PQ may refer to:

Places

Province of Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, the largest province of Canada by area *

Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego Rancho Peñasquitos is a suburban community in the northeastern part of the city of San Diego, California. It is named after the first Mexican land grant in the county, Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos. ''Peñasquitos'' means "little cliff ...

, informally

Politics and law

Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (; ; PQ) is a Quebec sovereignty movement, sovereignist and social democracy, social democratic provincial list of political parties in Quebec, political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates Quebec sovereignty movement ...

, a provincial political party in Quebec, Canada * Parliamentary question, a question posed during

Question time A question time in a parliament occurs when members of the parliament ask questions of government ministers (including the prime minister), which they are obliged to answer. It usually occurs daily while parliament is sitting, though it can be ca ...

in a Westminster system legislature *

Previous question In US parliamentary procedure, the previous question (also known as "calling for the question", "calling the question", "close debate", "calling for a vote", "vote now", or other similar forms) is generally used as a motion to end debate on a pendi ...

, a motion in Robert's Rules of Order to close debate

Computing and electronics

Perceptual Quantizer The perceptual quantizer (PQ), published by SMPTE as SMPTE ST 2084, is a transfer function that allows for HDR display by replacing the gamma curve used in SDR. It is capable of representing luminance level up to 10000 cd/m2 (nits) and down to ...

, a transfer function for video display * Picture quality; see

video quality Video quality is a characteristic of a video passed through a video transmission or processing system that describes perceived video degradation (typically, compared to the original video). Video processing systems may introduce some amount of dist ...

Power quality Electric power quality is the degree to which the voltage, frequency, and waveform of a power supply system conform to established specifications. Good power quality can be defined as a steady supply voltage that stays within the prescribed range, ...

, the set of limits of electrical properties *

Priority queue In computer science, a priority queue is an abstract data-type similar to a regular queue or stack data structure in which each element additionally has a ''priority'' associated with it. In a priority queue, an element with high priority is se ...

, an abstract data structure

Software

PowerQuest PowerQuest was a software company that produced utility software. It was acquired by Symantec in 2003. PowerQuest's market focus was on management of computer data storage, especially file systems and disk partitions. Their products included ...

, a producer of computer HDD software tools for the DOS/Windows platform *

Priority queuing In computer science, a priority queue is an abstract data-type similar to a regular queue or stack data structure in which each element additionally has a ''priority'' associated with it. In a priority queue, an element with high priority is se ...

, a data packet scheduling technique * libpq, a C library for the PostgreSQL database

Videogames

* ''

Police Quest ''Police Quest'' (or ''SWAT'') is a series of police simulation video games produced and published by Sierra On-Line between 1987 and 1998. The first five were adventure simulation games, the first three of which were designed by former police ...

'', a video game series ** '' Police Quest: In Pursuit of the Death Angel'' (1987 video game), first game in the series * '' PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient'' (2005 video game), first game in the series * '' Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth'', a 2014 video game

Science, technology, and mathematics

Psychology

* Play Quotient, a theory in child development developed by

Stevanne Auerbach Stevanne Auerbach (September 22, 1938 - October 19, 2022), also known as Dr. Toy, was an American educator, child development expert, writer and toyologist. She was best known for being an expert on as well as an advocate of toys, play and the t ...

Precision questioning Precision questioning (PQ), an intellectual toolkit for critical thinking and for problem solving, grew out of a collaboration between Dennis Matthies (1946- ) anDr. Monica Worline while both taught/studied at Stanford University. Precision questi ...

, an intellectual toolkit for critical thinking and for problem solving

Chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology

* Performance qualification, in pharmaceutics, part of

verification and validation Verification and validation (also abbreviated as V&V) are independent procedures that are used together for checking that a product, service, or system meets requirements and specifications and that it fulfills its intended purpose. These ar ...

Plastoquinone Plastoquinone (PQ) is an isoprenoid quinone molecule involved in the electron transport chain in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. The most common form of plastoquinone, known as PQ-A or PQ-9, is a 2,3-dimethyl-1,4- benzoquinone m ...

, a molecule involved in photosynthesis

Other uses

* ''

PQ International ''PQ International'' is a magazine about polo. The magazine went online in 2014. Overview ''PQ International'' was founded in 1992 by Heinz Dorler Its offices are located in Ascot, Berkshire, England England is a country that is part of ...

'', a polo magazine * PQ, outbound

Arctic convoys of World War II The Arctic convoys of World War II were oceangoing convoys which sailed from the United Kingdom, Iceland, and North America to northern ports in the Soviet Union – primarily Arkhangelsk (Archangel) and Murmansk in Russia. There were 78 convoys ...

Places

Politics and law

Computing and electronics

Software

Videogames

Science, technology, and mathematics

Psychology

Chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology

Other uses

See also