abbr.
- particulate matter
- past master
- police magistrate
- postmortem
- prime minister
- provost marshal
| Dictionary: PM |
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| Hacker Slang: PM |
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.
| Works: Works by PM |
| 1940 | 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. |
| Abbreviations: PM |
| Meaning | Category |
| Pacific Meridian | Regional->Time Zones |
| Pain Management | Medical->Physiology |
| Pairs Master | Miscellaneous->Dogs Related |
| Palm Mute | Computing->Networking |
| Pappa Meyer | Community->Famous |
| 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 |
| Past Master | Miscellaneous->Unit Measures |
| Past Morning | Regional->Time Zones |
| 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 |
| Penalty Minutes | Community->Sports |
| People Motivation | Business->General |
| People Motivator | Community |
| Per Metre | Miscellaneous->Unit Measures |
| Perceptual And Motor | Medical->Physiology |
| Perceptual 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->SMS |
| Personal Mobility | Computing->File Extensions |
| Pesky Mouse | Medical->Veterinary |
| Petit Mal | Medical->Physiology |
| Phase Modulation | Academic & Science->Electronics |
| Phase modulation, phase modulated | Governmental->NASA |
| Php Mime | Computing->Networking |
| Physical Memory | Computing->Hardware |
| Pianella Mandoline | Community->Music |
| Pikon Message | Computing->General |
| Piranha Manager | Business->Positions |
| Pittsford Monroe | Business->Firms |
| Place Marker | Community->Media |
| Planetary Mapper | Governmental->NASA |
| 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->SMS |
| Polic A Militar | Governmental->Military |
| Pollution Minimum | Governmental->US Government |
| Polygonal Map | Academic & Science->Mathematics |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Price Milburn | Community->Famous |
| 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->SMS |
| 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 Manager | Business->General Governmental->Military Governmental->NASA Business->Positions Governmental->US Government |
| Program Module | Computing->Software |
| Project Management | Governmental->Military |
| Project Manager | Business->International Business Business->Positions Governmental->NASA |
| Project Mayhem | Miscellaneous->Funnies |
| Promethium | Academic & Science->Chemistry 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 |
| project manager | Miscellaneous->USPS |
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| Marine Corps Dictionary: PM |
Preventive Maintenance. First level (echelon) maintenance of vehicles and equipment.
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