Ppn

4 definitions found

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PPN
       Project Programmer Number
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  PPN
       Public Packet Switching
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  PPN /P-P-N/, /pip'n/ n. obs. [from `Project-Programmer Number'] A
     user-ID under {{TOPS-10}} and its various mutant progeny at SAIL, BBN,
     CompuServe, and elsewhere. Old-time hackers from the PDP-10 era
     sometimes use this to refer to user IDs on other systems as well.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PPN
       
          Project-Programmer Number.
       
          A user-ID under {TOPS-10} and its various mutant progeny at
          {SAIL}, {BBN}, {CompuServe} and elsewhere.  Old-time hackers
          from the {PDP-10} era sometimes use this to refer to user IDs
          on other systems as well.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-18)