PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a color encoding system for analog television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...
(Phase Alternating Line) is a colour encoding system for analogue television.
PAL or Pal may also refer to:
Pal (dog)
Pal (June 4, 1940 – June 18, 1958) was a male Rough Collie List of animals in film and television#Dogs, performer and the first in a line of such dogs to portray the fictional female collie Lassie in film, on Lassie (radio program), radi ...
, the first dog to play Lassie in film and television
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Pal the Wonder Dog
Pete the Pup (September 9, 1929 – January 28, 1946), also called the Mississippi Man Mauler, was an American dog actor known to portray "Pete, the dog with the ring around his eye" in Hal Roach's ''Our Gang'' comedies series (later known as '' ...
Pal's
Pal's Sudden Service, normally called Pal's for short, is a regional fast food restaurant chain located in northeast Tennessee and southwestern Virginia, with stores concentrated in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee metro region. The first Pal's opene ...
, an American fast food chain
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Pakistan Academy of Letters
The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) () is a national academy with its main focus on Pakistani literature and related fields. It is the largest and the most prestigious learned society of its kind in Pakistan, with activities throughout the nat ...
Police Athletic League
The Police Athletic League (PAL) is an organization in many American police departments in which members of the police force coach young people, both boys and girls, in sports, and help with homework and other school-related activities. The purpos ...
, an American youth sports league
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Police Athletic League of New York City
The Police Athletic League (PAL) is an independent, nonprofit organization, nonprofit youth development agency in New York City. PAL is funded by a combination of private donations and public funding sources and is a designated Charitable organ ...
, a youth organization in New York City
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Polish Academy of Literature
The Polish Academy of Literature () was one of the most important state institutions of literary life in the Second Polish Republic, operating between 1933 and 1939 with the headquarters in Warsaw. It was founded by the decree of the Council of ...
(''Polska Akademia Literatury'')
Languages
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Pal language
Pal is a Papuan language of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore is ...
, spoken in Papua New Guinea
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Middle Persian
Middle Persian, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg ( Inscriptional Pahlavi script: , Manichaean script: , Avestan script: ) in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasania ...
, once spoken in Iran (ISO 639:pal)
People
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Pal (given name) Pal is a masculine given name which may refer to:
* Pal Aron (born 1971), British actor
* Pal Dukagjini (1411–1458), Albanian nobleman
* Pal Dushmani (died 1457), Albanian clergyman
* Pal Engjëlli (1416–1470), Albanian clergyman
* Pal Gazull ...
, a list of people with the given name
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Pál
Pál is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian version of Paul (given name), Paul. It may refer to:
* Pál Almásy (1818–1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician
* Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer
* Pal Benko, Pál Benkő (1928– ...
, a list of people with the Hungarian given name
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Pal (surname)
Pal, alternatively spelt Paul, is a common surname found in India and Bangladesh. It is traditionally believed that 'Pal' originated from the Sanskrit ''pala'' meaning protector, keeper, guard or herdsman. It is also occasionally found in other ...
, an Indian surname
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Gadaria
The Gadaria or Gadariya is a herding caste of North India that was traditionally involved professionally in livestock breeding, especially sheep. They are primarily found in Uttar Pradesh and in some parts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Hima ...
(or Pal), an Indian shepherd caste
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Pål Lydersen
Pål Lydersen (born 10 September 1965) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Background
Lydersen played for IK Start, until he was signed by English club Arsenal in November 1991 for a £500.000 fee. He sp ...
(born 1965), Norwegian footballer
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Tamara Pál
Tamara Pál (born 1 September 2000) is a Hungarian handballer who plays for MTK Budapest.
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.
She made her international debut on 2 ...
(born 2000), Hungarian handballer
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Jean de Paleologu
Jean de Paleologu (or Paleologue) (1855 – 24 November 1942) was a Romanian poster artist, painter, and illustrator, who often used Pal or PAL as his signature or logo and was active in France and the United States. Career
Born in Bucharest, he ...
(1855–1942), Romanian poster artist
Places
India
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Pal, Gujarat
Pal is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.
History
Pal was a Fifth Class princely state, comprising four more villages, covering twenty-two square miles in Halar ''prant
A prant is a historical district in India, an ...
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Pal, Jalgaon district
Pal is a village situated in Satpura range on the bank of the Suki River in Raver tehsil in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra state of India.
History
Pal was abandoned at the beginning of the eighteenth century. When British rule began in ...
, Maharashtra
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Pali, Maharashtra
Pal or Pali is in Satara district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Pal is known for its shrine to Khandoba, who is reincarnation of Shiva. It is situated south of Satara. Thousands of devotees visit the shrine and in January there is an ann ...
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Pal State
Pal is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.
History
Pal was a Fifth Class princely state, comprising four more villages, covering twenty-two square miles in Halar ''prant
A prant is a historical district in India, an ...
, a former princely state
Elsewhere
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State of Palestine
Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...
(UNDP country code)
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Pal, Andorra
Pal () is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of La Massana 4 km west of the town of La Massana, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars. Its population, as of 2013, was of 235.
Overview
It is situated at an altitude of 1,551 ...
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Pal, Iran
Falaj () is a village in Khorramdarreh Rural District of the Central District in Khorramdarreh County, Zanjan province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asi ...
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PAL Stadium
Police Athletic League Stadium (PAL Stadium) is a stadium located in San Jose, California owned by the SJ division of the Police Athletic League, the stadium seats 5,000. It is home to Real San Jose
Real San Jose is an American soccer team b ...
, San Jose, California, US
Science and technology
Computer programming and electronics
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PAL (programming language) PAL, the Pedagogic Algorithmic Language, is a programming language developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in around 1967 to help teach programming language semantics and design.John M. Wozencraft and Arthur Evans, Jr. ''Notes on Prog ...
* PDP-8 Assembly Language, a language used for programming the
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a family of 12-bit minicomputers that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It was the first commercially successful minicomputer, with over 50,000 units sold during the model's lifetime. Its basic design follows the pi ...
computer
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Physics Abstraction Layer
The Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) is an open-source cross-platform physical simulation API abstraction system. It is similar to a physics engine wrapper, however it is far more flexible providing extended abilities. PAL is free software, releas ...
, a physical simulation computer application programming interface
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Programmable Array Logic
Programmable Array Logic (PAL) is a family of programmable logic device semiconductors used to implement logic functions in digital circuits that was introduced by Monolithic Memories, Inc. (MMI) in March 1978. Introductory advertisement on ...
, a type of programmable logic device
Medicine
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Physical activity level
The physical activity level (PAL) is a way to express a person's daily physical activity as a number and is used to estimate their total energy expenditure. In combination with the basal metabolic rate, it can be used to compute the amount of fo ...
, a way of expressing a person's daily physical activity
* Progressive addition lenses, eyeglass lenses with a gradient of increasing lens power
* Pyothorax-associated lymphoma, a form of
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with chronic inflammation
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with chronic inflammation (DLBCL-CI) is a subtype of the Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and a rare form of the Epstein–Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases, i.e. conditions in which lymphoc ...
Other uses in science and technology
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Permissive action link
A permissive action link (PAL) is an access control security device for nuclear weapons. Its purpose is to prevent unauthorized arming plug, arming or Nuclear chain reaction, detonation of a nuclear weapon.
The United States Department of Defens ...
, a security device for nuclear weapons
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Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
The enzyme phenylalanine ammonia lyase (EC 4.3.1.24) catalysis, catalyzes the conversion of L-phenylalanine to ammonia and cinnamic acid, ''trans''-cinnamic acid.:
:L-phenylalanine = ''trans''-cinnamate + NH3
Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) i ...
, a class of enzymes
* Phenyl Amine Library, a library of ''in vitro'' release data on monoamine releasing agents
Transportation
Aviation
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PAL Airlines
PAL Airlines (formerly Provincial Airlines and stylized as PALairlines) is a Canadian regional airline with headquarters at St. John's International Airport in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.PAL Airlines (Chile)
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Philippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered at the Philippine National Bank, PNB Financial Center in Pasay, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the oldest operating commercial airline in Asia.
Philippine ...
, Philippines
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PAL Express
Air Philippines Corporation, operating as PAL Express and formerly branded as Air Philippines and Airphil Express, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Philippine Airlines. It is PAL's regional brand, with services from its hubs in Manila, Clark, Ce ...
Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base
Captain Germán Olano Moreno Air Base () is a Colombian military base assigned to the Colombian Aerospace Force (''Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana'' or FAC) Combat Air Command No. 1 (''Comando Aéreo de Combate No. 1'' or CACOM 1). The base is lo ...
, Colombia (IATA:PAL)
Other transportation
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PAL Indonesia
PT PAL Indonesia (formerly abbreviated from ) is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise that manufactures ships for military and civilian use and conducts repairs and maintenance on ships and engineering.
History
PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) was ...
, a shipyard company
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Premier Automobiles Limited
Premier Ltd (formerly known as The Premier Automobiles Limited) was an Indian automotive manufacturer company, based in Mumbai. The company was owned by the Walchand Group and was established by Walchand Hirachand as Premier Automobiles Ltd ( ...
friend
Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague.
Although there are many forms of f ...
* Pal, a dog food brand from
Pedigree Petfoods
Pedigree Petfoods is a subsidiary of the American group Mars Inc. specializing in pet food, with factories in England at Melton Mowbray and Birstall, Leeds; and offices at McLean, Virginia.
History
In 1934, Mars Limited, a division of the lar ...
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Pals battalion
The pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours an ...