What does pad stand for?

Photoshop File - Computer science

Accounting Policy Division (AAGC)

Anthropology of Development Programme - McGill University - Canada - Research center (RCD)

Packet Assembler/Disassembler - Switching technique - Computer science

Packet Assembly Disassembly (NITA)

Padder - Capacitor - Electronics

Padding (SAUS)

Paddling (SAUS)

Paderborn - Germany - Airport symbol (OAG)

Padlock (SAUS)

Padova - Italy - Seismograph station code, US Geological Survey (SEIS)

Padre - NCIC firearms make code (NCIC)

Padstow - Town in England

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant - Department of Energy - Paducah, KY (GAAI)

Palestine Arab Delegation (EA)

Panama Air Depot (SAUS)

Panama District (SAUS)

Panoz Automotive Development - Automobile manufacturing

Para-Amino Benzoic Acid (SAUS)

Partido Accion Democratica - Democratic Action Party - El Salvador - Political party (PPW)

Partido de Accion Democrata - Democratic Action Party - Spain - Political party (PPW)

Partly Air Dried - Lumber (WOHB)

Passenger Airbag Disable

Passive Acoustic Detection - Military (CAAL)

Passive Air Defense - British

Patient Accounts Department (SAUS)

Patient Administration Section - Military

Patriot Arm Decoy - Weaponry (DWSG)

Paumari - Language code (ETLW)

Payable after Death - Insurance (ADA)

Pedagogischer Austauschdienst - Pedagogical Exchange Service - German

Penetration Aids Deployment - Weaponry (DWSG)

People Against Displacement (NADA)

People's Party for Democracy and Development (Ghana) - Political party (PSAP)

Percutaneous Abscess Drainage - Surgery (DAVI)

Percutaneous Automated Diskectomy - Neurology (DAVI)

Percutaneous Device (SAUS)

Performance Analysis and Design - Nuclear energy (NRCH)

Performance Analysis Department (SAUS)

Performing Arts Directory - A publication

Peripheral Adaptor (SAUS)

Peripheral Arterial Disease - Medicine

Permissible Accumulated Dose

Personal Articulation Device - Facetious term for pre-word-processing equipment

Personnel Armoured Devices (SAUS)

Perturbed Angular Distribution - Nuclear physics

Peters' United States District Court Reports, Admiralty Decisions - A publication (DLA)

Petroleum Administration for Defense - Abolished, 1954

Phenacetin - Acetophenetidin, Aspirin, Deoxyephedrine - Pharmacology

Phenacetin, Aspirin, Desoxyephedrine (SAUS)

Phi Alpha Delta - An association (NTPA)

Phonological Acquisition Device (DAVI)

Photon Absorption Densitometry - Medicine (DMAA)

Physical Acoustics/Dunnegan (SAUS)

Physician-Assisted Death (MELL)

Pilotless Aircraft Division - Navy

Pitch Angle Distribution

Pitch Axis Definition

Pitless Adapter Division

Pitless Adapter Division of Water Systems Council (EA)

Pixel Access Definition (SAUS)

Planning Action Directive - Military (AFIT)

Planning Analysis Document (SAUS)

Planning and Analysis Division - Environmental Protection Agency (GFGA)

Plant Apparatus Division (SAUS)

Plastics Analysis Division (SAUS)

Player Assessment Device

Pododermatitis Aseptica Diffusa (SAUS)

Point Air Defence (SAUS)

Polar and Auroral Dynamics - Meteorology

Polyaperture Device - NASA (KSC)

Pontoon Assembly Depot (NVT)

Pontoon Assembly Detachment

Poor Acquisition Data (AAG)

Port Air Defense (SAUS)

Port of Aerial Debarkation - Air Force

Position Aware Device - Global Positioning System (GIS)

Positioning Arm Disk

Post-Activation Diffusion (IEEE)

Post Alloy Diffused (SAUS)

Post Alloy Diffusion (IAA)

Potential Area of Danger - Navigation

Power Amplifier Device - or Driver

Power Amplifier Driver (SAUS)

Preadvisory Data (KSC)

Pre Aid to the Disabled - Medicine (EDAA)

Pre-Authorized Debit (EBF)

Precise Access Diagram

Preferential Adaptive Defense (ACAE)

Preferred Arrival Date (AFM)

Preliminary Advisory Data (MCD)

Preliminary Analysis Document (SAUS)

Presence and Amplitude Detector

Pressure Alarm Detector (SAUS)

Pressure Anomaly Difference (PDAA)

Preventive Aggressive Device - Restraint - Medicine

Primary Aeronautical Designation (DNAB)

Primary Affective Disorder - Psychiatry (DAVI)

Primary Afferent Depolarization - Electrophysiology

Prime Contractor Address (SAUS)

Principal Associate Director (SAUS)

Procurement Acquisition Directive

Product Assembly Document

Product Assembly Drawing - Automotive project management

Product Assurance Directorate - Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command - Army

Production Assurance Directorate - Military technology (DDF)

Professional Administrative Development - Medicine

Professional Express Courier Service, Inc. - ICAO designator (FAAC)

Program Action Directive (AFM)

Program Analysis Division (AAGC)

Program Analysis for Documentation - Computer science

Program and Acquisition Division (ACAE)

Program Approval Document - NASA (KSC)

Programmable Algorithm for Drafting (SAUS)

Project Approval Document - NASA

Propellant Acquisition Device (NASA)

Propellant-Actuated Device

Property Accountability Document (ACAE)

Protective Action Decision - Emergency Management (EMA)

Provisional Acceptance Date (NATG)

Provisional Air Division (SAUS)

Provisional Assembly Date (SAUS)

Pseudoachondroplastic Spondyloepiphysial Dysplasia (DIPS)

Psychoaffective Disorder - Psychiatry (DAVI)

Public Access Device (VLIE)

Public Affairs Department (SAUS)

Public Affairs Detachment

Public Affairs Division - Military (AABC)

Public Assistance Director - Federal disaster planning

Pueblo Army Depot - Colorado

Pulmonary Artery Diastolic - Pressure - Cardiology

Pulsatile Assist Device - Cardiology

Pulse amplifier discriminator (SAUS)

Pulse Amplitude Density (SAUS)

Pulse Averaging Discriminator

Pulsed Activation Doppler (MCD)

Pulsed Amperometric Detection - Electroanalytical chemistry