PID or Pid may refer to:
Medicine
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Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), also known as pelvic inflammatory disorder, is an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system, mainly the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries, and inside of the pelvis. Often, there may be no ...
or pelvic inflammatory disorder, an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system
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Primary immune deficiency, disorders in which part of the body's immune system is missing or does not function properly
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Prolapsed intervertebral disc, commonly called a herniated disc
Science, technology and engineering
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BBC Programme Identifier, a unique identifier for a BBC television or radio programme brand, a season or series, or an individual episode
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OBD-II PIDs (on-board diagnostics parameter IDs), requests for data through an OBD connector in automotive repair
* Packet Identifier, a field in a
MPEG transport stream
MPEG transport stream (MPEG-TS, MTS) or simply transport stream (TS) is a standard digital container format for transmission and storage of audio, video, and Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) data. It is used in broadcast syst ...
packet
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Partial information decomposition, an extension of
information theory
Information theory is the mathematical study of the quantification (science), quantification, Data storage, storage, and telecommunications, communication of information. The field was established and formalized by Claude Shannon in the 1940s, ...
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Passive infrared detector, a passive infrared sensor
* Payload Interface Document (used on space engineering program for example)
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Persistent identifier
A persistent identifier (PI or PID) is a long-lasting reference to a document, file, web page, or other object.
The term "persistent identifier" is usually used in the context of digital objects that are accessible over the Internet. Typically, s ...
, a long-lasting reference to a document, file, web page, or other object
* Phosphotyrosine-interacting domain, also known as
phosphotyrosine-binding domain
In molecular biology, phosphotyrosine-binding domains are protein domains which bind to phosphotyrosine.
The phosphotyrosine-binding domain (PTB, also phosphotyrosine-interaction or PI domain) in the protein tensin tends to be found at the C- ...
, a protein domain which bind to phosphotyrosine
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Photoionization detector, measures volatile organic compounds and other gases
* Physical Interface Device, a class of a
USB
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an industry standard, developed by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), for digital data transmission and power delivery between many types of electronics. It specifies the architecture, in particular the physical ...
device
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PID controller
PID or Pid may refer to:
Medicine
* Pelvic inflammatory disease or pelvic inflammatory disorder, an infection of the upper part of the female reproductive system
* Primary immune deficiency, disorders in which part of the body's immune system is ...
(proportional-integral-derivative controller), a control concept used in automation
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Piping and instrumentation diagram
A Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) is a detailed diagram in the process industry which shows process equipment together with the instrumentation and control devices. It is also called as mechanical flow diagram (MFD).
Superordinate to t ...
(P&ID), a diagram in the process industry which shows the piping of the process flow etc.
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Principal ideal domain
In mathematics, a principal ideal domain, or PID, is an integral domain (that is, a non-zero commutative ring without nonzero zero divisors) in which every ideal is principal (that is, is formed by the multiples of a single element). Some author ...
, an algebraic structure
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Process identifier
In computing, the process identifier (a.k.a. process ID or PID) is a number used by most operating system kernel (operating system), kernels—such as those of Unix, macOS and Windows—to uniquely identify an active Process (computing), process. ...
, a number used by many operating systems to identify a process
Organisations
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Police Intelligence Department, a staff department of the Singapore Police Force
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Political Intelligence Department (disambiguation), multiple organisations
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Politieke Inlichtingen Dienst'' (Political Intelligence Department), was the main security agency for the Dutch East Indies
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Prague Integrated Transport (''Pražská integrovaná doprava'' – PID in Czech), an integrated public transport system in Prague
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Press Information Department, government department of Bangladesh
Other uses
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Pathways into Darkness
''Pathways into Darkness'' is a first-person shooter adventure video game developed and published by Bungie in 1993, for Macintosh personal computers. Players assume the role of a Special Forces soldier who must stop a powerful, godlike being fr ...
'', a 1993 video game by Bungie
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Paul is dead
"Paul is dead" is an urban legend and conspiracy theory alleging that English musician Paul McCartney of the Beatles died in 1966 and was secretly replaced by a look-alike. The rumour began circulating in 1966, gaining broad popularity in Se ...
", a 1960s urban legend that Paul McCartney was dead
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''Pid'' (video game), a 2012 video game by Might and Delight
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Project Initiation Documentation
The project documentation (PID) is one of the most significant artifacts in project management, which provides the foundation for the business project.
The project initiation documentation bundles the information, which was acquired through the ...
, in project management
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Party identification, the political party with which an individual identifies
* Everett
Pid Purdy (1904–1951), American athlete who played in both Major League Baseball and the National Football League
See also
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PIDS (disambiguation)
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