PCD
Encyclopedia
PCD may refer to:
- Partido Conservador Demócrata, a political party in Nicaragua
- Partnership for Child DevelopmentPartnership for Child DevelopmentThe Partnership for Child Development is an organisation based at Imperial College London that seeks to improve health and nutrition in school-age children and youth in low-income countries, and thereby improve their education...
, seeks to improve health and nutrition in school-age children in low-income countries, formed in 1992 - Pussycat DollsPussycat DollsThe Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...
, an American pop and R&B, and dance and burlesque ensemble- PCD (album)PCD (album)PCD is the debut album by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, released on September 13, 2005 in the United States, by A&M Records. After recruiting Melody Thornton and Nicole Scherzinger and releasing two singles, they released this album...
, their debut album
- PCD (album)
- Primary ciliary dyskinesiaPrimary ciliary dyskinesiaPrimary ciliary dyskinesia , also known as immotile ciliary syndrome or Kartagener Syndrome ', is a rare, ciliopathic, autosomal recessive genetic disorder that causes a defect in the action of the cilia lining the respiratory tract and fallopian tube, and also of the flagella of sperm in...
, a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder - Photo CDPhoto CDPhoto CD is a system designed by Kodak for digitizing and saving photos in a CD. Launched in 1992, the discs were designed to hold nearly 100 high quality images, scanned prints and slides using special proprietary encoding. Photo CDs are defined in the Beige Book and conform to the CD-ROM XA and...
, a system designed by Kodak for digitizing and storing photos in a CD, launched in 1992- Picture CDPicture CDPicture CD is a product by Kodak, following on from the earlier Photo CD product. It holds photos from a single roll of color film, stored at 1024×1536 resolution using JPEG compression. The product is aimed at consumers...
, a product by Kodak, following on from the earlier Photo CD product
- Picture CD
- Phillips, Craig and DeanPhillips, Craig and DeanPhillips, Craig and Dean is a contemporary Christian music trio composed of Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig, and Dan Dean. Since forming in 1991, they have released 12 albums and earned 18 No. 1 radio singles...
, a Contemporary Christian Music trio - Pitch Circle Diameter, in mechanical drawing, particularly in relation to wheel or axial fan sizing, see Wheel sizing#Bolt circle
- Programmed cell deathProgrammed cell deathProgrammed cell-death is death of a cell in any form, mediated by an intracellular program. PCD is carried out in a regulated process which generally confers advantage during an organism's life-cycle...
, the suicide of a cell in a multicellular organism - Paraneoplastic cerebellar degenerationParaneoplastic cerebellar degenerationParaneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with lung, ovarian, breast, and other cancers.As is the case with other paraneoplastic syndromes, PCD is believed to be due to an autoimmune reaction targeted against components of the central nervous system...
, an autoimmune reaction targeted against components of the central nervous system - Protein C deficiencyProtein C deficiencyProtein C deficiency is a rare genetic trait that predisposes to thrombotic disease. It was first described in 1981. The disease belongs to a group of genetic disorders known as thrombophilias. The prevalence of protein C deficiency has been estimated to about 0.2% to 0.5% of the general population...
, a rare genetic disorder increasing the likelihood of thrombotic disease, especially after the administration of the drug warfarinWarfarinWarfarin is an anticoagulant. It is most likely to be the drug popularly referred to as a "blood thinner," yet this is a misnomer, since it does not affect the thickness or viscosity of blood... - Protein-coated discProtein-coated discProtein-Coated Disc is a theoretical optical disc technology currently being developed by Professor Venkatesan Renugopalakrishnan, formerly of Harvard Medical School and Florida International University. PCD would greatly increase storage over Holographic Versatile Disc optical disc systems...
, a theoretical optical disc technology - Providence Country Day SchoolProvidence Country Day SchoolThe Providence Country Day School is a private middle and high school, founded in 1923. Located in East Providence, Rhode Island, United States, it serves approximately 300 students in grades 6 through 12...
, a private middle and high school located in East Providence, Rhode Island - Polycrystalline diamond
- Portable Computing Device, small computers for mobile computing
- The ISO 639-3 language code of PicardPicard languagePicard is a language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. It is spoken in two regions in the far north of France – Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy – and in parts of the Belgian region of Wallonia, the district of Tournai and a part of...
, a language of France - Process Control DaemonProcess control daemonProcess Control Daemon is an open source, light-weight system level process manager/controller for Embedded-Linux based projects ....
- An open source process controller for Embedded Linux - Personal Communications DevicesPersonal Communications DevicesPersonal Communications Devices is a company that partners with other manufacturers to develop mobile phones in the Americas, including Pantech-branded phones for Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility, and an Android tablet branded as the HTC Flyer for US Cellular.It began as the cellphone division...
- partners with mobile phone manufacturers