PLD

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PLD may stand for:

In technology:

• programmable logic device, a type of integrated circuit semiconductor
• Pulsed Laser Deposition, a method of growing thin films
• PLD Linux Distribution (a recursive acronym)

In biology:

• Phospholipase D, an enzyme which cleaves phosphatidylcholine to produce phosphatidic acid and choline
• Polycystic Liver Disease, multiple cysts scattered throughout the normal liver tissue

In politics:

• "Partido de la Liberación Dominicana" or Dominican Liberation Party
• "Partidul Liberal Democrat" or Liberal Democratic Party (Romania)

In other contexts

• schools named Paul Laurence Dunbar High School