MSD may refer to:
Companies
* Merck Sharp and Dohme, an international name of
Merck & Co., the U.S. and Canada pharmaceutical company formerly related to German Merck KGaA
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MSD Capital
MSD Capital is an American private investment firm that manages the capital of Michael Dell and his family. The firm, which is based in New York and has offices in Santa Monica and West Palm Beach, was formed in 1998.
In 2009, the principals of ...
, a private investment firm owned by personal computer entrepreneur Michael Dell
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MSD Ignition, a company that specializes in automotive-ignition components; MSD stands for "multiple spark discharge"
* Motor Sports Developments, an automotive-engineering company based in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom; ''see
X25XE
X, or x, is the twenty-fourth and third-to-last letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''"ex"'' (pronounced ), ...
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Computers
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Mass storage device
In computing, mass storage refers to the storage of large amounts of data in a persisting and machine-readable fashion. In general, the term is used as large in relation to contemporaneous hard disk drives, but it has been used large in relati ...
, like a USB key
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Memory Stick Duo
The Memory Stick is a removable flash memory card format, originally launched by Sony in late 1998. In addition to the original Memory Stick, this family includes the Memory Stick PRO, a revision that allows greater maximum storage capacity and ...
, a type of solid digital data storage device
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Microsoft Diagnostics
Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD) was a software tool developed by Microsoft to assist in the diagnostics of 1990s-era computers. Users primarily deployed this tool to provide detailed technical information about the user's software and hardware and to ...
, a computer diagnostic program shipped with various versions of DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems
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Modem Sharing Device
A modem sharing device (MSD), also commonly known as a line sharing device (LSD), modem sharer, or line sharer, allows multiple devices to share a serial connection. Only multipoint serial protocols such as Bisync are supported. Both synchronou ...
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MSD Super Disk
The MSD Super Disk were a series of 5¼-inch floppy disk drives compatible to some degree with the Commodore 1541 disk drive. produced by Micro Systems Development (Dallas, Texas; later MSD Systems) for use with Commodore International, Commodor ...
, a floppy-disk drive for Commodore 8-bit systems
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miniSD/microSD
Organizations
Schools and school districts
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Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDH or MSD) is a State school, public Secondary school, high school in Parkland, Florida, United States. It was established in 1990 and is part of the Broward County Public Schools district. It is named aft ...
, Florida, United States
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Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire on students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Miami suburban town of Parkland, Florida, murdering 17 people and injuring 17 others. Cruz, a former student at t ...
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Marshall School District
Searcy County School District No. 17 (SCSD), formerly Marshall School District #17 (MSD), is a public school district headquartered in Marshall, Arkansas. The school district encompasses of land in Searcy, Van Buren and Marion counties. in Marshall, Arkansas, United States
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Maryland School for the Deaf
The Maryland School for the Deaf (MSD) provides free public education to deaf and hard-of-hearing Maryland residents of age 0 to 21 years. Maryland School for the Deaf has two campuses in Frederick and Columbia, Maryland.
History
The school was ...
, United States
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Milford School District
Milford School District (MSD) is the school district of Milford, Delaware, United States.
It includes areas in Kent County and Sussex County, including all of Milford, Ellendale, Houston, Lincoln, Slaughter Beach, and a portion of Frederica. ...
, a school district in Milford, Delaware, United States
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Missouri School for the Deaf Missouri School for the Deaf (MSD) is a school that serves deaf and hard-of-hearing students from ages 5–21 years old. Its campus is located in Fulton, Missouri. It serves students who live in Missouri.
It has grades K-12 and it was established i ...
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Moscow School District
The Moscow School District #281 is a public school district located in Moscow, Latah County, Idaho. It has four elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, and one alternative high school.
The district includes Moscow and Viola.
Re ...
in Moscow, Idaho, United States
Other organizations
* ''Meclîsa Sûriya Demokratîk'' or
Syrian Democratic Council
The Syrian Democratic Council ( ku, Meclîsa Sûriya Demokratîk, MSD; ar, مجلس سوريا الديمقراطية; syc, ܡܘܬܒܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ, translit=Mawtbo d'Suriya Demoqraṭoyto) is the political wing of the Syri ...
, the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria
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Metro de Santo Domingo
The Santo Domingo Metro ( es, Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by ...
, a rapid-transit system in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic
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Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) (Māori: ''Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora'') is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on social policy, and providing social services.
MSD is the largest public servi ...
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Mission Science Division
The Earth and Mission Science Division is a group of European Space Agency (ESA) staff mission scientists, contractors, research fellows, young graduates, trainees, and administrative staff working within the Science, Applications and Climate Depa ...
, a group of scientists, research fellows and young graduates working at the European Space Agency
* ''Mladí sociální demokraté'' or
Young Social Democrats (Czech Republic)
The Young Social Democrats ( cs, Mladí sociální demokraté, MSD) is a social-democratic youth organisation in Czech Republic. While not part of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) there is a close relationship between those two organisatio ...
, a social democratic youth organization in the Czech Republic
* ''Mladí sociálni demokrati'' or
Young Social Democrats (Slovakia), a social democratic youth organization in Slovakia
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Mobile Security Deployments
Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) is a small specialized tactical unit within the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) of the United States Department of State. The MSD provides U.S. embassies and consulates with security support, protects the Sec ...
, the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service's tactical unit
* MSD (Межправительственный совет дорожников) or Intergovernmental Council of Roads, the road authority organisation of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. ...
Science and medicine
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Macromolecular Structure Database, one of the services provided by the European Bioinformatics Institute
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Major hypersomnolence disorder
* Marine sanitation device, used in the
Regulation of ship pollution in the United States#Marine sanitation devices
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Mars solar date
Though no standard exists, numerous calendars and other timekeeping approaches have been proposed for the planet Mars. The most commonly seen in the scientific literature denotes the time of year as the number of degrees from the northern vernal ...
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Mass spectrometric detector, a type of chromatography detector
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Mean squared displacement
In statistical mechanics, the mean squared displacement (MSD, also mean square displacement, average squared displacement, or mean square fluctuation) is a measure of the deviation of the position of a particle with respect to a reference positio ...
, a statistical measure of random motion
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Multiple sulfatase deficiency
Multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD), also known as Austin disease, or mucosulfatidosis, is a very rare autosomal recessiveJames, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Sau ...
, a very rare form of metachromatic leukodystrophy
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Musculoskeletal disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are injuries or pain in the human musculoskeletal system, including the joints, ligaments, muscles, nerves, tendons, and structures that support limbs, neck and back. MSDs can arise from a sudden exertion (e.g., li ...
Other uses
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Magnetic switchable device, a passive magnetic mount that can be activated or deactivated
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian former international cricketer who was captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is also the curren ...
or MSD (born 1981), Indian cricketer
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Master Scuba Diver
Master Scuba Diver (MSD) is a scuba diving certification or recognition level offered by several North American diver training agencies, such as the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI), the Professional Association of Diving In ...
, a certification level in recreational scuba diving
* Master of Science in Dentistry, a
Dental degree
* Master of Sport Directorship (MSD) at
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has over 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Educat ...
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Mean Shortest Distance, in the context of the PGP Web of trust
* Minimum string distance, the number of insertions, deletions, or substitutions to transform one string into another in
Typing#Minimum string distance error rate
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Moorside railway station
Moorside railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wardley, Greater Manchester, England. The station stands on Moorside Road, close to the junction with Chorley Road ( A6).
Moorside is a local station on the Atherton Line betwe ...
, England National Rail station code
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Moscow Summer Time
Moscow Time (MSK, russian: моско́вское вре́мя) is the time zone for the city of Moscow, Russia, and most of western Russia, including Saint Petersburg. It is the second-westernmost of the eleven time zones of Russia. It has b ...
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Most significant digit
Significant figures (also known as the significant digits, ''precision'' or ''resolution'') of a number in positional notation are digits in the number that are reliable and necessary to indicate the quantity of something.
If a number expres ...
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