PDA
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PDA may refer to:
[edit] Technology and computing
- Personal digital assistant, an electronic device which can include some of the functions of a computer, a cellphone, a music player, and a camera.
- Phase-Doppler analyzer, a kind of instrument for measuring particle velocity and size.
- Pushdown automaton, a type of abstract device in automata theory.
- Processor data area.
[edit] Mathematics
- Pitch detection algorithm, a mathematical method of finding the pitch of a signal
- Parameter Data Area, the layout of the parameters of subprograms in Software AG's programming language NATURAL
- Probabilistic Data Association, a method for association of (measured) data with system model objects (e.g. association of radar detections with system tracks)
- Pushdown automaton, a type of abstract device in automata theory
[edit] Politics
- Polo Democrático Alternativo, (Alternative Democratic Pole), a political party in Colombia.
- Progressive Democratic Alliance, a past political party in British Columbia, Canada.
- Progressive Democrats of America, a faction of the Democratic Party in the United States.
[edit] Organizations
- Parenteral Drug Association (PDA), global provider of science, technology and regulatory information and education for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical community.
- Peruvian Debate Asociation (PDA), Organization in charge of inter-school debating in Peru. Holds the Semestral PDA Debate Competition twice every year.
[edit] Travel
- Pakistan Domestic Airlines (PDA), the internal National flag carrier which is part of the wider branch of PIA
[edit] Other
- PDA (song), a song by the band Interpol
- Patent ductus arteriosus, a heart defect
- Pinoy Dream Academy, the Philippine franchise of Endemol's Star Academy
- Private defense agency
- Pub Design Awards
- Public display of affection
- PDA, an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force
- Polydiacetylenes (PDA), a family of conducting polymers
- Past Doctor Adventures, a series of spin-off novels based on the long running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who
- Potato dextrose agar, a microbiological media for culturing yeast and fungus
- Personal Development Award - A qualification from the Scottish Qualifications Authority