pm

12 definitions found

pm - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  PM
      n 1: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
           cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
           autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM,
           postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]
      2: a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group
         having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form
         as a fission product of uranium [syn: promethium, Pm,
         atomic number 61]
      3: the person who holds the position of head of the government
         in the United Kingdom [syn: Prime Minister, PM,
         premier]
      4: modulation of the phase of the carrier wave [syn: phase   modulation
         , PM]

pm - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  PM
  
     1. preventive maintenance.
  
     2. Presentation Manager
  
     3. ["PM, A System for Polynomial Manipulations", G.E. Collins,
     CACM 9(8):578-589 (Aug 1966)].
  
     [Jargon File]
  

  pm
  
     <networking> The country code for St. Pierre and Miquelon.
  
     (1999-01-27)
  

pm - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  PM
   /P.M/
  
     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.
  

pm - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  PM
         Performance Management
         

  PM
         Peripheral Module
         

  PM
         Physical Medium
         

  PM
         Personal Message (BBS)
         

  PM
         Port Multiplier (SATA)
         

  PM
         Presentation Manager (OS/2)
         

  PM
         Privileged Mode (HP, MPE)
         

  PM
         Protected Mode (Intel, CPU)