IT Terms beginning with 'P'

• P-Code Machine
• P2P
• P2P
• P2P Architecture
• P2P File Sharing
• P2P Network
• P2PE
• P2V
• P3P
• PA
• PA-DSS
• PA-QSA
• PaaS
• PAB
• PABX
• Pacemaker Hacker
• Package
• Package Size
• Packet
• Packet Analyzer
• Packet Buffer
• Packet Capture
• Packet Collision Rate
• Packet Filtering
• Packet Loss
• Packet Monkey
• Packet Reservation Multiple Access (PRMA)
• Packet Switched Network (PSN)
• Packet Switching
• PACS
• PACTOR
• Pad Character
• PADSL
• page
• Page Hijacking
• Page Setup
• Page View (PV)
• Pagejacking
• PageRank
• Pages Per Minute (PPM)
• Pages Per Visit (Pages/Visit)
• Pages/Visit
• Paging
• Paid Search
• Painting Tool
• PAL
• Palm
• PalmPilot
• Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
• PAM
• PAM
• PAMA
• PAN
• Pandas
• Pandora
• Pango
• Pantone Matching System (PMS)
• PAP
• Paper Tape
• Paperless Office
• Paradox
• Parallax Scrolling
• Parallel Computing
• Parallel Data Analysis
• Parallel Functional Programming
• Parallel Interface
• Parallel Method Invocation (PMI)
• Parallel Port
• Parallel Processing
• Parallel Processing Software
• Parallel Query
• Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)
• param
• Parameter (param)
• Parameterized Query
• Parametric Polymorphism
• Parasite Hosting
• Parasiteware
• Paravirtualization
• Paravirtualized Operating System
• PARC
• Parent Partition
• Parental Control Software
• Parity
• Parity Check
• Parity Error
• Parse
• Parser
• Partial Document Encryption (PDE)
• Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP)
• Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)
• Partition
• Partitioning Code
• Partner Portal
• Partner Relationship Management (PRM)
• Pascal
• Passive Attack
• Passive Biometrics
• Passive Component
• Passive Fault Management
• Passive File Transfer Protocol (PASV FTP)
• Passive Network
• Passive Optical Network (PON)
• Passive Reconnaissance
• Passive Surveillance
• Passphrase
• Password
• Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)
• Password Breaker
• Password Cracking
• Password Generator
• Password Hardening
• Password Manager
• Password Protection
• Password Salting
• Password Sniffer
• Password Vault
• Pasta Theory
• PASV FTP
• PAT
• Patch
• Patch and Pray
• Patch Antenna
• Patch Cord
• Patch Management
• Patch Panel
• Patch Tuesday
• Patent
• Patent Pending
• Patent Troll
• Path Coverage Testing
• Pathname
• PathPing
• Patient Relationship Management
• Pattern Matching
• Pattern Recognition
• Paul Allen
• Paul Baran
• Pay As You Go (PAYG)
• Pay Per Click (PPC)
• Pay Per Lead (PPL)
• Pay to Play (P2P)
• PAYG
• Payload
• Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS)
• Payment Application Qualified Security Assessor (PA-QSA)
• Payment Card Industry (PCI)
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
• Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC)
• Payment Gateway
• PayPal
• Paywall
• PB
• Pb
• PB Cache
• PBX
• PC
• PC
• PC Card
• PC Demo
• PC Game
• PC Load Letter
• PC Recovery
• PC-on-a-Stick
• PCA
• PCB
• PCD
• PCF
• PCI
• PCI Bus
• PCI Compliance
• PCI Compliance Audit
• PCI DSS
• PCI Extended (PCI-X)
• PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC)
• PCI Modem
• PCI Slot
• PCI SSC
• PCI-Compliant Hosting
• PCI-E
• PCI-X
• PCL
• PCM
• PCM
• PCS
• PDA
• PDE
• PDF
• PDH
• PDK
• PDM
• PDP
• PDU
• PDU
• Peak-to-Peak (pk-pk)
• PEAP
• PEBCAK Error
• Pebibit (Pibit or Pib)
• Pebibyte
• PEEK and POKE
• Peer Discovery
• Peer-To-Peer (P2P)
• Peer-to-Peer Architecture (P2P Architecture)
• Peer-To-Peer File Sharing (P2P File Sharing)
• Peer-To-Peer Network (P2P Network)
• Peering
• Peering Agreement
• Peering Exchange
• Pegasus
• Peltier Effect
• Pen-Testing
• Pending Larry Quote
• Penetration Testing (Pen-Testing)
• Penetration Testing Tool
• Pentium
• Pentium 4
• Pentium II (PII)
• Pentium III
• Peopleware
• Peppermint
• Perceptron
• Perceptual Computing
• Percussive Maintenance
• Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS)
• Perfect RAM
• Performance Counter
• Performance Management
• Performance Management System
• Performance Reference Model (PRM)
• Performance Testing
• Performant
• Perimeter Security
• Peripheral
• Peripheral Component Interconnect Bus (PCI Bus)
• Peripheral Component Interconnect Express - PCI Express (PCI-E)
• Peripheral Component Interconnect Modem (PCI Modem)
• Peripheral Device
• Peripheral Equipment
• Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC)
• Perl
• Permalink
• Permanent Link (Permalink)
• Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC)
• Permanently Assigned Multiple Access (PAMA)
• Permission Marketing
• Persistence
• Persistent Cookie
• Persistent Desktop
• Persistent URL (PURL)
• Persistent-State World (PSW)
• Persona
• Personal Access Communications System (PACS)
• Personal Address Book (PAB)
• Personal Area Network (PAN)
• Personal Cloud
• Personal Communications Service (PCS)
• Personal Computer (PC)
• Personal Computer Game (PC Game)
• Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
• Personal Firewall
• Personal Health Information (PHI)
• Personal Health Record (PHR)
• Personal Identification Number (PIN)
• Personal Identity Verification Card (PIV Card)
• Personal Information Manager (PIM)
• Personal Java (PJ)
• Personal Supercomputer (PSC)
• Personal System/2 (PS/2)
• Personal VPN
• Personal Web Server (PWS)
• Personalization
• Personalized Marketing
• Personally Identifiable Financial Information (PIFI)
• Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
• PERT
• PERT Chart
• Pervasive Computing
• Petabit (Pb)
• Petabyte (PB)
• Petabyte Age
• Petaflop
• Peterson's Algorithm
• Petri Net
• PFS
• PGA
• PGP
• Phablet
• Phage Virus
• Phantom Vibration Syndrome
• Pharming
• Phase Alternating Line (PAL)
• Phase Change Memory (PCM)
• Phase Shift
• Phase-Change Cooling
• Phase-Locked Loop (PLL)
• Phase-Of-The-Moon Bug
• Phase-Shift Keying (PSK)
• Phased Array
• PHC
• PHI
• PHI
• Phishing
• Phishing Kit
• Phlashing
• Phone Stacking
• Phonetography
• Phong Shading
• Photo CD (PCD)
• Photo Lurking
• Photoblog (Plog)
• Photobomb
• Photodiode
• Photonic Crystal Display
• Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF)
• Photosensor
• Photovoltaic Cell (PV Cell)
• PHP
• PHP 3
• PHP 4
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor 3.0 (PHP 3)
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor 4.0 (PHP 4)
• PHR
• Phrack
• Phreaking
• Phubbing
• Physical Access
• Physical Address
• Physical Computer
• Physical Data Model
• Physical Drive
• Physical Layer
• Physical Neural Network
• Physical Security
• Physical To Virtual (P2V)
• Physical Topology
• Physical Unit Number (PUN)
• PI
• Pibit or Pib
• PIC
• Picasa
• Pico Projector
• Picocell
• Piconet
• Picosecond (ps)
• PictBridge
• PICTIVE
• Pierre Salinger Syndrome
• Piezoelectric Accelerometer
• Piezoelectricity
• PIFI
• Pig Latin
• Piggyback Email
• Piggybacking
• Pigpen Cipher
• Pigs And Chickens
• PII
• PII
• PIM
• PIM
• PIM
• PIM
• PIN
• Pin Grid Array (PGA)
• Ping
• Ping
• Ping Of Death
• Ping Pong Virus
• Pink Contract
• Pink Noise
• Pinout
• Pinterest
• PIPA
• Pipe
• Pipeline
• Pipeline Burst Cache (PB Cache)
• Pipelining
• Piracy
• PIV Card
• Pivot Table
• Pixel
• Pixel Art
• Pixel Pipelines
• Pixelation
• Pixels Per Inch (PPI)
• Pizza Box
• PJ
• pk-pk
• PKC
• PKCS
• PKI
• PKI Certificate
• PL
• PL/I
• PL/I
• PL/S
• PL/SQL
• PLA
• PLA
• Place Shifting
• Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS)
• Plain Old XML (POX)
• Plan File
• Planck's Constant
• Planking
• Planned Downtime
• Planned Obsolescence
• Planning Board
• Planning Game
• Plasma Display
• Platform
• Platform Agnostic
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Platform Development Kit (PDK)
• Platform For Privacy Preferences Project (P3P)
• Platform Security
• Platter
• Play Mechanics
• Player Versus Environment (PvE)
• Player Versus Player (PvP)
• Playfair Cipher
• PlayStation
• Playtesting
• PLC
• PLED
• Plenum Cable
• Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)
• PLL
• PLM
• Plog
• Plotter
• Plug and Play (PnP)
• Plug and Pray
• Plug Computer
• Plug-In
• Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)
• Plumbing
• PM
• PM
• PMC
• PMI
• PMI
• PMML
• PMO
• PMP
• PMP
• PMS
• PMS
• PMS
• PN
• PNA
• PNG
• PnP
• POC
• PoC
• Pocket Calculator
• Pocket Dialing
• Pocket PC (PPC)
• POD
• Pod Slurping
• Podcast
• PoE
• PoI
• Point and Shoot
• Point of Presence (POP)
• Point of Sale (POS)
• Point of Sale Terminal (POS Terminal)
• Point-to-Multipoint Communication (PMP)
• Point-to-Point Encryption (P2PE)
• Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
• Point-to-Point T1
• Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP)
• Point-To-Point Videoconference
• Point-to-Point Wireless Bridge
• Pointing Stick
• Pointy-Haired
• Poka-Yoke
• Policy Awareness
• Polish Notation (PN)
• Polled Interrupt
• POLP
• Polyfill
• Polygon Mesh
• Polylactic Acid (PLA)
• Polymer LED (PLED)
• Polymer Memory
• Polymorphic Malware
• Polymorphic Virus
• Polymorphism
• Polymorphism
• Polyphonic Ringtone
• POMDP
• PON
• Pooled Table
• POP
• POP
• Pop-Up Ad
• Pop-Up Blocker
• Port (an Application)
• Port 80
• Port Address Translation (PAT)
• Port Forwarding
• Port Knocking
• Port Mapper
• Port Mirroring
• Port Multiplier
• Port Number
• Port Replicator
• Port Scanner
• Port Scanning
• Port Triggering
• Port-to-Application Mapping
• Portability
• Portable Computer
• Portable Device
• Portable Document Format (PDF)
• Portable Mesh Repeater
• Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
• Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)
• Portable Software
• Portal (Internet)
• Portal Application
• Portal Fabric
• Portico
• Porting
• POS
• PoS
• POS Terminal
• POSIX
• POST
• Post Office Protocol (POP)
• Post-Processing Deduplication (PPD)
• Postal Numeric Encoding Technique (POSTNET)
• Postcardware
• Postel's Prescription
• PostgreSQL
• Postini
• POSTNET
• PostScript (PS)
• PostScript Printer
• Pot
• Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)
• Potentiometer (Pot)
• POTS
• PoW
• Power Adaptive Algorithms
• Power Amplifier (PA)
• Power Conditioner
• Power Control
• Power Cycling
• Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
• Power Inverter
• Power Leveling (PL)
• Power Line Communications (PLC)
• Power Line Ethernet Bridge
• Power Mac
• Power Macintosh (Power Mac)
• Power Management
• Power Off
• Power Outage
• Power Over Ethernet (PoE)
• Power Strip
• Power Supply
• Power Surge
• Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
• Power User
• Power-On Self Test (POST)
• Power-Up
• Power-Up In Standby (PUIS)
• PowerBuilder
• Powermat
• PowerPC
• PowerPoint Singalong
• PowerPoint Slideshow (PPT)
• PowerShell
• POX
• PPC
• PPC
• PPD
• PPI
• PPL
• PPM
• PPM
• PPP
• PPT
• PPTP
• PPTP VPN
• PQM
• Practical Extraction and Report Language (Perl)
• Practice Management Software (PMS)
• Pre-Emption
• Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
• Precedence
• PRECISE Act of 2011
• Precision Cooling
• Predictive Alerting
• Predictive Analytics
• Predictive Analytics Tools
• Predictive Data Mining
• Predictive Dialer
• Predictive Maintenance
• Predictive Model Markup Language (PMML)
• Predictive Modeling
• Predictive Technology
• Predictive Text
• Preemptive Multitasking
• Prefetching
• Premium Content
• Prepend
• Prepress
• Preprocessor Directive
• Prescriptive Analytics
• Presence
• Presentation Layer
• Presentation Manager (PM)
• Presentation Software
• Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-8)
• Pressure Sensor
• Pretexting
• Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
• Pretty Printer
• Prettyprint
• PRI
• Primary Key
• Primary Memory
• Primary Rate Interface (PRI)
• Primary Server
• Primary Storage Device
• Primitive
• Primitive Data Type
• Primitive Type
• PRINCE2
• Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
• Principle of Least Privilege (POLP)
• Print Job
• Print Management
• Print Management Software (PMS)
• Print on Demand (POD)
• Print Preview
• Print Quality
• Print Queue
• Print Screen Key (PRTSC)
• Print Server (PSERVER)
• Print Server Management
• Print Spooler
• Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
• Printer Buffer
• Printer Cable
• Printer Command Language (PCL)
• Printer Driver (.PRD)
• Printer Head
• Printer Sharing
• Priority Scheduling
• Prism
• PRISM
• PRISM Program
• Privacy International (PI)
• Privacy Management Tools
• Privacy Policy
• Private
• Private Access DSL (PADSL)
• Private Automatic Branch Exchange (PABX)
• Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
• Private Browsing
• Private Cloud
• Private Cloud Computing
• Private Cloud In A Box
• Private Cloud Storage
• Private File Sharing
• Private Key
• Private Network
• Privilege
• Privoxy
• PRM
• PRM
• PRMA
• PRNG
• Problem Management
• Problem Program
• Procedural Language
• Procedural Language/Structured Query Language (PL/SQL)
• Procedural Programming
• Procedure
• Process Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (Process Manufacturing ERP)
• Process Manufacturing ERP
• Process Owner
• Process Specification
• Processing Capacity
• Processing In Memory (PIM)
• Processor
• Processor Emulation
• Processor Register
• Procure-to-Pay
• Product Activation
• Product Data Management (PDM)
• Product Information Management (PIM)
• Product Introduction
• Product Key
• Product Life Cycle
• Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Product Management
• Product Manager
• Product Obsolescence
• Product Quality Management (PQM)
• Product Release
• Production Environment
• Production Grade
• Production Server
• Professional Services Automation (PSA)
• Proggy
• Program Counter (PC)
• Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
• Program Evaluation Review Technique Chart (PERT Chart)
• Program Files
• Program Layer
• Program Manager
• Programmable Logic Array (PLA)
• Programmable Network Access (PNA)
• Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM)
• Programmatic Advertising
• Programmed Data Processor (PDP)
• Programmer
• Programmer's Day
• Programming
• Programming Concurrency
• Programming Language
• Programming Language Generations
• Programming Language I (PL/I)
• Programming Language One (PL/I)
• Programming Language/System (PL/S)
• Programming Logic
• Programming Tool
• Progression Gameplay
• Progressive Download
• Progressive Video
• Progressive Web App (PWA)
• Project Administrator
• Project Analyst
• Project Control Officer
• Project Director
• Project Health Checks (PHC)
• Project Loon
• Project Management
• Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Project Management Software
• Project Manager (PM)
• Project Plan
• Project Planning
• Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
• PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2)
• Prolog
• PROM
• Promiscuous Mode
• Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2011 (PRECISE Act of 2011)
• Proof of Concept (POC)
• Proof of Importance (PoI)
• Proof of Stake (PoS)
• Proof of Work (PoW)
• Proof-of-Concept Virus
• Propeller Head
• Proprietary Software
• Prosumer
• PROTECT IP Act of 2011 (PIPA)
• Protected
• Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP)
• Protected Health Information (PHI)
• Protected Mode
• Proteus Effect
• Protocol
• Protocol Buffer
• Protocol Conversion
• Protocol Converter
• Protocol Data Unit (PDU)
• Protocol Stack
• Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM)
• Protocol-Transparent
• Prototype
• Prototype-Based Programming
• Prototyping
• Provisioning (Computer Networking)
• Provisioning (Computing)
• Provisioning (Telecommunications)
• Proximity Marketing
• Proximity Sensor
• Proxy Agent
• Proxy Hacking
• Proxy Server
• Proxy Service
• Proxy Surfing
• Proxy Trojan
• PRTSC
• PS
• ps
• PS/2
• PS/2
• PS/2 Connector (PS/2)
• PSA
• PSAP
• PSC
• PSERVER
• Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG)
• Pseudocode
• Pseudonym (nym)
• Pseudoprime
• Pseudowire (PW)
• PSK
• PSN
• PSO
• PSPP
• PSTN
• PSW
• PTT
• Public
• Public
• Public Cloud
• Public Cloud Storage
• Public Domain Software
• Public Folder
• Public Key
• Public Key Cryptography (PKC)
• Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS)
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Public Network
• Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
• Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)
• Public VPN
• Public-Key Infrastructure Certificate (PKI Certificate)
• Publishers Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata (PRISM)
• PUE
• PUIS
• Pull Media
• Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
• Pulse Code Modulation (PCM)
• Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
• Pulsing Zombie
• PUN
• Punch Card
• Punchdown Block
• PUP
• PURL
• Purple Wire
• Push Alert
• Push Media
• Push Technology
• Push to Talk Over Cellular (PoC)
• Push-to-Talk (PTT)
• PuTTY
• PV
• PV Cell
• PVC
• PvE
• PVM
• PvP
• PW
• PWA
• PWM
• Pwn
• PWS
• PXE
• Pygmalion
• Python