PCM

English

Prepositional phrase

PCM

1. Initialism of per calendar month: used in lease arrangements, stating that costs are to be paid on a fixed date every month.

Noun

PCM (countable and uncountable, plural PCMs)

1. Initialism of pulse code modulation (“the system of encoding sound on a telephone for use in the PSTN, using a compander”).
2. Initialism of phase change memory, a type of non-volatile computer memory.
3. Initialism of phase-change material (“the type of material that phase change memory is composed of, capable of applications in switching”).
4. Initialism of power control module.
5. Initialism of powertrain control module.

Coordinate terms

powertrain control unit

• ECU
• TCU

Anagrams

• CMP, CP/M, CPM, MCP, MPC, PMC