PDC
Encyclopedia
Chemistry
- Polycrystalline Diamond Compact, a process and component developed for and used in earth formation drill bitsDrill bit (well)A ', is a device attached to the end of the drill string that breaks apart, cuts or crushes the rock formations when drilling a wellbore, such as those drilled to extract water, gas, or oil....
to increase their strength and longevity. - Pyruvate decarboxylasePyruvate decarboxylaseNot to be confused with pyruvate dehydrogenase, the enzyme which catalyses the link reaction.Pyruvate decarboxylase is a homotetrameric enzyme that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide in the cytoplasm. It is also called 2-oxo-acid carboxylase,...
, a homotetrameric enzyme that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide - Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, a complex of three enzymes that transform pyruvate into acetyl-CoA
- Pyridinium dichromateCornforth reagentThe Cornforth reagent or pyridinium dichromate is a pyridinium salt of dichromate with the chemical formula [C5H5NH]2[Cr2O7]. This compound is named after the Australian-British chemist Sir John Warcup Cornforth who introduced it in 1962...
, a chromium-based oxidant used in organic chemistry
Computing
- Professional Developers ConferenceProfessional Developers ConferenceMicrosoft's Professional Developers Conference is a conference for software developers, normally Windows developers.It covers new and upcoming technology from Microsoft, and so only occurs in the years when there is something new to talk about...
, a Microsoft conference for software developers - Pocket Dream ConsolePocket Dream ConsoleThe Pocket Dream Console is a small handheld game device created by Conny in 2005. The system was released in Japan in 2006 by Takara Tomy.It is available in different colors....
, a small handheld game device created by Tomy and Conny in 2006 - Personal Digital CellularPersonal Digital CellularPersonal Digital Cellular is a 2G mobile telecommunications standard developed and used exclusively in Japan.After a peak of nearly 80 million subscribers to PDC, it had 46 million subscribers in December 2005, and is slowly being phased out in favor of 3G technologies like W-CDMA and CDMA2000...
, a 2G mobile phone standard developed and used exclusively in Japan - Programme Delivery ControlProgramme Delivery ControlProgramme delivery control is specified by the standard ETS 300 231, published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute...
, a standard to control video recorders using hidden codes in the teletext service - Plugin Delay Compensation, a technique for keeping the output of digital audio effects synchronized when each may introduce delay into the signal
- Practical Devices Corporation, manufacturer of high-end headphone amplifiers
- Primary Domain ControllerPrimary Domain ControllerA Primary Domain Controller is a server computer in a Windows domain. A domain is a group of computers , where access to a variety of computer resources is controlled by the PDC. Various account types exist in the domain, the most basic is the "guest" or "anonymous login" account...
, a server computer in a pre-Windows 2000 NT server Domain - Peripheral DMA controllerPeripheral DMA controllerA peripheral DMA controller is a feature found in modern microcontrollers. This is typically a FIFO with automated control features for driving implicitly included modules in a microcontroller such as UARTs....
, A feature of microcontrollers automating internal feeds for data streams
General Science
- Parking Distance Control, is a system used in (BMW) cars to measure the distance between the car and obstacles
- Pulsed DCPulsed DCPulsed DC or PDC is the form of wave produced from a half-wave rectifier or a full-wave rectifier. Full wave rectified ac is more commonly known as Rectified AC. PDC has some characteristics of both alternating current and direct current waveforms...
, the form of wave produced from a half-wave rectifier or a full-wave rectifier - Pyroclastic density currentPyroclastic flowA pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving current of superheated gas and rock , which reaches speeds moving away from a volcano of up to 700 km/h . The flows normally hug the ground and travel downhill, or spread laterally under gravity...
, a highly energetic ground current of superheated gases containing a high density of suspended pyroclastic fragments resulting from a volcanic explosion
Politics and government
- Christian Democratic People's Party of SwitzerlandChristian Democratic People's Party of SwitzerlandThe Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
, a political party in Switzerland - Several parties called Partido Demócrata CristianoPartido Demócrata CristianoPartido Demócrata Cristiano may refer to:* Partido Demócrata Cristiano , a political party in Argentina* Partido Demócrata Cristiano , a political party in Bolivia* Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile, a political party in Chile...
- Christian Democratic Party (Brazil)Christian Democratic Party (Brazil)The Syndicalist Popular Party was a political party in Brazil founded in 1945. The PDC, a small party supporting traditional Christian values, never achieved electoral success and was banned by the military dictatorship in 1965....
(Partido Democrata Cristão) - Portland Development CommissionPortland Development CommissionThe Portland Development Commission is the urban renewal agency created by the city of Portland, Oregon. It promotes development, housing projects and economic development within the city's eleven urban renewal districts....
, Portland, Oregon government agency
Linguistics
- The ISO 639-3 language code for Pennsylvania GermanPennsylvania German languageThe Pennsylvania German language is a variety of West Central German possibly spoken by more than 250,000 people in North America...
, a West Central German variety spoken by 150,000 to 250,000 people in North America
Organizations
- Pacific Disaster CenterPacific Disaster CenterPacific Disaster Center is an applied science, information and technology center, working to reduce disaster risks and impacts on life, property, and the economies worldwide. PDC’s ultimate goal is to foster the disaster resilience of communities through evidenced-based and informed decision...
, an international organization - Partisan Defense CommitteePartisan Defense CommitteeThe Partisan Defense Committee describes itself as a "a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization that champions cases and causes in the interests of the whole of the working people." The PDC works in accordance with the political orientation of the Spartacist League...
, a legal defense organization - Phi Delta ChiPhi Delta ChiPhi Delta Chi, was founded on 2 November 1883 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor by 11 men, led by Dean Albert B. Prescott. The fraternity was formed to advance the science of pharmacy and its allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its brothers, now both male...
, an association formed to advance the science of pharmacy and allied interests - Pittsburgh Dance CouncilPittsburgh Dance CouncilPittsburgh Dance Council was established in 2002 as a programming division of . The programming mission of Pittsburgh Dance Council is to bring the best of contemporary dance from around the world to the Downtown Pittsburgh Cultural District stages....
, a presenting organization based in downtown Pittsburgh - Professional Darts CorporationProfessional Darts CorporationThe Professional Darts Corporation is a professional darts organization, established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a group of leading professional players split from the British Darts Organisation to form what was initially called the World Darts Council...
, a professional darts organization - Popstars Dance CompanyPopstars Dance CompanyPopstars Dance Company is a dance team from Germany. Each of its five members achieved individual success before joining in 2007. The Popstars Dance Company were also featured on Popstars Germany and were the winning band during the finale.- Beginning :...
, a German dance company