Pad
Encyclopedia
Pad or PAD may refer to:
- Writing pad, a book of paper
- Sanitary pad, a device worn by a woman during menstruation
Transportation
- Launch padLaunch padA launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecraft lift off. A spaceport can contain one or many launch pads. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures. The service structure provides an access platform to inspect the launch vehicle prior to launch....
, an area where spacecraft lifts off - Helicopter landing pad
- London Paddington station, station code PAD
- Paderborn Lippstadt AirportPaderborn Lippstadt Airport-Facilities:The terminal offers several facilities for travelers. There are mainly travel agencies in the airport. A Restaurant is available, too. There are also shops and car rentals at the airport....
, IATA code PAD
Sports gear
- PadsPadsPads are protective equipment used by batters in the sports of cricket and baseball, and by goaltenders in hockey, bandy and lacrosse. They serve to protect the legs from impact by a hard ball or puck at high speed which could otherwise cause injuries to the lower leg.In cricket, pads fall into...
, specialized equipment used in baseball, cricket, and hockey - Elbow pads
- Knee pads
- Shoulder padsShoulder padsShoulder pads are a piece of protective equipment used in many contact sports such as American football, Canadian football, lacrosse and hockey. Most modern shoulder pads consist of a shock absorbing foam material with a hard plastic outer covering. The pieces are usually secured by rivets or...
Computing and electronics
- TouchpadTouchpadA touchpad is a pointing device featuring a tactile sensor, a specialized surface that can translate the motion and position of a user's fingers to a relative position on screen. Touch pads are a common feature of laptop computers, and they are also used as a substitute for a mouse where desk...
- ThinkPadThinkPadThinkPad is line of laptop computers originally sold by IBM but now produced by Lenovo. They are known for their boxy black design, which was modeled after a traditional Japanese lunchbox...
, a laptop brand first designed and produced by IBM, but now owned by Lenovo - iPadIPadThe iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
, a tablet computer from AppleAppleThe apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring... - Graphics pad, a computer input device
- Control pad, a type of game controller
- Trigger pad, an electronic sensor on a drum
- Packet Assembler/DisassemblerPacket Assembler/DisassemblerA packet assembler/disassembler, abbreviated PAD is a communications device which provides multiple asynchronous terminal connectivity to an X.25 network or host computer. It collects data from a group of terminals and places the data into X.25 packets...
, a communications device - Portable Application DescriptionPortable Application DescriptionPortable Application Description is a machine-readable document format designed by the Association of Shareware Professionals.It allows authors to provide product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way, using a simple XML schema that allows webmasters and program...
, a document format - PAD, a control character in the C1 control code setC0 and C1 control codesMost character encodings, in addition to representing printable characters, may also represent additional information about the text, such as the position of a cursor, an instruction to start a new line, or a message that the text has been received...
- Components of an attenuatorAttenuator (electronics)An attenuator is an electronic device that reduces the amplitude or power of a signal without appreciably distorting its waveform.An attenuator is effectively the opposite of an amplifier, though the two work by different methods...
, an electronic device - Contact padContact padContact pads are designated surface areas of a printed circuit board or die of an integrated circuit. Possibilities to contact to pads include soldering, wirebonding, Flip chip mounting, or probe needles....
s, designated surface areas for electrical contacts - Pulsed Amperometric Detection
Other uses
- Pad (music), a type of synthesized sound
- PAD emotional state modelPAD emotional state modelThe PAD emotional state model is a psychological model developed by Albert Mehrabian and James A. Russell to describe and measure emotional states. PAD uses three numerical dimensions to represent all emotions....
, psychological model based on Pleasure, Arousal and Dominance - People's Alliance for DemocracyPeople's Alliance for DemocracyThe People's Alliance for Democracy also called the National Liberation Alliance - กลุ่มพันธมิตรกู้ชาติ, Thai Patriots Network or the Yellow Shirts - เสื้อเหลือง - was originally a coalition of protesters against Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand. Its leaders include...
, a Thailand political group - People's Action for DevelopmentPeople's Action for DevelopmentPeople's Action for Development has been working with more than 14,000 families of fishers, palmyrah tappers, dalits, children and women in Thoothukudi and Ramanathapuram districts of Gulf of Mannar region...
, an Indian NGO - Peripheral artery disease
- Peter Allen David, American writer
- Phi Alpha DeltaPhi Alpha DeltaΦAΔ , or P.A.D., is the largest co-ed professional law fraternity in the United States of America. Phi Alpha Delta has members who are university students, law school students, lawyers, judges, senators, and even presidents. It was founded in 1902 and today has over 300,000 initiated members...
, a fraternity - Poker After DarkPoker After DarkPoker After Dark was an hour-long poker television program on NBC. The show made its debut on January 1, 2007, and was cancelled as another victim of the "Black Friday" criminal case due to the show's sponsorship by Full Tilt Poker, one of that case's defendants. on September 23, 2011 For its first...
, a television series - Pre-Authorized Debit
- Prithvi Air Defence, a missile
- Program-associated dataProgram-associated dataProgram Associated Data or Program Service Data is a concept related to broadcasting which consists of a number of different fields or streams which are displayed on many HD Radio & satellite radio receivers in order to describe the program being transmitted, including different information such...
, a type of broadcast information - Punjab Archaeology Department
- Pád, the HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
name for Spini village, TurdaşTurdasTurdaş is a commune in Hunedoara County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Pricaz, Râpaş, Spini and Turdaş.This is the location of the Turdaş archaeological site. The archaeological site was a large Neolithic/Chalcolithic settlement along the course of the Mureş River. It was first...
Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania - Part of a mammal's pawPawA paw is the soft foot of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails. A hard foot is called a hoof. Paws are used to pad feet for walking and increase friction.- Common characteristics :...
- Part of the mantra Om mani padme humOm mani padme humis the six syllabled mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara , the bodhisattva of compassion...