SID explained

Sid or SID may refer to:

People

Sid (given name), includes a list of people with the name

Science and technology

Sound Interface Device: the MOS Technology 6581 sound-generating chip used in some Commodore computers
Security Identifier, used by Microsoft
Sid blood group system
Saab Information Display in cars
Slew-induced distortion, in an amplifier
Source to image-receptor distance, in radiology
Sudden ionospheric disturbance, caused by a solar flare
Surface-induced dissociation, in mass spectrometry
System identification number, in wireless telephony
Source Identification codes, identifying marks on optical discs introduced by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
mSin3 interaction domain, a transcriptional repressor domain
.sid, MrSID image file extension
Sid (Debian), the code name for the 'unstable' distribution of the operating system

Entertainment

Sid (band), a Japanese rock band
Síd, a fairy mound in Irish folklore
Superman Is Dead, or S.I.D., an Indonesian rock band
Space Intruder Detector, satellite in the UK TV series UFO
Sid Vere, a fictional character from Doctors
The given name of the Cookie Monster is Sid.

Transport

Standard instrument departure, aircraft procedure
Amílcar Cabral International Airport, Sal Island, Cape Verde
Sidcup railway station (National Rail station code), London, England

Organizations

Danish General Workers' Union, former trade union in Denmark
Security and Intelligence Division, Singapore's Foreign intelligence agency
Servizio Informazioni Difesa, the Italian military secret service 1965-1977
Service for Research and Documentation, the Serbian intelligence agency
Society for Information Display
Society for International Development
Sport-Informations-Dienst, German sports media service
Special Investigations Division (disambiguation)

Places

Šid, Vojvodina, Serbia
Šíd, village in Slovakia
River Sid, in Devon, England

Other uses

Status–income disequilibrium, a political term
Sports information director

See also