PAD explained

PAD written in all-caps, such as in an acronym, may refer to:

Media and entertainment

Peter Allen David, American writer
Poker After Dark, a poker television show which features sit and gos and cash games
Puzzle & Dragons, a 2012 Japanese mobile game developed by GungHo Online Entertainment

Organizations

Pädagogischer Austauschdienst, a German scholastic exchange service
Pakistan Association of the Deaf, a Pakistani organisation representing deaf people
Pakistan Association Dubai, a Pakistani expatriate organisation
People's Action for Development, an Indian NGO
People's Alliance for Democracy, a political group in Thailand
Phi Alpha Delta, a fraternity
Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea

Science and technology

Computing

Packet Assembler/Disassembler, a communications device
PAD, a C1 control code used for padding
Portable Application Description, a document format
Program-associated data, a type of broadcast information

Medicine and psychology

PAD emotional state model, a psychological model based on pleasure, arousal and dominance
Peripheral artery disease, a vascular disease that causes ulcers (wounds) to develop on the legs and feet
Peroral anti-diabetics, a group of medications to treat diabetes mellitus
Pre-Operative Autologous Donation, when a patient's own blood is taken for possible use during surgery

Other technologies

Prithvi Air Defence, a missile

Transport

PAD, London Paddington station's station code
PAD, Paderborn Lippstadt Airport's IATA code

Other uses

Pontoon Assembly Detachment of the U.S. Navy Seabees
Pre-Authorized Debit or direct debit, a financial transaction in which one withdraws funds from another person's account

See also