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PBX Private Branch extender RAID Redundant Arrays of Inedependent Disks
PC Personal Computer: Program Counter RAM Random Access Memory
PCB Printed Circuit Board RAMDAC Random Access Memory Digital to Analogue Converter
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect RARP Reverse Address Resolution Protocol
PCIe Express Peripheral Component Interconnector RAS Row Address Strobe
PCI-X Extended Peripheral Component Interconnector RCA Radio Corporation of America
PCM Pulse Code Modulation RCC Routing Control Centre
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International As- RCP Remote Copy Protocol
sociation RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
PCR Peak Cell Rate RDRAM Rambus DRAM
PDF Adobe Acrobat Reader File RFC Request For Comments
PDN public data network RFI Radio Frequency Interference
PDU Protocol Data Unit RI Ring Indicator
PE Processor Element RIF Routing Information Field
PFF Page Fault Frequency RIP Routing Information
PGA Professional Graphics Array RISC Reduced Instruction-Set Computer
PGA Pin Grid Array RLL Run Length Limited
PGE Page Global Enable RMS Root Mean Squared
PGP Pretty Good Privacy RMW Read Modify Write
PHP Hypertext Preprocessor ROM Read Only Memory
PIC Programmable Interrupt Controller RP Route Processor
PIM Protocol Independent Multicast RPC Remote Procedure Call
PIM-DM Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode RPM Rotations Per Minute
PIM-SM Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode RTF Rich Text Format Document
PNG Compressed Graphics File RSP Route/Switch Processor
PIO Programmed Input / Output RTC Real Time Clock
PIROM Processor Information ROM RTS Request To Send
PIXEL Picture construct Element SAM Sequential Access Memory
PLCC Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier SAN Storage Area Network
PLL Phase Locked Loop SAP (1) Service Access Point
PLP Packet Level Protocol SASI Small Computer System Interface (Shugart Associates
PM Preventive Maintenance Standard Interface)
PMOS Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment.
PMU Power Management Unit SCR sustainable cell rate
PNG Portable Network Graphics SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
PNNI Private Network-Network Interface SD Single Density
PnP Plug-and-Play SDH Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
POP (1) point of presence: SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
POTS Plain Old Telephone Service SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM
POST Power On Self Test SDRAM DDR II Double Data Rate SDRAM
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol SDRAM BDDR II Bi-Directional Strobed DDR SDRAM
PPT Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation SE Systems Engineer
PQFP Plastic Quad Flat Pack SEC Single Edge Contact
PRI Primary Rate Interface SF A super frame
PRN Printer SFF Small Form Factor
PROM Programmable Read Only Memory SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
PS/2 Personal System/2. (Mouse & Keyboard Ports) SGML Standard Generalized Markup Language
PSE Packet Switching Exchange SGRAM Synchronous Graphics RAM
PSN Packet-Switched Network: (Unique) Serial Number SIMD Single-Instruction Multiple-Data
PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network SIMM Single Inline Memory Module
PSU Power Supply Unit SIP (trunking) Session Initiation protocol trunking
PTE Page Table Entry SIPP Single Inline Pinned Package
PTR Public Test Realm SISD Single-Instruction Single-Data
PUB Microsoft Publisher File SIU Serial Interface Unit
PURG Players Unknown Battlegrounds SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol
PVC Permanent Virtual Circuit SMART Self-Monitoring & Reporting Technology
PVP Permanent Virtual Path SMD Surface Mount Device
PVP tunnelling Permanent Virtual Path tunnelling SMDS Switched Multimegabit Data Service
QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation SMT Surface Mount Technology
QFP Quad Flat Pack SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
QIC Quarter Inch Cartridge SNA System Network Architecture
QRY Microsoft Access Query SNAP Subnetwork Access Protocol
QoS Quality of Service SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol

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