PADS (other)
PADS may refer to: *PADS (CAD software), family of software tools, see Mentor Graphics *Pads, sports protective equipment See also * * PAD (other) * Pad (other) Pad or pads may refer to: Wearables * Pads, protective equipment used in baseball, cricket, and hockey ** Elbow pad ** Knee pad ** Shoulder pads (sport) * Menstrual pad, used to absorb menstrual or other vaginal blood * Incontinence pad, wo ...

PADS (CAD Software)
Siemens EDA is a US-based electronic design automation (EDA) multinational corporation for electrical engineering and electronics, headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. Founded in 1981 as Mentor Graphics, the company was acquired by Siemens in 2017. The company distributes products that assist in electronic design automation, simulation tools for analog mixed-signal design, VPN solutions, and fluid dynamics and heat transfer tools. The company leveraged Apollo Computer workstations to differentiate itself within the computer-aided engineering (CAE) market with its software and hardware. History Siemens EDA was founded as Mentor Graphics in 1981 by Tom Bruggere, Gerry Langeler, and Dave Moffenbeier, all formerly of Tektronix. The company raised $55 million in funding through an initial public offering in 1984. Mentor initially wrote software that ran only in Apollo workstations. When Mentor entered the CAE market the company had two technical differentiators: the first ...
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Pads
Pads (also called leg guards) are a type of protective equipment used in a number of sports and serve to protect the legs from the impact of a hard ball, puck, or other object of play travelling at high speed which could otherwise cause injuries to the lower legs. These are used by batters in the sport of cricket, catchers in the sports of baseball and fastpitch softball, and by goaltenders in sports such as ice hockey, ringette, bandy, rinkball, field hockey, rink hockey and box lacrosse. Cricket In cricket, pads fall into two types, batting pads and wicket-keeper's pads. In Test and first-class cricket, the pads are white (to match the rest of the player's whites), while in limited overs cricket they may be coloured. Batting Cricket pads first appeared in the mid-18th century in England. They were developed to protect the lower part of the legs from the hard leather ball that was used to bowl deliveries in the game. This was in response to the gradual evolution from underar ...
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PAD (other)
Pad or pads may refer to: Wearables * Pads, protective equipment used in baseball, cricket, and hockey ** Elbow pad ** Knee pad ** Shoulder pads (sport) * Menstrual pad, used to absorb menstrual or other vaginal blood * Incontinence pad, worn to absorb involuntarily expelled bodily fluids * Shoulder pads (fashion), fabric-covered padding in clothing Computing and electronics Input devices * Gamepad, joypad, or controller, an input device used in gaming * Graphics pad, a computer input device * Keypad, buttons arranged in a block * Touchpad or trackpad, a pointing device featuring a tactile sensor * Trigger pad, an electronic sensor on a drum Other hardware * Contact pad, the designated surface area for an electrical contact * A resistive pad used in an attenuator * An electronic notebook * GRiDPad, known as first commercial tablet computer * iPad, a tablet computer made by Apple * ThinkPad, a laptop brand first designed and produced by IBM, but now owned by Lenovo ...
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