PSD

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PSD can stand for:

[edit] Politics

• Social Democratic Party, a political party of Portugal
• Social Democratic Party, a political party of Romania
• Socialist Destourian Party, the old name (to 1988) of the ruling party in Tunisia, currently called Constitutional Democratic Rally
• Civil Movement "People's Self-Defense", a political movement in Ukraine and part of the Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc electoral alliance

[edit] Travel

• IATA code for Port Said Airport, Port Said, Egypt

[edit] Sciences

• PSD, discrete controller (Proportional/Sum/Derivative) - a version of PID controller (Proportional/Integral/Derivative) - PID_controller
• Particle size distribution
• Phase sensitive detector
• Position sensitive device or position sensitive detector, a device that measures the one- or two-dimensional position of a lightspot
• Positive-semidefiniteness as it relates to matrices
• Postsynaptic density, a specialization of the cytoskeleton at the synaptic junction
• Post-source decay, a technique used in MALDI mass spectrometry
• Power spectral density, the power of a signal per some unit of measurement such as temporal or spatial frequency used in signal analysis
• Prevention of significant deterioration, an American environmental program created under the Clean Air Act designed to maintain existing air quality in areas already meeting EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards

[edit] Computers

• .psd (Photoshop document), the default file extension of the proprietary file format of Adobe System's Photoshop program.
• A portable or personal storage device, small hard disks designed to copy digital photographs from a camera
• Programmable system device, an integrated circuit manufactured by ST Microelectronics and including Flash-ROM, RAM, and logic functions on a single chip
• Program structure diagram, also known as a Nassi-Shneiderman diagram
• Power supply disturbance, a fault model for embedded systems and system-on-chip devices

[edit] Medicine

• Post-traumatic stress disorder (more commonly abbreviated PTSD)

[edit] People

• PSD (rapper), a rapper from the Bay Area

[edit] Others

• PES Stats Database, a forum dedicated to the Pro Evolution Soccer series with a compiled list of player's "stats"
• Protective Services Detail, U.S. Army unit assigned to protect VIPs
• Personal Security Detail, a group of private security contractors tasked with protecting a client
• Pesticides Safety Directorate, UK
• Philippine School Doha, a Filipino school in Doha, Qatar
• Platform screen doors, doors used on the edges of railway platforms
• Power Split Device, part of the Hybrid Synergy Drive on a Toyota Prius
• Program Service Data, also known as program-associated data, usually data sent along with an HD radio program
• Psychiatric service dog, a specific type of assistance dog that helps people with psychiatric disabilities
• Punch Sport Drink, a drink served to midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy
• Ford Power Stroke engine, the Ford turbo diesel engine available in the F250 / F350 line as well as other trucks
• Pewter Soap Dish, a dish made out of pewter meant to hold bars of soap