ASD
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ASD most often refers to:
- Autism spectrum disorder, a neurodevelopmental condition
- Acute stress disorder, a psychological response
ASD may also refer to:
In science and technology
[edit]Biology
[edit]- ASD (database), an online directory of allosteric proteins and their structure
- Asd RNA motif, a structure in lactic-acid bacterium ribonucleic acid
- Aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, an amino-acid-synthesising enzyme in plants, fungi and bacteria
Medicine
[edit]- Antiseizure drug, an epilepsy medication
- Antiseptic Dorogov's Stimulator, a Russian topical veterinary drug
- Arthroscopic subacromial decompression, a surgical procedure on the shoulder
- Atrial septal defect, a congenital heart defect
Computing
[edit]- Accredited Symbian Developer, a computer programming qualification
- Adaptive software development, a software development process
- Aircraft and Scenery Designer, an add-on for the Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 video game
- Application Specific Device, a Wi-Fi certification type
Other uses in science and technology
[edit]- Active sound design, a technology used in cars to alter or enhance the sound inside and outside of the vehicle
- Adjustable-speed drive, of an electric motor
- Allowable stress design, a structural design methodology
- Aspirating smoke detector, an indoor fire-protection device
- Acceleration spectral density, a mechanical vibration test parameter
Transport
[edit]- Aeronautical Systems Division (1961-1992), US Air Force technical division
- Air Sinai, by ICAO code
- Amsterdam Centraal railway station, station code
- Andros Town International Airport, by IATA code
- Slidell Airport, by FAA LID
Education
[edit]United States
[edit]- Academy for Science and Design, Nashua, New Hampshire
- Alabama School for the Deaf, part of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
- Allentown School District, Pennsylvania
- American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, Connecticut
- Anchorage School District, Alaska
- Armstrong School District (Pennsylvania)
- Ashland School District (Oregon)
- Avondale School District, Auburn Hills, Michigan
Other places
[edit]- American School of Doha, Qatar
- American School of Douala, Cameroon
- American School of Dubai
Government and politics
[edit]- AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe, a European business association
- Alliance for Securing Democracy, a trans-Atlantic group
- Alliance for Social Democracy, a political party in Benin
- Architectural Services Department, Hong Kong
- Australian Signals Directorate, intelligence agency
- United States Assistant Secretary of Defense, one of several senior US Department of Defense officials
Other uses
[edit]- ASD (album), 2015, by A Skylit Drive, an American band
- Asas language, by its ISO 639 code
- A. S. Byatt (born 1936), English critic, novelist, poet and short story writer, who was born Antonia Susan Drabble and whose married name is Antonia Susan Duffy
- Association for the Study of Dreams