PDA

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PDA is an acronym for:

• Patent ductus arteriosus, a congenital heart defect
• Personal digital assistant, an electronic device which can include some of the functionality of a computer, a cellphone, a music player and a camera
• Pathological Demand Avoidance, a condition within the autistic spectrum
• Pitch detection algorithm, a mathematical method of finding the pitch of a signal
• Public display of affection, an area of study within social psychology
• Pushdown automaton, a type of abstract device in automata theory
• Progressive Democratic Alliance, an historical political party in British Columbia, Canada
• Progressive Democrats of America, a political organization in the United States
• Pakistan Domestic Airlines (PDA), the internal National flag carrier which is part of the wider branch of PIA
• Past Doctor Adventures, a series of spin-off novels based on Doctor Who
• phase-Doppler analyzer, a kind of instrument for measure particle velocity and size
• Polydiacetylenes
• Polo Democratico Alternativo, (Alternative Democatic Pole), a political party in Colombia
• Private defense agency
• Posterior descending artery, one of the coronary arteries
• Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia, discussed at Panic attack#Agoraphobia
• Potato dextrose agar, a common grow media in Microbiology
• Perception-Decision-Action, a model of cognition
• Pinoy Dream Academy, Philippine version of Star Academy
• Parameter Data Area, the layout of the parameters of subprograms in Software AG's programming language NATURAL
• Pulled down apex, a parachute design

PDA could also mean:

• "PDA," a song by Interpol from their 2002 album Turn on the Bright Lights
• P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care), a song by John Legend from his 2006 album Once Again
• "PDA," the former band of Dani Filth
• "PDA," an episode in the animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force