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Glossary : P
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- .pdf : Portable Document Format file format
- .png : Portable Network Graphics file format
- .ppt : Microsoft PowerPoint document format
- .ps or PS : Post Script or Postscript file (see also EPS)
- P&DS : Planning and Development Services
- P&R : Planning and Regulatory (Committee)
- P2P : Purchase to Pay
- P3P : Platform for Privacy Preferences
- PAD : Packet Assembler / Disassembler
- PAF : Postal Address File
- PAGN : Project Appraisal Guidance Notes
- PAON : Primary Addressable Object Name (compare : SAON)
- PAP : Password Authentication Protocol
- Paper sizes
- PARSOL : Planning & Regulatory Services On-Line
- PAS : Publicly Available Specification
- PAS 78 : The British Standards Institution’s Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78
- PAWS : Partnering Adur and Worthing Services (a partnership between Adur and Worthing Councils)
- PAWS : Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites
- PBX : Private Branch Exchange
- PC : Parish Council
- PC : Personal Computer
- PC : Politically Correct / Political Correctness
- PC : Public convenience(s) [ or toilet(s) ]
- PCA : Police Complaints Authority
- PCA : Printed Circuit Assembly
- PCB : Printed Circuit Board
- PCG : Primary Care Group
- PCL : Printer Control Language
- PCP : Person Centred Planning
- PCSPS : Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme
- PCT : Primary Care Trust
- PD : Permitted Development
- PDA : Personal Digital Assistant
- PDF : Partnership Development Fund
- PDF : Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat)
- PDL : Page-Description Language
- PDP : Personal development plans
- PDP or PDPs : Plasma display panel(s)
- PDR : Performance and Development Review (an appraisal)
- PDs : Prescribed Diseases
- PDU : Performance Development Unit
- PEG : Promoting Electronic Government
- PEL : Public Entertainment License
- PEST : Political, Economic, Strategic, Technology : ('PEST analysis' - see also ' SWOT analysis' ) sometimes alternatively referred to as 'SLEPT'
- PFI : Private Finance Initiative
- PGA : Pan-government agreement
- PHS : Poly Hierarchical navigation System
- PI or PI's : Performance Indicators
- PIAP : HSE Pesticide Incident Appraisal Panel
- PICS : Platform for Internet Content Selection
- PID : Process Identifier
- PID or PIDs : Project Initiation Document(s)
- PIF : Program Information File
- PIG : Performance Indicator Group
- PIN : Personal Identification Number
- PIN : Prior Indicative Notice
- PING : Packet Internet Gopher
- ping : A protocol that sends a message to another
computer and waits for acknowledgment, often used to check if another computer
on a network is reachable.
- PIP : Performance Improvement Plan
- PIP : Pricing in proportion
- PITO : Police Information Technology Organisation
- PJL : Printer Job Language
- PKCS : Public Key Cryptography Standards
- PKI : Public Key Infrastructure
- PLASC : Pupil Level Annual School Census
- PLI : Public Local Inquiry
- PM : Parish Meeting
- PM : Project Manager
- PMB : Partnership Management Board
- PMLD : Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties
- PMMI : Performance Management Measurement and Information
- PMS : Political Management Structure
- PNG : Portable Network Graphics
- POI : points-of-interest
- POP : Point of Presence
- POP : Post Office Protocol
- POTS : Point Of Termination Station
- PPARC : Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
- ppb : Parts per billion
- PPC : Pay Per Click
- PPC : Pollution Prevention and Control - Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
- PPCM : Personnel, Performance and Contract Management
- PPG : Planning Policy Guidance
- ppm : Parts per million
- PPM : Project Portfolio Management
- PPMI : Performance Management, Measurement and Information
- PPP : Point-to-Point Protocol
- PPTP : Point-to-Point Tunnelling Protocol
- PR : Page Rank
- PRC : People's Republic of China
- PRO : Public Record Office - now called the National Archives
- PRO : Public Relations Officer
- PRS : Premium Rate Service
- PRS : private rental sector
- PSA : Public Service Agreement
- pSAC : Possible Special Area of Conservation
- PSD : Pesticides Safety Directorate
- PSO : Priority Service Outcomes. A list of 54 targets central government targets for the e-enablement area. Adur plans to achieve most of these by March 2006.
- pSSSI : Proposed Site of Special Scientific Interest
- PSTN : Public Switched Telephone Network
- PSTO or PSTOs : Priority Services and Transformational Outcome(s)
- PSWG : Public Sector Working Group
- PTM : Programme Team Meeting - the meeting of officers (and party spokespersons) and the Chair / Vice Chair of a Committee to discuss the agenda in advance of each committee meeting.
- PTWR : Part-Time Workers Regulations
- PTW : Permit to work
- PTWs : Powered two wheelers (includes mopeds, scooters and motorcycles)
- PV : Performance verification
- PV : photovoltaic
- PV : Present Value
- PVR : Personal Video Recorders
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