PDM may stand for:
Computing
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.pdm (disambiguation) .pdm is a filename extension for the following programs:
*DeskMate
*PowerDesigner
*Visual Basic (classic)
* PowerDEVS
*Adobe PageMaker
See also
*PDM (disambiguation) PDM may stand for:
Computing
* .pdm (disambiguation), several file formats ...
, several file formats
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Personal data manager - portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data
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Phase dispersion minimization, a data analysis technique for finding periodic components in time series data
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Physical data model
A physical data model (or database design) is a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system. In the lifecycle of a project it typically derives from a logical data model, thou ...
, a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system
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Point distribution model, deformable contour model (used in Computer Vision)
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Programming Development Manager
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Protocol-dependent module, decision making about routing table entries
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Pulse-density modulation
Pulse-density modulation, or PDM, is a form of modulation used to represent an analog signal with a binary signal. In a PDM signal, specific amplitude values are not encoded into codewords of pulses of different weight as they would be in pulse-c ...
, a form of modulation used in analog to digital conversions
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Product Data Management Product data management (PDM) should not be confused with product information management (PIM). PDM is the name of a business function within product lifecycle management (PLM) that is denotes the management and publication of product data. In sof ...
, Product data management (PDM) or Product information management (PIM) is the business function often within product lifecycle management (PLM)
Politics
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Democratic Party of Moldova
The European Social Democratic Party ( ro, Partidul Social Democrat European, PSDE) is a centre-left, populist social-democratic political party in Moldova. Established in 1997, the party holds pro-European views, and is an associate member of ...
, a political party of Moldova
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Mexican Democratic Party
The Mexican Democratic Party ( es, Partido Demócrata Mexicano, PDM) was an ultra- Catholic social conservative political party in Mexico that existed between 1979 and 1997. At its height in 1982, the party had over 500,000 active voters and 12 s ...
a former political party in Mexico
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Pakistan Democratic Movement
The Pakistan Democratic Movement ( ur, پاکستان ڈیموکریٹک موومنٹ), or PDM, is a coalition of political parties in Pakistan. It was founded in September 2020 as a movement against then prime minister Imran Khan, accusing hi ...
, an anti-establishment coalition of political parties in Pakistan
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Party-directed mediation
Party-directed mediation (PDM) is an approach to mediation that seeks to empower each party in a dispute, enabling each party to have more direct influence upon the resolution of a conflict, by offering both means and processes for enhancing the ...
, a mediation approach that relies heavily on pre-caucus and joint sessions
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People's Democratic Movement
The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
It was founded by Paias Wingti in 1985, after his faction left the Pangu Party. Wingti served as prime minister from 1985 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1994. He was later rep ...
, a political party of Papua New Guinea
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People's Democratic Movement (Dominica), a political party of Dominica
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People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat), a political party of Montserrat
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People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands)
The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in the Turks and Caicos Islands founded by James Alexander George Smith McCartney and Lewis Edwin Astwood III. The party is led by the current opposition leader, Edwin Astwood.
According to ...
, a political party of the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Southern Democratic Party a former political party in Calabria, Italy
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Participative Decision Making,
Others
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École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes, a high school in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
* Partial-propensity direct method, a
stochastic simulation A stochastic simulation is a simulation of a system that has variables that can change stochastically (randomly) with individual probabilities.DLOUHÝ, M.; FÁBRY, J.; KUNCOVÁ, M.. Simulace pro ekonomy. Praha : VŠE, 2005.
Realizations of these ...
algorithm for chemical reaction networks
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PDM (cycling team), the cycling team sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics
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PDM Group of Institutions (popularly known as PDM) is a Group of Educational Institutions located in India
* Penny-drop moment, an abbreviation used by
cryptic crossword bloggers
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Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between Philips and DuPont
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Ponta da Madeira, an enormous deep-water port in northern Brazil
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Polarization-division multiplexing
Polarization-division multiplexing (PDM) is a physical layer method for multiplexing signals carried on electromagnetic waves, allowing two channels of information to be transmitted on the same carrier frequency by using waves of two orthogonal p ...
* Post-detonation material such as
trinitite formed following nuclear weapon detonations
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Prague Daily Monitor'', a newspaper published in the Czech Republic
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Precedence Diagram Method, a project scheduling technique
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Predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance techniques are designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed. This approach promises cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintena ...
, a method for planning equipment maintenance based on their condition
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Product data management Product data management (PDM) should not be confused with product information management (PIM). PDM is the name of a business function within product lifecycle management (PLM) that is denotes the management and publication of product data. In sof ...
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Public Domain Mark
Public Domain Mark (PDM) is a symbol used to indicate that a work is free of known copyright restrictions and therefore in the public domain. It is analogous to the copyright symbol, which is commonly used to indicate that a work is copyrighted ...
, a way of distinguishing works that are free of known copyright
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Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, a psychoanalytically-oriented manual for use by mental health professionals
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PDM-A, modernized version of the RPO-A reactive flamethrower
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M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition, a type of anti-personnel mine produced in US
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