PAT

noun9

1. •
   Initialism of personal access token.
2. •
   (UK, Australia) Initialism of portable appliance testing.
3. •
   Initialism of port address translation.
4. •
   Initialism of point after touchdown (“extra point”).
5. •
   Initialism of provincial achievement test.
6. •
   Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.
7. •
   Initialism of protocol associated type.

   • Protocols are abstract as they are, but with PATs, you’re making your protocols generic, which makes your code even more abstract and exponentially complex. — 2019
8. •
   (US) Initialism of priority air traffic.
9. •
   Abbreviation of Pointe-aux-Trembles: a municipality of Quebec, Canada.