PAL (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Athletics 2 Computers and gaming 3 Military combat 4 Popular culture 5 Other uses

PAL is an abbreviation of Phase Alternating Line, a television signal encoding system.

PAL or Pal may also refer to:

[edit] Athletics

• Physical activity level
• Police Athletic League, an American youth sports league
  • PAL Stadium, a sporting venue named for the Police Athletic League

[edit] Computers and gaming

• ObjectPAL, a programming language for the Borland Paradox database
• PAL region, a video game publication territory
• Physics Abstraction Layer
• Programmable Array Logic, a brand of semiconductor programmable logic device introduced by Monolithic Memories
• An abbreviation for Chinese Paladin, a computer role-playing game later renamed The Legend of Sword and Fairy

[edit] Military combat

• Pals battalion, a type of British World War I army unit
• Permissive Action Link, a security device for nuclear weapons

[edit] Popular culture

• Pal (dog actor), the first collie to portray the famous TV canine, Lassie
• Pal the Wonder Dog, of Buster Brown and Our Gang early movie fame
• Pal's, American fast food chain
• P.A.L, German noise / electronic band

[edit] Other uses

• Parental Advisory label, a message affixed by the RIAA to audio and video recordings in the United States containing offensive language and/or content.
• Peer-assisted learning
• Possession and Acquisition Licence, a Canadian document which allows individuals to possess and acquire firearms
• Progressive Addition Lenses, used in eyeglasses and which are characterised by a gradient of increasing lens power
• A dynasty which ruled the ancient Indian kingdom of Mithila between the 6th and 9th centuries AD
• The ICAO code for Philippine Airlines
• Pal (Surname)
• Pal i.e. Dhangar, Caste in India
• Pal, a recurring character on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
• PAL, a former Czech (Czechoslovak) engineering state enterprise, undoned 1991, in Prague-Kbely. PAL means "Příslušenství automobilů a letadel" ("Equipment for Cars and Aircraft") or "pomocný automobilový a letecký (průmysl)" ("auxiliary (industry) of cars and aircrafts")
• Tivoli Audio PAL (Portable Audio Laboratory), a radio produced by Tivoli Audio, designed by Henry Kloss.