Acronyms with P
Well-known acronym: personal digital assistant
Common acronym for public service announcement
Familiar school group: Parent-Teacher Association
Known tech acronym: Post Office Protocol
Widely used: paid time off / please turn over
Common medical acronym: premenstrual syndrome
Very common: personal identification number
Acronym for picture-in-picture (video feature)
Widely known: Portable Document Format
US broadcaster: Public Broadcasting Service
A widely known acronym: prisoner of war
Common in healthcare: primary care physician
Business acronym: point of sale/system
Networking acronym: Port Address Translation
Image format and country code for Papua New Guinea.
Political action group or smear test, valid acronym.
Stands for Political Action Committee in US politics.
Programmable Array Logic; early digital chip tech.
Pounds per Square Inch; pressure unit in engineering.
Plug and Play; auto hardware config standard for PCs.
Polyethylene Terephthalate; plastic used in bottles.
Pacific Standard Time; time zone in west North America.
Professional Golfers' Association; golf sports body.
Personal Area Network; short‑range wireless network type.
Pixels Per Inch; screen/print resolution measure.
Polymerase Chain Reaction; key DNA amplification method.
Palestine Liberation Organization; political group.
US restaurant chain name, used as PH or PHI ticker symbol.
PHP: originally “Personal Home Page,” now recursive acronym.
Polyvinyl Chloride; common plastic for pipes, cards.
PUP: Potentially Unwanted Program in computer security.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome; medical condition.
Often "pain in the ass"; mild slang acronym.
Acronym like "post‑exposure prophylaxis" in medicine.
Common for People's Republic of China.
Stands for "public limited company".
Often "premenstrual tension" in medicine.
Can mean "proficiency integrity testing" etc.
Postscript in letters; from Latin.
Police of Interest / Person of Interest context.
Prince Edward Island, Canadian province.
Postscript again; common letter acronym.
Can mean "Print On Demand" in publishing.
PIC=picture; also Partner‑in‑Charge in business
P.E.T.A.=People for Ethical Treatment of Animals
PDP=Plasma display panel; also party or policy
PUSH=Press Until Something Happens, tech slang
PREP=Pre‑Exposure Prophylaxis, HIV prevention
PPM=Parts per million, chemistry unit
PMC=Private Military Company; also Project Mgmt
P.I.=Private Investigator, classic detective term
PFAS=Per‑ and polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals
Printed Circuit Board, key in electronics.
POT = Plain Old Telephone, old telecom term.
Slang: Pretty Hot And Tempting, 90s vibe.
PEI = Prince Edward Island, Canada.
PAR = Photosynthetically Active Radiation.
PAM = Pulse Amplitude Modulation in telecom.
The words in the list Acronyms with P come from players of the word game City, Country, River.