Pat or PAT may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

* Pat (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a gardener * Pat (''Saturday Night Live''), an androgynous character *

Postman Pat ''Postman Pat'' is a British stop motion animated television series, animated children's television series first produced by Woodland Animations. The series follows the adventures of Pat Clifton, a Mail carrier, postman who works for the Royal ...

, a British children's TV character * Pat, from the Czech series ''

Pat & Mat ''Pat & Mat'' (Czech and Slovak: ''Pat a Mat'') is a Czechoslovak slapstick stop-motion silent animated series created by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. The characters first appeared in the theatrically released short ''Kuťáci'' (' ...

'' *

Pat the Dog ''Pat the Dog'' is an animated children's television series created by Patrick Ermosilla and produced by Superprod Studio and Animoka Studios, in co-production with Toon Factory (season 1), Grid Animation (season 1) and Rai Fiction (season 1), ...

, a character from the TV show of the same name * Pat, or Lucky's Dad, a ''Bluey'' character * Pat, daughter-in-law of

Jake the Dog Jake the Dog is a character and one of the two protagonists in the American List of animated television series, animated television series ''Adventure Time'' and resulting Adventure Time (franchise), franchise created by Pendleton Ward. He also ...

in ''Adventure Time''

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

* ''"Pat"'' (album), by Pat Boone, 1957 * , in Bolivia

Businesses and organisations

Pakistan Awami Tehreek The Pakistan Awami Tehreek commonly known as PAT () (''Pakistan People's Movement'') is a political party in Pakistan, founded by Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, took part in general elections in 1990 and 2002. Manifesto Pakistan Awami Tehreek pres ...

, a political party *

Polish Telegraphic Agency The Polish Telegraphic Agency (, PAT) was a Polish state-owned news agency established on October 31, 1918. Its main office was at first located in Kraków. Later, it was moved to Lwów, and finally to Warsaw, where it remained until the 1939 In ...

, the official news agency of Poland 1918–1991 *

Port Authority of Thailand The Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) (, ) is a government agency of Thailand, responsible for the regulation and governance of the ports of Thailand, primarily the ports of Laem Chabang and Bangkok Port, the country's two largest. PAT operates Th ...

* Professional Association of Teachers, later Voice, a former British trade union * PAT (), a type of Ukrainian

legal entity In law, a legal person is any person or legal entity that can do the things a human person is usually able to do in law – such as enter into contracts, lawsuit, sue and be sued, ownership, own property, and so on. The reason for the term "''le ...

, equivalent to plc

People

Patrick (given name) Patrick is a male given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Roman name Patricius (disambiguation), Patricius (meaning Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician, i.e. 'father', 'nobleman'). People named Patrick Actors and entertainers *Patrick ...

, including a list of people with the name, sometimes known as Pat *

Patricia Patricia is a feminine given name of Latin language, Latin origin. Derived from the Latin word ''Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician'', meaning 'noble', it is the feminine form of the masculine given name Patrick (given name), Patrick. Another we ...

, a feminine given name, including a list of people with the name, sometimes known as Pat * Pat., standard botanical abbreviation for

Narcisse Théophile Patouillard Narcisse Théophile Patouillard (2 July 1854 – 30 March 1926) was a French pharmacist and mycologist. He was born in Macornay, a town in the department of Jura (department), Jura. He studied in Besançon, then furthered his education at the ...

(1854–1926), French pharmacist and mycologist * Jenny Pat (1981–2014), Hong Kong-born, Chinese-Canadian international art dealer, visual artist, and television personality

Places

Pat, Hungary Pat is a village located in the eastern part of Zala County, Hungary, 25 kilometres from Nagykanizsa. The neighbouring villages are Miháld and Varászló, which is now part of Somogy County. The county border is only 300 metres from the cent ...

* Pat, Iran *

Pat, Jerusalem Pat is a neighborhood in southwestern Jerusalem, located between Gonen in the north and Beit Safafa in the south. History The Pat neighborhood is named for Yaacov Pat, a commander of the Haganah. Pat was the last of the Katamonim neighbor ...

* Pat River, Quebec, Canada *

Port Arthur, Texas Port Arthur is a city in the state of Texas, United States of America, located east of metro Houston. Part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, the city lies primarily in Jefferson County, with a small extension in Orange County. ...

, U.S., nickname PAT *

Patince Patince () is the southernmost village and municipality in Slovakia, in the Komárno District in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 111 metres and covers an area of 11.306 km2. It has a po ...

(Hungarian: ), a village in Slovakia

Science and technology

Computing

PAT (model checker) PAT (Process Analysis Toolkit) is a self-contained framework for composing, simulating and reasoning of concurrent, real-time systems and other possible domains. It includes user interfaces, model editor and animated simulator. PAT implements vari ...

, the Process Analysis Toolkit *

Page attribute table The page attribute table (PAT) is a processor supplementary capability extension to the page table format of certain x86 and x86-64 microprocessors. Like memory type range registers (MTRRs), they allow for fine-grained control over how areas ...

, in x86 and x86-64 memory caching *

Performance acceleration technology The Intel Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT) is technology built onto Intel i875 Canterwood mainboards and other Pentium 4 based motherboards that based on the Intel D875PBZ reference board. Performance Acceleration Technology delivers addi ...

, an Intel memory performance technology *

Port address translation Network address translation (NAT) is a method of mapping an IP address space into another by modifying network address information in the IP header of packets while they are in transit across a traffic routing device. The technique was initi ...

, a type of network address translation *

Program Association Table Program-specific information (PSI) is metadata about a program (channel) and part of an MPEG transport stream. The PSI data as defined by ISO/IEC 13818-1 (MPEG-2 Part 1: Systems) includes four tables: * PAT (Program Association Table) * CAT (Con ...

, in an MPEG transport stream *

Personal access token In computing, a personal access token (or PAT) is a string of characters that can be used to authenticate a user when accessing a computer system instead of the usual password. Though associated with a single account, multiple PATs may be created, ...

, a password alternative

Medicine and biology

Paddington alcohol test The Paddington alcohol test (PAT) was first published in the '' Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine'' in 1996. It was designed to identify alcohol-related problems amongst those attending accident and emergency departments. It concords well ...

, for alcohol-related problems *

Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia Atrial tachycardia is a type of heart rhythm problem in which the heart's electrical impulse comes from an ectopic pacemaker (that is, an abnormally located cardiac pacemaker) in the upper chambers ( atria) of the heart, rather than from the sin ...

, an episode of arrhythmia that begins and ends abruptly * Peripheral Arterial Tone, a noninvasive measure * Phosphinothricin acetyltransferase, an enzyme * Photoacoustic tomography, by an ultrasound scan *

Picture arrangement test Picture arrangement test is a test that consists of a series of comic-strip-like pictures that are presented in a random order. The subject is given the task to arrange the pictures as quickly as possible so that a reasonable and meaningful story ...

, in psychological testing * Process analytical technology, in pharmaceutical manufacturing * Pseudotropine acyltransferase, an enzyme * Putrescine aminotransferase, an enzyme

Other uses in science and technology

* Photographic Activity Test, an ISO standard test *

Portable appliance testing In electrical safety testing, portable appliance testing (PAT inspection or PAT testing) is a process by which electrical appliances are routinely checked for safety, commonly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. In Au ...

, an electrical safety test * Powder-actuated tool, a type of nail gun

Sports

* Pickleball Association Tasmania *

Point after touchdown The conversion, try (American football), also known as a point(s) after touchdown, PAT, extra point, two-point conversion, or convert (Canadian football) is a gridiron football play that occurs immediately after a touchdown. The scoring team att ...

, in American football

Transportation

* Patricroft railway station, Manchester, England, station code PAT * Patterson railway station, Melbourne, Australia, station code PAT * Port Authority Transit, later Pittsburgh Regional Transit, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, U.S. * Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna, India, IATA airport code PAT

Other uses

* Pat silk, a variety of silk * , an official approval for traditional Italian regional food products * Pat hand, in the card game of poker