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1. PAC

   is a unique identifier (of usually 3 letters and 6 numbers) which mobile and fixed-line telephone network providers (in the UK and various other countries) issue to a customer so they can port their number to another network.

2. PBX

   Telephone System

3. PCM

   A standard method of encoding analogue audio signals in digital form

4. PDR

   The instantaneous maximum rate of input to a data collection system. The system must be able to accept data at this rate to avoid overrun.

5. Peering

   Peering is the practice of exchanging Internet traffic with peers. It involves three elements:* the physical interconnection of the networks,* technical liaison between the networks to allow exchange of routes, and* the commercial and contractual peering agreements. An agreement devised between two network service providers for the purpose of private and direct data exchange between their respective networks. Peering agreements usually result in faster and more efficient data exchange.

6. PHP

   PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML (Hyper Text Mark-Up Language) embedded scripting language that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages.

7. PIN

   the PIN is a like a password that prevents other people from using your service. It is numeric code used to unlock the phone and/or complete a call or data transmission. It must be entered each time you use the phone, unless you disable it. (Mobile services)

8. POP3

   A protocol used to retrieve email from a mail server. Most e-mail applications (sometimes called an email client) use the POP protocol, although some can use the newer IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol. There are two versions of POP. The first, called POP2, became a standard in the mid-80s and requires SMTP to send messages. The newer version, POP3, can be used with or without SMTP.

9. POTS

   Standard Telephone service using copper wires

10. PPC

    A PPC is an interconnect service providing transparent (that is, not circuit switched) transmission capacity from an end user premises termination point to an OAO’s Point of Handover. The points of demarcation between the two networks will be the Point Of Handover (PoH) between a service provider's exchange and an OAO Point of Presence (PoP). The point of demarcation between the service provider and the end user is a termination point located in the end user premises.

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