ARD or Ard may refer to:

Arts and media

ARD (broadcaster) ARD is a joint organisation of Germany's regional Public broadcasting, public-service broadcasters. It was founded in 1950 in West Germany to represent the common interests of the new, decentralised, post-war broadcasting services—in particular ...

, the German public broadcaster **

Das Erste Das Erste (; "The First") is the flagship national television channel of the ARD (broadcaster), ARD association of public broadcasting corporations in Germany. ''Das Erste'' is jointly operated by the ARD (broadcaster)#Institutions and member org ...

, their main television channel **

ARD International Music Competition The ARD International Music Competition () is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and is held once a year in Munich, usually in September. Since its inception in 1952, it h ...

* Ard, a character in the 1981 film ''Heavy Metal''

Military

* Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10, a special forces unit of the Swiss Armed Forces * US Navy

hull classification symbol The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by ind ...

for an auxiliary repair dry dock

People

* Ard (surname), a surname of Scottish origin * Ard (biblical figure), a son of Benjamin in the Bible * Ard., abbreviation in scientific literature for botanist

Pietro Arduino Pietro Arduino (18 July 1728, in Caprino Veronese – 13 April 1805, in Padua) was an Italian botanist. The geologist Giovanni Arduino (geologist), Giovanni Arduino (1714–1795) was his brother, and the agriculturalist s:Author:Luigi Arduino, ...

* Ard Ayush, leader of a rebellion in Mongolia * Ard Louis, Dutch physicist and professor *

Ard Schenk Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (born 16 September 1944) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Bet ...

, Dutch speed skater * Ard Sluis, Dutch football manager * Ard van der Steur, Dutch politician and lawyer * Ard van Peppen, Dutch footballer

Places

Republic of Ireland

Ardpatrick, County Limerick Ardpatrick () is a small village in County Limerick, Ireland. It lies at the foot of the north slopes of the Ballyhoura Mountains, on the edge of the Golden Vale. As of the 2006 census, the electoral division of Ardpatrick which contains the vil ...

* Ardpatrick, a townland in County Louth

United Kingdom

Ard, Inverness The Aird (from Scottish Gaelic ''An Àird'', "the high place") is a district of Inverness-shire lying on the south side of the Beauly Firth, between the rivers Beauly and Ness. It includes the villages of Kirkhill, Kiltarlity, Lentran and Inc ...

, Scotland * Ardgay railway station, Scotland * Ardpatrick, Argyll, Scotland * Ardpatrick, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States

Ard, Arkansas Ard is an unincorporated community in Yell County, Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, ...

Ardmore station (Pennsylvania) Ardmore station is a train station in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, located on the Pennsylvania Main Line. The station serves several Amtrak Keystone Service trains daily, as well as all SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line local regional rail trains. The sta ...

(by Amtrak code)

Elsewhere

Arad, Iran Arad () is a city in, and the capital of, Arad District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Arad Rural District. The outskirts of the city include many farming areas and dry open land. A ...

Alor Island Airport Alor Island Airport — also known as Mali Airport — is located on Alor Island, Indonesia. Two flights operate daily to Kupang Kupang (, ), formerly known as Koepang, is the capital of the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. At the ...

, Indonesia (IATA: ARD)

Politics

Alliance for Restoration of Democracy The Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD) was an alliance of the two then largest political parties in Pakistan – the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N) formed on 3 December 2000. The two parties had been kn ...

, a Pakistani political movement *

Democratic Republican Alliance The Democratic Alliance (, AD), originally called Democratic Republican Alliance (, ARD), was a French political party created in 1901 by followers of Léon Gambetta such as Raymond Poincaré, who would be president of the Council in the 1920s. ...

, ''Alliance Républicaine Démocratique'' or ARD, a French political party of the Third Republic *

Republican Alliance for Democracy The Republican Alliance for Democracy () () is an opposition political party in Djibouti, founded by Ahmed Dini Ahmed. In the parliamentary election held on 10 January 2003, the party was part of the Union for a Democratic Change (''Union pour l ...

, an opposition party in Djibouti (''Alliance Républicaine pour le Développement'') *

Right Romania Alliance The Right Romania Alliance (, ARD, also translating to "Just Romania Alliance") was a Romanian electoral alliance formed between the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD), the Civic Force (FC ...

, ''Alianţa România Dreaptăa'', short-lived electoral alliance in Romania

Science and technology

Ard (plough) The ard, ard plough, or scratch plough is a simple light plough without a mouldboard. It is symmetrical on either side of its line of draft and is fitted with a symmetrical share that traces a shallow furrow but does not invert the soil. It bega ...

, a simple plough *

Acid rock drainage Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines and coal mines. Acid rock drainage occurs naturally within some environments as part of the rock weathering ...

, the outflow of acidic water from mines * Acireductone dioxygenase (iron(II)-requiring), an enzyme * Aging-associated disease, diseases of senescence *

Alcohol-related dementia Alcohol-related dementia (ARD) is a form of dementia caused by long-term, excessive consumption of alcohol, resulting in neurological damage and impaired cognitive function. Signs and symptoms Alcohol-related dementia presents as a global deterio ...

* Antimicrobial Removal Device,

Marion Laboratories Marion Merrell Dow and its predecessor Marion Laboratories was a United States, U.S. pharmaceutical company based in Kansas City, Missouri, from 1950 until 1996. The company specialized in bringing to market drugs that had been discovered but unm ...

product *

Apple Remote Desktop Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is a Macintosh application produced by Apple Inc., first released on March 14, 2002, that replaced a similar product called ''Apple Network Assistant''. Aimed at computer administrators responsible for large numbers of ...

, computer application *

Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator The Advanced Reentry Demonstrator (ARD) was a European Space Agency (ESA) suborbital reentry vehicle. It was developed and operated for experimental purposes, specifically to validate the multiple reentry technologies integrated upon it and the ve ...

, ESA spacecraft * Auxiliary repair dock

Other uses

* Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, an American pretrial intervention program *

American Research and Development Corporation American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC) was a venture capital and private equity firm founded in 1946 by Georges Doriot, Ralph Flanders, Merrill Griswold, and Karl Compton. ARDC is credited with the first major venture capital ...

, one of the first venture capital firms *

Ard Patrick Ard Patrick (1899–1923) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. One of the leading two-year-olds of 1901, he improved in 1902 to win The Derby, defeating the filly Sceptre. He returned from Injury problems to ...

(foaled 1899), a horse