1917, U.S. architect, born in China.
- pel — a pixel
- pem — Privacy Enhanced Mail
- pen — a female swan.
- pep — peak envelope power
- per — for each; for every: Membership costs ten dollars per year. This cloth is two dollars per yard.
- pes — a foot or footlike part.
- pet — a fit of peevishness, sulking, or bad mood.
- pew — bench in church
- pex — (PHIGS Extension to X) Extension to the X Window System providing 3d graphics support.
- pfa — please find attached
- pfc — private first class
- pfd — preferred
- pfe — 1. (text, editor) Programmer's File Editor. 2. (language) Portable Forth Environment.
- pfi — Private Finance Initiative
- pfl — 1. (language) A concurrent extension of ML by Holmstrom and Matthews, using CCS. 2. (language, database) Persistent Functional Language.
- pga — 1. (graphics, specification) Professional Graphics Adapter. 2. (hardware) Pin Grid Array.
- pgd — preimplantation genetic diagnosis; a technique using in vitro fertilization to ensure that a baby does not possess a known genetic defect of either parent. After genetic analysis of the embryos so formed, only those free of defect are implanted in the mother's womb
- pgp — Pretty Good Privacy
- pgr — psychogalvanic response
- pha — Public Housing Administration
- phb — Bachelor of Philosophy
- phc — Pharmaceutical Chemist
- phd — degree: Doctor of Philosophy
- phi — the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet (Φ, φ).
- phm — Philemon
- pho — a N Vietnamese soup made of beef or chicken stock with rice noodles and thin slices of beef or chicken.
- php — PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- phr — phrase
- phs — Public Health Service
- pia — a female given name.
- pic — a movie.
- pid — process identifier
- pie — a former bronze coin of India, the 12th part of an anna.
- pif — Program Information File
- pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
- pik — payment in kind.