MDA, mda or variants may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Political parties

* Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008), in India *

Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018–present) Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) is a state-level alliance in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly The Meghalaya Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Meghalaya. C ...

, in India * Movement for Democracy in Africa, in Burkina Faso

Businesses and other organizations

MDA (company) MDA Space Ltd. is a Canadian space technology company headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, that provides geointelligence, robotics and space operations, and satellite systems. History MDA Space (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associa ...

, a Canadian space technology company *

Magen David Adom The Magen David Adom (, abbr. MDA, pronounced ''MAH-dah'' per its Hebrew acronym, ) is Israel's national emergency medicine, emergency medical, Emergency management, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service. The literal meaning of the name is ...

, Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service * Malaysia Design Archive, a non-profit private organization *

Media Development Authority The Media Development Authority (abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History MDA was founded on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasti ...

, in Singapore * Medical Devices Agency, now part of

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom which is responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are accepta ...

, in the UK *

Minnesota Department of Agriculture Minnesota ( ) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and Nor ...

, in the U.S. *

Missile Defense Agency The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a component of the Federal government of the United States, United States government's United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive Missile defense, defe ...

, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense *

Muscular Dystrophy Association Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people living with muscular dystrophy, ALS, and related Neuromuscular disease, neuromuscular diseases. Founded in 1950 by Paul Cohen, who lived wi ...

, an American organization * Museum Documentation Association, now

Collections Trust The Collections Trust is an independent UK-based charity that works with museums, libraries, galleries and archives worldwide to improve the management and use of collections. It was established in February 1977 as the Museum Documentation Associ ...

, a British charity * Myanmar Dental Association, a professional association

People

* A. P. Mda (1916-1993) South African political activist *

Zakes Mda Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni "Zakes" Mda () (born 1948) is a South African novelist, poet and playwright. He has won major South African and British literary awards for his novels and plays. He is the son of politician A. P. Mda. Early life and ...

(born 1948) South African author

Science and technology

Computing and electronics

* MDA framework (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics), a tool used to analyze games *

Message delivery agent A message delivery agent (MDA), or mail delivery agent, is a computer software component that is responsible for the delivery of e-mail messages to a local recipient's mailbox. It is also called a local delivery agent (LDA). Within the Internet ...

, software to route e-mails * Mechanical design automation, a branch of

computer-aided design Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...

Microconnect distributed antenna Microconnect distributed antennas (MDA) are small-cell local area (100 metre radius) transmitter-receivers usually fitted to lampposts and other street furniture in order to provide Wireless LAN, GSM and GPRS connectivity. They are therefore less ob ...

, a kind of transmitter/receiver *

T-Mobile MDA T-Mobile MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant) is a series of T-Mobile-branded phones manufactured by HTC Corporation of Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Tai ...

(Mobile Digital Assistant), a mobile phone *

Model-driven architecture Model-driven architecture (MDA) is a software design approach for the development of software systems. It provides a set of guidelines for the structuring of specifications, which are expressed as models. Model Driven Architecture is a kind of doma ...

, a software design approach *

IBM Monochrome Display Adapter The Monochrome Display Adapter (MDA, also MDA card, Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter, MDPA) is IBM's standard video display card and computer display standard for the IBM PC introduced in 1981. The MDA does not have any pixel-addressable ...

, a video display card and computer display standard

Chemistry

* 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine, known as MDA, a recreational drug *

4,4'-Methylenedianiline 4,4′-Methylenedianiline (MDA) is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless solid, although commercial samples can appear yellow or brown. It is produced on an industrial scale, mainly as a precursor to polyurethanes. Synthesi ...

, an industrial chemical *

Malondialdehyde Malondialdehyde belong to the class of β-dicarbonyls. A colorless solid, malondialdehyde is a highly reactive compound that occurs as the enol. It is a physiological metabolite, and a marker for oxidative stress. Structure and synthesis Malon ...

, an organic compound * Medium-density amorphous ice, a phase of ice *

Metal deactivator Metal deactivators, or metal deactivating agents (MDA) are fuel additives and oil additives used to stabilize fluids by deactivating (usually by sequestering) metal ions, mostly introduced by the action of naturally occurring acids in the fuel ...

or metal deactivating agent, stabilising fuel additive

Other uses in science and technology

* MDa, mega

Dalton (unit) The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u, respectively) is a unit of mass defined as of the mass of an Bound state, unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and invariant mass, at rest. It is ...

, a non-SI unit of mass *

Mass drug administration The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA) or mass dispensing. This article describes the administration of antimalarial drugs to whole populations, an interven ...

* Mean directional accuracy, a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics *

Mesocyclone A mesocyclone is a meso-gamma mesoscale (or storm scale) region of rotation ( vortex), typically around in diameter, most often noticed on radar within thunderstorms. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is usually located in the right rear flank ( ...

detection algorithm * Minimum detectable activity, in whole-body counting measuring radioactivity * Multiple discriminant analysis, a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique *

Multiple displacement amplification Multiple displacement amplification (MDA) is a DNA amplification technique. This method can rapidly amplify minute amounts of DNA samples to a reasonable quantity for genomic analysis. The reaction starts by annealing random hexamer Primer (molecula ...

, a DNA amplification technique

Other uses

Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a Landlocked country, landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. ...

, a country in Europe, ISO 3166-1 country code MDA * ''MDA'' (TV series), an Australian TV show * MD&A, management discussion and analysis, part of a

financial statement Financial statements (or financial reports) are formal records of the financial activities and position of a business, person, or other entity. Relevant financial information is presented in a structured manner and in a form which is easy to un ...

Maritime domain awareness Maritime domain awareness (MDA) is defined by the International Maritime Organization as the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment. MDA is said to ...

, understanding the maritime domain that could impact security, safety, economy, or environment * Master of Defence Administration, a degree awarded by

Cranfield School of Management Cranfield School of Management, established in 1967, is a business school that is part of Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Cranfield School of Management is triple accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), EQUIS and AAC ...

* '' Methods, data, analyses'', academic journal for survey methodology * Minimum descent altitude in an

instrument approach In aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a lan ...

in aviation *

Mada language Mada is a regionally important language spoken in Nasarawa and southern Kaduna States of Middle Belt, Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the ...

, ISO 939-3 language code mda * Leica MDa, a variant of the Leica M1 camera