Liste d'acronymes, en informatique (et autres), avec signification, traduction éventuelle en français et, pour certains, un développement.

            

• OS - Operating System
  
• OSF - Open Software Foundation
  
• OSI - Open Systems Interconnect
  
• OSP - Online Service Providers
  
• P2P - Peer to Peer ou People to People
  
• PAAS - Platform As A Service
  
• PAC - PCI AGP Controller
  
• PAL - Processor Abstraction Layer
  
• PAL/PLA - Programmable Array Logic / Logic Array
  
• PAM - Privileged Account Management
  
• PB - Push Button
  
• PBX - Private Branch Exchange
  
• PC - Personal Computer, Program Counter
  
• PCB - Printed Circuit Board
  
• PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
  
• PCM - Pulse Code Modulation
  
• PCMCIA - Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
  
• PE - Processor Element
  
• PERGAME - Plateforme d'Exploitation et de Recueil des Géolocalisations Appliquées à des Mobiles en Émission
  
• PFC - Power Factor Correction
  
• PFF - Page Fault Frequency
  
• PGA (1) - Professional Graphics Array
  
• PGA (2) - Pin Grid Array
  
• PGML - Precision Graphics Markup Language
  
• PHAROS - Plateforme d'Harmonisation, d'Analyse, de Recoupement et d'Orientation des Signalements
  
• PIC - Programmable Interrupt Controller
  
• PII - Personally Identifiable Information
  
• PIO - Programmed Input / Output - Entrée / Sortie Programmée
  
• PIROM - Processor Information ROM
  
• PITA - Pacific Island Telecommunication Association
  
• PLCC - Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier
  
• PLL - Phase Locked Loop
  
• PM - Preventive Maintenance
  
• PME - Power Management Event
  
• PMOS - Positively doped Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
  
• PNG - Portable Network Graphic 
  
• PnP - Plug-and-Play
  
• POC - Proof Of Concept
  
• PoLA - Principle of Least Astonishment
  
• PoLS - Principle of Least Surprise
  
• POO - Programmation Orientée Objet
  
• POP - Post Office Protocol
  
• PoS - Point of Sale
  
• POST - Power-On Self-Test
  
• PPAPI - Peper Plugin Application Programming Interface
  
• PPP - Point-to-Point Protocol
  
• PQFP - Plastic Quad Flat Pack
  
• PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
  
• PSD - Payment Services Directive
  
• PSIPC - PCI Super I/O Integrated Peripheral Controller
  
• PSTN - Public Switched Telephone Network
  
• PTE - Page Table Entry
  
• PUM - Potentially Unwanted system Modifications
  
• PUP - Potentially Unwanted Program
  
• PXB - PCI eXpansion Bridge
  
• PXE - Pre-Boot eXecution Environment
  
• QAM - Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
  
• QFP - Quad Flat Pack
  
• QIC - Quarter Inch Cartridge
  
• RAID - Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks
  
• RAM - Random Access Memory
  
• RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital to Analogue Converter
  
• RAMP - Russian Anonymous Marketplace
  
• RAS - Row Address Strobe
  
• RAT (1) - Remote Access Trojan
  
• RAT (2) - Remote Administration Tool
  
• RBL - Realtime Blackhole List
  
• RCA - Radio Corporation of America
  
• RCC - Routing Control Centre
  
• RDBMS - Relational DataBase Management System
  
• RDC - Réseau de Diffusion de Contenu
  
• RDF - Resource Description Framework
  
• RDP - Remote Desktop Protocols
  
• RDRAM - Rambus DRAM
  
• RFC - Request For Comments
  
• RFI - Radio Frequency Interference
  
• RG - Renseignements Généraux
  
• RI - Ring Indicator
  
• RIG - EK RIG Exploit Kit
  
• RIMM - Rambus Inline Memory Module
  
• RIOT - Rapid Information Overlay Technology
  
• RISC - Reduced Instruction-Set Computer
  
• RLL - Run Length Limited
  
• RMS - Root Mean Squared
  
• RMW - Read Modify Write
  
• ROM - Read Only Memory
  
• ROP - Return Oriented Programming
  
• RPC - Remote Procedure Call
  
• RPM - Rotations Per Minute
  
• RSS (1) - Rich Site Summary
  
• RSS (2) - Really Simple Syndication
  
• RSSI - Responsable de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information
  
• RTC - Real Time Clock
  
• RTM - Release To Manufacturing
  
• RTS - Request To Send
  
• S.M.A.R.T. - Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
  
• SaaS - Software as a Service
  
• SACEM - Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique
  
• SAL - System Abstraction Layer
  
• SAM - Sequential Access Memory