Pm

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}]

from 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.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

pm

   <networking> The {country code} for St. Pierre and Miquelon.

   (1999-01-27)

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

PM
       Protected Mode (Intel, CPU)

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

PM
       Performance Management

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

PM
       Peripheral Module

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

PM
       Physical Medium

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

PM
       Personal Message (BBS)

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

PM
       Port Multiplier (SATA)

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

PM
       Privileged Mode (HP, MPE)

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

PM
       Presentation Manager (OS/2)