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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.

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PM. This New York City tabloid daily newspaper, noted for its liberal, pro-labor policies, debuts, edited by former Time magazine publisher Ralph Ingersoll. Contributors included Ben Hecht and Margaret Bourke-White, and from 1945 until it ceased publication in 1948, it was owned by Marshall Field.

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Meaning	Category
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (DOS)	Governmental->Military
PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)	Computing->Networking
PM0	Governmental->Military
PM1	Governmental->Military
Pacific Meridian	Regional->Time Zones
Pain Management	Medical->Physiology
Pairs Master	Miscellaneous->Dogs Related
Palette And Masque	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Palm Mute	Computing->Networking
Pappa Meyer	Community->Famous
Parallel Track Multiunit	Governmental->Military
Pardon My ....	Internet->Chat
Partial Match	Computing->General
Particle Measure	Miscellaneous->Unit Measures
Particle Multiplication	Academic & Science->Physics
Particulate Material	Academic & Science->Physics
Particulate Matter	Academic & Science->Physics
Party Mode	Miscellaneous->Funnies
Passage Material	Governmental->Military
Past Master	Miscellaneous->Unit Measures
Past Morning	Regional->Time Zones
Pastel Metallic	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Patient Movement	Governmental->Military
Patrick Madrid	Community->Famous
Pattern Match	Computing->General
Pattern Matching	Computing->Software
Paul Mccartney	Community->Famous
Paul Murray	Community->Famous
Pay Me	Business->Positions
Payload Management	Governmental->NASA
Payload Midbody	Governmental->NASA
Peacemaking	Governmental->Military
Peg Material	Computing->Hardware
Penalty Minutes	Community->Sports
People Motivation	Business->General
People Motivator	Community
Per Metre	Miscellaneous->Unit Measures
Perceptual Motor	Medical->Physiology
Perceptual and Motor	Medical->Physiology
Perfect Man	Business->Positions
Performance Media	Community->Media
Performance Monitor	Governmental->NASA
Performance Monitoring	Computing->Telecom
Periodically Missing	Business->Positions
Perl	Computing->File Extensions
Perl Module	Computing->Software
Perl Monger	Miscellaneous->Funnies
Permanent Magnet	Academic & Science->Electronics
Personal Mainframe	Computing->General
Personal Media	Computing->Networking
Personal Message	Internet->Chat Computing->Texting
Personal Mobility	Computing->File Extensions
Personnel Management	Business
Pervaiz Musharraf	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Pesky Mouse	Medical->Veterinary
Petit Mal	Medical->Physiology
Phase Modulation	Academic & Science->Electronics
Phase modulation, phase modulated	Governmental->NASA
Philosophy Methodology	Academic & Science->Universities
Physical Memory	Computing->Hardware
Pianella Mandoline	Community->Music
Pikon Message	Computing->General
Pinze Mobili	Business->Products
Piranha Manager	Business->Positions
Pittsford Monroe	Business->Firms
Place Marker	Community->Media
Planetary Mapper	Governmental->NASA
Planned Maintenance	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Planning Meeting	Governmental->US Government
Planning Module	Governmental->Military
Plot Manager	Computing->Software
Plumbing Mechanical	Business->Products
Plus And Minus	Academic & Science->Mathematics
Plus or Minus	Academic & Science->Mathematics
Pocket Message	Computing->Texting
Point Mix	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Point Mixes	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Polic A Militar	Governmental->Military
Political-Military Affairs	Governmental->Military
Pollution Minimum	Governmental->US Government
Polygonal Map	Academic & Science->Mathematics
Polymyositis	Medical
Poor Man	Miscellaneous
Popular Model	Miscellaneous->Hobbies
Porch Monkey	Business->Positions
Post Man	Business->Positions
Post Maritime	Governmental->Transportation
Post Master	Business->Positions
Post Meridiem	International->Latin Regional->Time Zones
Post Mile	Miscellaneous->Unit Measures
Post Mortem	Medical->Human Genome Medical->Physiology Governmental->Police
Post-Marketing	Governmental->FDA
Powder Maggots	Governmental->Military
Power Mac	Computing->General
Power Management	Business->General Computing->Drivers
Power Matrix	Academic & Science->Mathematics
Power Meditation	Medical->Physiology
Power Method	Academic & Science->Mathematics
Practical Mark	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Practice Management	Community->Music
Pre Menstrual	Medical->Physiology
Pre Midnight	Community
Precious Metal	Miscellaneous->Coins
Precious Moments	Community
Premeditated Murderer	Community->Law
Presentation Manager	Computing->Software
Presentation Manager Bitmap graphics file	Computing->File Extensions
Preservation Magazine	Community->Media
Preserve Manufacturer	Business->Firms
Presidents Meeting	Miscellaneous->Unit Measures
Preventative Maintenance	Governmental->Military
Preventive Maintenance	Community->Educational Governmental->Military Governmental->Transportation Governmental->NASA
Preventive Medicine	Governmental->Military
Previously Moderated	Miscellaneous->Unfiled
Price Milburn	Community->Famous
Prime Market	Business
Prime Minister	Governmental Business->Positions Governmental->US Government
Prime Moose	Medical->Veterinary
Priority Mail	Governmental->US Government
Private Mail	Computing->General
Private Message	Internet->Chat Internet->Chat
Private Messaging	Computing->Texting
Pro Memoria	International->Latin
Problems Major	Business->General
Process Manager	Academic & Science->Ocean Science
Processor Module	Governmental->NASA
Product Manual	Computing->General
Production Management	Business->General
Production Manager	Business->Positions
Production Metadata	Computing->General
Program Management	Governmental->Military
Program Manager	Business->General Governmental->Military Governmental->NASA Business->Positions Governmental->US Government
Program Module	Computing->Software
Progress Monitor	Medical->Hospitals
Project Management	Governmental->Military
Project Manager	Business->International Business Business->Positions Miscellaneous->USPS Governmental->NASA Governmental->FDA
Project Mayhem	Miscellaneous->Funnies
Promethium	Academic & Science->Electronics
Proper Motion	Community->Sports
Property Manager	Business->Positions
Prospective Member	Community->Non-Profit Organizations
Protected Mode	Computing->General
Protein Metabolite	Medical->Physiology
Prototype Model	Academic & Science->Electronics
Provost Marshal	Governmental->Military
Pseudo Manifold	Academic & Science->Mathematics
Pubococcygeal Muscle	Medical->Physiology
Pulse Modulated	Governmental->Military
Pulse Modulation	Academic & Science->Electronics Governmental->NASA
Pulver Metarlurgisch	Business->Firms
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Regional->Countries
X Window PixelMap 8-bit text Bitmap graphics	Computing->File Extensions

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Preventive Maintenance. First level (echelon) maintenance of vehicles and equipment.

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