Uncategorized Acronyms

Alphabetical Listing of Uncategorized Acronyms

OSE — Own Separate Entrance
OSERS — U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education And Rehabilitative Services
OSETI — Optical SETI
OSI — Office of Strategic Influence – Ontario Swine Improvement – Open Source Initiative – Open Systems Interconnection
OSIA — (U.S.) On-Site Inspection Agency
OSL — Open Source License – Optically Stimulated Luminescence – Orbiting Solar Laboratory
OSS — Office of Strategic Services (1942?1945
OSS — Ossetic Language (ISO 639-2 Code)
OTA — Office of Technology Assessment -Orthodontic Technicians Association
OTB — Off The Ball -OneSAF Testbed (a Descendant of ModSAF)
OTC — Over-The-Counter (drugs)
OTEA — (U.S. Army) Operational Test Evaluation Agency
OTI — Office of Transition Initiatives (United States Agency For International Development)
OTO — Ordo Templi Orientis (Latin
OTOH — On The Other Hand
OTSBH — Over The Shoulder Boulder Holder
OVC — Overcast (METAR Code)
OVV — Optically Visually Violent
OW — Old Wykehamist
P — Peta – Phosphorus
P — Pico
P2P — Peer-to-peer (networking)
P3I OR P?I — PrePlanned Product Improvement
PA — Panama (ISO 3166 Digram) – Paraguay (FIPS 10-4 Country Code) -Partial Agonist -Pennsylvania (postal Symbol) – Petampere -PolyAmide (Nylon) – Prince Albert Piercing – Public Address (vocal Amplification System) – Public Affairs
PA — Pascal – Protactinium
PA — Picoampere
PA — Punjabi Language (ISO 639-1 Code)
PA 6 — Nylon 6 (PolyAmide) (similarly For PA 11
PAA — Position Area For Artillery
PAB — Panamean Balboa (ISO 4217 Currency Code)
PABX — Private Automated Branch EXchange (company Phone System)
PAC — Pan Africanist Congress -Partial Solar Calibrator – Patriot Advanced Capabilities – Political Action Committee -Primary Auditory Cortex
PACOM — (U.S.) Pacific Command
PADI — Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PAEK — PolyArylEtherKetone
PAFC — Plymouth Argyle Football Club
PAHO — Pan American Health Organization
PAI — PolyAmide Imide
PAK — Pakistan (ISO 3166 Trigram)
PAKISTAN — Punjab
PAL — Phase Alternating Line (TV Standard) -Philippine Airlines
PAM — Precision Attack Missile
PAMELA — Payload For Antimatter Matter Exploration And Light-nuclei Astrophysics
PAMELA — Pedestrian Accessibility And Movement Environment Laboratory
PAN — STARRS -Panoramic Survey Telescope And Rapid Response System
PAN — Panama (ISO 3166 Trigram) -Personal Area Network -PolyAcryloNitrile
PAN — Punjabi Language (ISO 639-2 Code)
PANS — Pretty Advanced/Awesome Network Services (cf. POTS)
PAO — Public Affairs Officer
PAPI — Precision Approach Path Indicator (aviation)
PARC — Palo Alto Research Center
PAROS — Prevention of An Arms Race In Outer Space (treaty)
PARP — (NATO Partnership For Peace) Planning And Review Process
PARWIG — Power Augmented Ram Wing In Ground (aeroplane Wing Shape)
PAS — See Entry
PASA — PolyAmide
PASGT — Personnel Armor System
PASR — Personnel Accounting And Strength Reporting
PATH — Port Authority Trans-Hudson
PAWS — Phased Array Warning System – Progressive Animal Welfare Society
PAYD — Pay As You Drive
PAYE — Pay As You Earn
PB — PolyButylene
PB — Lead (Latin Plumbum)
PBB — PolyBrominated Biphenyl
PBCK — Problem Between Chair And Keyboard (computer Help Desk In-joke)
PBD — PolyButaDiene
PBDE — PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ether
PBI — PolyBenzImidazole
PBN — PolyButylene Naphthalate
PBS — Public Broadcasting Service
PBT — PolyButylene Terephthalate
PBX — Private Branch EXchange (company Phone System)
PC — Petacoulomb – U.S. Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 Digram; Obsolete 1986) -Personal Computer – Player Character (roleplaying) – Politically Correct / Political Correctness – Post Cibum (Latin
PC — Picocoulomb
PCAS — Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey
PCB — See Entry
PCC — NATO Partnership Coordination Cell – Posterior Cingulate Cortex – Pre-Command Course – Presidents Conference Committee
PCCB — Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake
PCCIP — President’s Commission On Critical Infrastructure Protection
PCE — PerChlorEthylene
PCI — U.S. Pacific Islands Trust Territory (ISO 3166 Trigram; Obsolete 1986) -Peripheral Component Interconnect (computer Bus)
PCIE — Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (computer Bus)
PCL — Passive Coherent Location
PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (People Can’t Memorise Computer-Industry Acronyms)
PCN — Pitcairn Islands (ISO 3166 Trigram)
PCP — Phencyclidine – Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia (formerly Peumocystis Carinii) -Probabilistically Checkable Proof
PCR — Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCTE — Portable Common Tool Environment;Punjab College of Technical Education
PCZ — Panama Canal Zone (ISO 3166 Trigram; Obsolete 1980)
PD — Per Diem (Latin: (calculated) By The Day) – Point of Departure – Police Department – Postal District – Potential Difference – Principal Deputy – Public Domain
PD — Palladium
PDA — Personal Digital Assistant – Predicted Drift Angle – Public Display of Affection – Push-Down Automaton
PDD — Past Due Date – Presidential Decision Directive
PDF — Panama[nian] Defense Forces (abolished 1990) – Portable Document Format – Principal Direction of Fire
PDG — President Director General – Product Development Group
PDL — Pure Dumb Luck (Texan Punk Band)
PDN — Pull-Down Network
PDQ — Pre-Defined Queries (Siebel Packages) – Pretty Damn Quick
PDRY — People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen (obsolete Since 1990)