Ed, ed or ED may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc * Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media * ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran from 2000 to 2004

Businesses and organizations

* Ed (supermarket), a French brand of discount stores founded in 1978 * Consolidated Edison, from their NYSE stock symbol *

United States Department of Education The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Departmen ...

, a department of the United States government *

Enforcement Directorate The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Gover ...

, a law enforcement and economic intelligence agency in India *

European Democrats The European Democrats were a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe. It was a political group in the European Parliament from 1979 until 1992, when it became a subgroup of the European People's Party–European Democr ...

, a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe *

Airblue Airblue Limited (stylized as airblue) is a private Pakistani airline with its head office on the 12th floor of the Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE) Towers in Islamabad, Pakistan. Airblue operates scheduled domestic and international flights, the ...

(IATA code ED), a private Pakistani airline *

Eagle Dynamics Eagle Dynamics (often abbreviated as ED) is a software company originally founded by Nick Grey and Igor Tishin in 1991. Originally located in Moscow, Russia, it is now headquartered in Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland. History Founded in 1991 b ...

, a Swiss software company

Places

* Ed, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States *

Ed, Sweden Ed is a locality and the seat of Dals-Ed Municipality in Västra Götaland County Västra Götaland County ( sv, Västra Götalands län) is a county or '' län'' on the western coast of Sweden. The county is the second most populous of Swede ...

, a town in Dals-Ed, Sweden *

Erode Junction railway station Erode Junction railway station (Station Code: ED) is the main railway junction serving the city of Erode, Tamil Nadu. Erode Junction is one of the major railway Junction in Southern Railway and is located 3 km away from Erode Central Bus ...

, station code ED

Health and medicine

* Eating disorder, mental disorders defined by abnormal eating habits *

Ectodermal dysplasia Ectodermal dysplasia (ED) is a group of genetic syndromes all deriving from abnormalities of the ectodermal structures.James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). S ...

, a group of syndromes deriving from abnormalities of the ectodermal structures *

Effective dose (pharmacology) In pharmacology, an effective dose (ED) or effective concentration (EC) is a dose or concentration of a drug that produces a biological response. The term effective dose is used when measurements are taken ''in vivo,'' while the term effective co ...

, the dose of pharmacologic agent which will have a therapeutic effect * Emergency department, a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients * Endocrine disruptor, a chemical which can affect the operation of hormonal systems * Erectile dysfunction, the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis * Esophageal dysmotility, a digestive disorder

Technology

NZR ED class The NZR ED class locomotive was a type of electric locomotive used in Wellington, New Zealand. They were built by English Electric and the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) between 1938 and 1940, and hauled mainly passenger trains on the Well ...

, a New Zealand electric locomotive *

ed (text editor) (pronounced as distinct letters, ) is a line editor for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It was one of the first parts of the Unix operating system that was developed, in August 1969. It remains part of the POSIX and Open Group standards ...

, the standard UNIX text editor *

Electrodialysis Electrodialysis (ED) is used to transport salt ions from one solution through ion-exchange membranes to another solution under the influence of an applied electric potential difference. This is done in a configuration called an electrodialysis ...

, a method of water purification * Engineering drawing, a type of technical drawing *

Erase Display (ANSI) ANSI escape sequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and terminal emulators. Certain sequences of bytes, most starting with an ASCII escape char ...

, an ANSI X3.64 escape sequence * Explosive decompression, a rapid drop in air pressure * Extra-high density, in reference to a floppy disk

People

* Ed (given name), including fictional characters with the name

Other uses

* '' -ed'', an English verb ending * Ed, an

altar An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, churches, and other places of worship. They are used particularly in paga ...

built by Israelite tribes by the River Jordan * Edition (printmaking), a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time * Edition (book) * Editor *

Education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...

, as in "tech ed" (technical education) or "phys ed" (physical education) *

Encyclopedia Dramatica Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED; also spelled Encyclopædia Dramatica) is a satirical online community centered around a wiki that acts as a "troll archive". The site hosts racist material and shock content; as a result it was filtered from Google ...

, a parody-based wiki *

Toyota Carina ED The Toyota Carina ED is a compact car manufactured by Japanese automaker Toyota in 1985 as a companion to the 1984 Carina sedan. It was positioned as the four-door Celica, with a similar focus on luxury found on larger Toyota hardtop sedans, li ...

, a C-segment hardtop saloon car *

Efficiency Decoration The Efficiency Decoration, post-nominal letters TD for recipients serving in the Territorial Army of the United Kingdom or ED for those serving in the Auxiliary Military Forces, was instituted in 1930 for award to part-time officers after twe ...

, a decoration formerly awarded by militaries of the Commonwealth of Nations * Dominical letter ED for a

leap year starting on Wednesday A leap year starting on Wednesday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Wednesday 1 January and ends on Thursday 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are ED. The most recent year of such kind was 2020 and t ...

Expiration date An expiration date or expiry date is a previously determined date after which something should no longer be used, either by operation of law or by exceeding the anticipated shelf life for perishable goods. Expiration dates are applied to selecte ...

(expiry date) *

Early decision Early decision (ED) or early acceptance is a type of early admission used in college admissions in the United States for admitting freshmen to undergraduate programs. It is used to indicate to the university or college that the candidate conside ...

, a form of college admission in the United States