PID

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PID stands for a number of things, including those mentioned below.

Contents 1 Medicine 2 Business 3 Technology 4 Organizations 5 Other

[edit] Medicine

• Prolapsed intervertebral disc, commonly called a "herniated disc"
• Primary immune deficiency
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (or Pelvic Inflammatory Disorder), an infection and inflammation of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries

[edit] Business

• Project Initiation Document defines all major aspects of the project and forms the basis for its management and the assessment of overall success
• Project Information Document

[edit] Technology

• Photoionization detector
• Process identifier, a number used by Unix kernels and Windows operating systems to identify a process
• Personal Identifiers, a subset of PII data elements that identify a unique individual and can permit another person to “assume” that individual’s identity without their knowledge or consent.
• Portable Information Device
• Photo Ionisation Detector
• PID controller, a control concept used in automation. (Proportional/Integral/Derivative)
• Personal Integrating/Indicating Dosemeter used to indicate amount of radiation a person has received
• Piping and instrumentation diagram, a technical diagram showing all (or a part of) pipelines, instruments, valves, etc., of a process plant
• Process and instrumentation diagram

[edit] Organizations

• Protective Intelligence Division, a part of the United States Secret Service
• Police Intelligence Department, a staff department of the Singapore Police Force
• Political Intelligence Department, a British clandestine body created to produce and disseminate propaganda during WWII

[edit] Other

• Packet ID, used to identify audio/video streams in DVB "Digital Video Broadcasting"
• Pathways Into Darkness, a 1993 video game by Bungie Studios
• Parameter ID, in automotive repair, PIDs are requests for data through an OBD connector
• Paul Is Dead, a rumor in the 1960s that led fans to believe that Paul McCartney was actually dead
• Physician Induced Demand
• Principal ideal domain, in abstract algebra, an integral domain in which every ideal is principal