Definitions for "PACS"
Picture Archiving and Communications Systems
A type of medical system that provides for the storage and management of digital images, as well as the management of workflow within the radiology department.
Systems that facilitate image viewing at diagnostic, reporting, consultation, and remote computer workstations, as well as archiving of pictures on magnetic or optical media using short- or long-term storage devices. PACS allow communication using local or wide-area networks, public communications services, systems that include modality interfaces, and gateways to healthcare facility and departmental information systems.
Acronym for PanAmerican Climate Studies, a proposed program in the 1995-2004 time frame directed toward the goal of improving the skill of operational seasonal-to-interannual climate prediction (with emphasis on precipitation) over the Americas. It is a sequel to the NOAA EPOCS program. Further information can be found at the PACS Web site.
Primary Agricultural Credit Society
PRIMARY AGRICLTURAL CREDIT SOCIETIES
Planned Amortization Class. The primary differentiating feature is the protection from the reinvestment risk and weighted average-life volatility associated with prepayments. This protection is achieved by creating a principal payment schedule based on the minimum amount of principal cash flow produced by the underlying instrument(s) at two prepayment rates known as PAC bands.
Political action committees are essentially groups of individuals united by similar interests. They range from business groups to labor groups to single-issue groups. By law, they can only donate $5,000 per candidate per election.
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