Electronics and Technology Acronyms

    A-C        D-F        G-I        J-L        M-O        P-R        S-U      V-Z       

P           - Phosphorous.

PAC     - Photoactive compound.

PAL      - Programmable Array Logic.

PAM    - Pulse Amplitude Modulation.

PBA     - Printed Board Assembly.

PBGA  - Plastic Ball Grid Array.

PC        - Personal Computer/ Program Counter.

PCAD  -  Packaging Computer-Aided Design.

PCB     -  Printed Circuit Board.

PCI       - Protocol Control Information/ Peripheral Components Interconnect.

PCM     - Pulse Code Modulation.

PCS      - Personal Communication Services.

PCVD   - Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition.

PDA     - Personal Digital Assistant.

PDF      - Probability Density Function. / Portable Document Format.

PDMA - Polarization Division Multiple Access.

PDN     - Public Data Network.

PECVD- Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition.

PGA     - Pin Grid Array.

PHP      - Personal Home Page.

PIC       - Peripheral Interface Controller.

PIN       - Personal Identification Number.

PIV       - Peak Inverse Voltage.

PLA      - Programmable Logic Array.

PLC      - Programmable Logic Controller.

PLD      - Programmable Logic Device.

PLL      - Phase Locked Loop.

PMOS  - p-Channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor.

PMT    - Photomultiplier Tube.

PNG     - Portable Networks Graphics image format.

POTS   - Plain Old Telephone Service.

PPM     - Pulse Position Modulation.

ppm       - Parts Per Million.

PRB      - Pseudo Random Binary.

PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory.

PSI        - Pounds per square inch.

PSDN   - Packet Switched Data Network.

PSG      - Phosphosilicate Glass

PSK      - Phase Shift Keying.

PSTN    - Public Service Telephone Network.

PTC      - Positive Temperature Coefficient.

PTM     - Pulse Time Modulation.

PVA      - Polyvinylacetate.

PVC      - Polyvinylchloride.

PVD      - Physical Vapor Deposition.

PWB     - Printed Wiring Board.

PWM    - Pulse Width Modulation.

QA        - Quality Assurance.

QAM    - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation.

QC        - Quality Control

QFP      - Quad Flat Pack.

QFT      - Quantum Field Theory.

QHE     - Quantum Hall Effect

QMS    - Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer.

QPSK   - Quadrature Phase Shift Keying.

QSR     - Quality System Review.

QW       - Quantum Well.

R&D       - Research and Development.

RADAR  - Radio Detection and Ranging.

RAM       - Random Access Memory.

RBS         - Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy.

RC           - Resistor-Capacitor.

RDBMS  - Relational Database Management System.

RDRAM - Rambus Dynamic Random Access Memory.

RF            - Radio Frequency.

RFC         - Radio Frequency Choke.

RFI          - Radio Frequency Interference.

RFIC       - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit.

RFID       - Radio Frequency IDentification.

RH           - Relative Humidity.

RIE          - Reactive Ion Etching.

RISC       - Reduced Instruction Set Computer.

RLC        - Resistor-Inductor-Capacitor.

RMS       - Root-Mean-Square.

rpm          - Revolutions per Minute.

ROM       - Read-only Memory.

RSE         - Reactive Sputter Etching.

RTA         - Rapid Thermal Anneal.

RTCVD   - Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition.

RTF         - Rich Text Format.

RTL         - Resistor-Transistor Logic.

RTO        - Rapid Thermal Oxidation.

RTP         - Rapid Thermal Processing.

RZ           - Return to Zero.