The abbreviation DPD may stand for:
Computing
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Dead Peer Detection, an IPSec VPN feature
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Delegated Path Discovery, a public-key query method
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Densely packed decimal, a system of binary encoding for decimal digits
Engineering and technology
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Dew point depression
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Diffusion pressure deficit Suction pressure is also called Diffusion Pressure Deficit. If some solute is dissolved in solvent, its diffusion pressure decreases. The difference between diffusion pressure of pure solvent and solution is called diffusion pressure deficit (DPD). ...
* Digital Pre-Distortion, a subset of
Multidimensional Digital Pre-distortion Multidimensional Digital Pre-distortion (MDDPD), often referred to as multiband digital pre-distortion (MBDPD), is a subset of digital predistortion (DPD) that enables DPD to be applied to signals (channels) that cannot or do not pass through the sa ...
that deals with linearization of non-orthogonal, non-linear systems.
* Digital product definition, a near-synonym of
model-based definition
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Dissipative particle dynamics, a mesoscopic particle-based materials simulation technique
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Diver propulsion device, an underwater vehicle
Law
* EU
Dangerous Preparations Directive
* EU
Data Protection Directive
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Development Plan Document, in town and country planning in England and Wales
* Digital Phonorecord Delivery, a
U.S. Copyright Office process for sound recording registration
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Denver Police Department, Colorado
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Detroit Police Department, Michigan
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Dallas Police Department
The Dallas Police Department, established in 1881, is the principal law enforcement agency serving the city of Dallas, Texas.
Organization
The department is headed by a chief of police who is appointed by the city manager who, in turn, is hir ...
, Texas
Mental disorders
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Dependent personality disorder
Dependent personality disorder (DPD) is characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. This personality disorder is a long-term condition in which people depend on others to meet their emotional and physical needs, with on ...
, over-dependence on others
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Depersonalization-derealization disorder
Depersonalization-derealization disorder (DPDR, DPD) is a mental disorder in which the person has persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization or derealization. Depersonalization is described as feeling disconnected or detached from one ...
, feeling detached from one's self
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Depressive personality disorder, disorder with depressive features
Organic chemicals
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Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, an enzyme
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''N'',''N''-diethyl-''p''-phenylenediamine, a
phenylenediamine often used to determine chlorine in water
Politics
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Democratic Party of Germany (), liberal party in Germany
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Regional Representative Council
The Regional Representative Council ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, DPD; alternatively translatable as the House of Regions or the House of Regional Representatives or the Senate of Indonesia), is one of two parliamentary chambers in Indonesia ...
(), a chamber of the Indonesian parliament
Other uses
* DPDgroup, an international parcel-delivery business now re-branded as
Geopost
* (''Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts''), Spanish lexicon
* Distributed
participatory design
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Dorking Deepdene railway station, England (GBR code: DPD)
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