PCD
PCD may refer to:
In science and technology
In medicine
- Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, an autoimmune degradation of the central nervous system
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder
- Programmed cell death, the suicide of a cell in a multicellular organism
- Protein C deficiency, a rare genetic disorder increasing the likelihood of thrombotic disease
In computing and telecommunications
- Photo CD, a system designed by Kodak, launched in 1992
- Picture CD, a later Kodak product
- Personal Communications Devices, a mobile phone development and marketing company
- Process control daemon, an open-source process controller for Embedded Linux
- Protein-coated disc, a theoretical optical disc technology
- Portable Computing Device, small computers for mobile computing
- Proximity Coupling Device, a reader device for NFC Cards according to ISO14443 (PICC)
- Point Cloud Data, a file format for Point Cloud Library
Other uses in science and technology
- Polycrystalline diamond, artificial diamond
- Pitch Circle Diameter, in mechanical drawing, particularly in relation to wheel or axial fan sizing
- Protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, an enzyme used for improving organic fluorophore-stability.
In arts and entertainment
- Pussycat Dolls, an American pop and R&B, and dance and burlesque ensemble
- PCD (album), their debut album
- Phillips, Craig and Dean, a Contemporary Christian Music trio
- PodCast Devotee, a regular listener to the Elis James and John Robins podcast of their Radio X show
Political parties
- Partido Conservador Demócrata, a political party in Nicaragua
- Democratic Society Party (Kurdish: Partiya Civaka Demokratîk), a former Kurdish social democratic party in Turkey
- Christian Democratic Party (France) (French: Parti chrétien-démocrate), a minor French conservative party
- Democratic Convergence Party (Portuguese: Partido de Convergência Democrática), a political party in São Tomé and Príncipe
Other uses
- Partnership for Child Development, an academic organisation within Imperial College London, formed in 1992
- Picard language (ISO 639-3 language code), a language of France
- Process-centered design, a business-centric design methodology for user interfaces
- Providence Country Day School, a private middle and high school located in East Providence, Rhode Island
- Post Concert Depression, when someone has just attended a concert of a band they love and is missing them very much.
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