PET

The term pet typically refers to a companion animal.

PET may also refer to:

People

• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, former Prime Minister of Canada

Medicine

• Patulous Eustachian tube, a medical disorder affecting the middle ear
• Positron emission tomography, a medical imaging technique
• Pre-eclampsia, a medical complication of pregnancy

Science

• pET (molecular biology), a plasmid vector for protein expression; contains T7 promoter and a selective marker gene, e.g. lac I
• Photoinduced electron transfer, a process of electron transfer under action of light
• Pólya enumeration theorem, a mathematical theorem in enumerative combinatorics
• Potential evapotranspiration, a measure of the atmospheric demand for water vapour from evaporation and transpiration

Technology

• Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor), a 1970's era personal computer
• Personal Energy Transportation, mobility device for disabled individuals
• Polyethylene terephthalate, a common plastic material in the polyester family
• Privacy enhancing technologies, a general term for a set of computer tools, applications and mechanisms
• Portable Electronic Thermometer, term commonly used for electronic temperature measuring device in the petroleum industry
• Positron Emission Tomography , a medical imaging technique

Education

• Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.), a parent education program developed by Thomas Gordon
• Preliminary English Test, an international examination of English proficiency
• Psychometric Entrance Test, an Israeli standardized university entrance exam

Government

• Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, the national intelligence security agency of Denmark
• Potentially Exempt Transfer, a concept in the inheritance tax code of the United Kingdom

Entertainment

• "Personal Electronic Thing" in the Starship Titanic video game, part of the player-computer persona communications system
• Personal Terminal (MegaMan), a handheld device used in the Megaman Battle Network video games

Organizations

• Pet, Inc., an American producer of evaporated milk and other food products, now part of General Mills
• PET International, non-profit organization that promotes and supports Personal Energy Transportation

Other uses

• Peru Time, abbreviation of the time zone for Peru

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