Pd

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pd \Pd\ prop. n.
     The chemical symbol for {palladium}, an element of the
     platinum group, of atomic number 46.
  
     Syn: palladium.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pd
       n : a silver-white metallic element of the platinum group that
           resembles platinum; occurs in some copper and nickel
           ores; does not tarnish at ordinary temperatures and is
           used (alloyed with gold) in jewelry [syn: {palladium}, {atomic
           number 46}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PD
       Packetization Delay
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PD
       Plug & Display [standard] (LCD, VESA), "P&D"
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PD
       Public DOMAIN
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  PD /P-D/ adj. [common] Abbreviation for `public domain', applied to
     software distributed over {Usenet} and from Internet archive sites. Much
     of this software is not in fact public domain in the legal sense but
     travels under various copyrights granting reproduction and use rights to
     anyone who can {snarf} a copy. See {copyleft}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PD
       
          {public domain}