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4 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 (13 Mar 01) [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) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PPN Project Programmer Number From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PPN Public Packet Switching