PAD
# PAD

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

* 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

## Other uses

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