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12 definitions found
for PM
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
PM
n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM,
postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]
2: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group
having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form
as a fission product of uranium [syn: promethium, Pm,
atomic number 61]
3: the person who holds the position of head of the government
in the United Kingdom [syn: Prime Minister, PM,
premier]
4: modulation of the phase of the carrier wave [syn: phase
modulation, PM]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Performance Management
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Peripheral Module
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Personal Message (BBS)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Physical Medium
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Presentation Manager (OS/2)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Port Multiplier (SATA)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Privileged Mode (HP, MPE)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
PM
Protected Mode (Intel, CPU)
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) :
PM
/P?M/
1. v. (from preventive maintenance) To bring down a machine for inspection
or test purposes. See provocative maintenance; see also scratch monkey.
2. n. Abbrev. for ?Presentation Manager?, an elephantine OS/2 graphical
user interface.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
PM
1. preventive maintenance.
2. Presentation Manager
3. ["PM, A System for Polynomial Manipulations", G.E. Collins,
CACM 9(8):578-589 (Aug 1966)].
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
pm
The country code for St. Pierre and Miquelon.
(1999-01-27)
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