PDM may stand for:
Computing
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.pdm (disambiguation), several file formats
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Personal data manager
A personal data manager (PDM) is a portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data. It can also be an application located on a portable smart device or PC, enabling novice end-users to directly define, classify, and man ...
- portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data
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Phase dispersion minimization
Phase dispersion minimization (PDM) is a data analysis technique that searches for periodic function, periodic components of a time series data set. It is useful for data sets with gaps, non-Sine wave, sinusoidal variations, poor time coverage o ...
, a data analysis technique for finding periodic components in time series data
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Physical data model
A physical data model (or database design) is a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system. In the lifecycle of a project it typically derives from a logical data model, tho ...
, a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system
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Point distribution model The point distribution model is a model for representing the mean geometry of a shape and some statistical modes of geometric variation inferred from a training set of shapes.
Background
The point distribution model concept has been developed by C ...
, deformable contour model (used in Computer Vision)
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Programming Development Manager PDM (Programming development manager) was installed on most AS/400 systems as a part of the Applications Development ToolSet (ADT) and is still installed on most IBM i systems today. PDM is an environment that lets programmers and/or operators navig ...
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Protocol-dependent module Protocol-dependent modules (PDMs) are used by the routing protocol EIGRP to make decisions about adding routes learned from other sources; for example other routers or routing protocols to the routing table. In fact EIGRP has the capability for rou ...
, decision making about routing table entries
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Pulse-density modulation
Pulse-density modulation, or PDM, is a form of modulation used to represent an analog signal with a binary signal. In a PDM signal, specific amplitude values are not encoded into codewords of pulses of different weight as they would be in pulse- ...
, a form of modulation used in analog to digital conversions
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Product Data Management Product data management (PDM) should not be confused with product information management (PIM). PDM is the name of a business function within product lifecycle management (PLM) that is denotes the management and publication of product data. In soft ...
, Product data management (PDM) or Product information management (PIM) is the business function often within product lifecycle management (PLM)
Politics
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Democratic Party of Moldova
The European Social Democratic Party ( ro, Partidul Social Democrat European, PSDE) is a centre-left, populist social-democratic political party in Moldova. Established in 1997, the party holds pro-European views, and is an associate member of th ...
, a political party of Moldova
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Mexican Democratic Party
The Mexican Democratic Party ( es, Partido Demócrata Mexicano, PDM) was an ultra-Catholic social conservative political party in Mexico that existed between 1979 and 1997. At its height in 1982, the party had over 500,000 active voters and 12 seat ...
a former political party in Mexico
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Pakistan Democratic Movement
The Pakistan Democratic Movement ( ur, پاکستان ڈیموکریٹک موومنٹ), or PDM, is a coalition of political parties in Pakistan. It was founded in September 2020 as a movement against then prime minister Imran Khan, accusing his ...
, an anti-establishment coalition of political parties in Pakistan
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Party-directed mediation, a mediation approach that relies heavily on pre-caucus and joint sessions
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People's Democratic Movement
The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
It was founded by Paias Wingti in 1985, after his faction left the Pangu Party. Wingti served as prime minister from 1985 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1994. He was later repla ...
, a political party of Papua New Guinea
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People's Democratic Movement (Dominica), a political party of Dominica
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People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat)
The People's Democratic Movement (PDM) is a political party in Montserrat.
History
The party was established by the then leader of the opposition Donaldson Romeo on 30 April 2014, in order to contest the upcoming elections. The elections saw the ...
, a political party of Montserrat
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People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands)
The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in the Turks and Caicos Islands founded by James Alexander George Smith McCartney and Lewis Edwin Astwood III. The party is led by the current opposition leader, Edwin Astwood.
According to ...
, a political party of the Turks and Caicos Islands
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Southern Democratic Party The Southern Democratic Party ( it, Partito Democratico Meridionale, PDM) was a centrist political party in Italy based in Calabria.
The Southern Democratic Party was founded in 2006, as a split from the regional organisation of Democracy is Freed ...
a former political party in Calabria, Italy
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Participative Decision Making,
Others
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École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes Polyvalente Deux-Potages (PDM) is a Francophone secondary school in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada. It is a part of the Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles (CSSMI).
With a little over 2,000 students, PDM is one of the largest com ...
, a high school in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
* Partial-propensity direct method, a
stochastic simulation A stochastic simulation is a simulation of a system that has variables that can change stochastically (randomly) with individual probabilities.DLOUHÝ, M.; FÁBRY, J.; KUNCOVÁ, M.. Simulace pro ekonomy. Praha : VŠE, 2005.
Realizations of these ...
algorithm for chemical reaction networks
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PDM (cycling team)
PDM () was a Dutch professional cycling team from 1986 until the end of 1992. Gin-MG was co-sponsor in Spanish races and Cidona was co-sponsor in the 1991 Nissan Classic. The team was sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between ...
, the cycling team sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics
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PDM Group of Institutions
PDM University is a co-educational private university from the state of Haryana, India. The university has its campus in Bahadurgarh, Delhi NCR. The University has been established by the Haryana State Legislature under the Haryana Private Uni ...
(popularly known as PDM) is a Group of Educational Institutions located in India
* Penny-drop moment, an abbreviation used by
cryptic crossword
A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, Ireland, Israel, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, includi ...
bloggers
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Philips Dupont Magnetics
Recording Media Group International B.V., sometimes also named as Recordable Media Group International (also known as RMGi) was a Dutch manufacturer of magnetic tape products based in Oosterhout. This plant was initially built by Philips in 1968, a ...
, a joint venture between Philips and DuPont
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Ponta da Madeira
Ponta da Madeira is a Brazilian private port, a large iron ore loading port in São Luís, in the Northern part of Brazil, and one of the only terminals in the country suited for the ultra large Valemax ships. In 2020, the port of Ponta da Mad ...
, an enormous deep-water port in northern Brazil
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Polarization-division multiplexing
Polarization-division multiplexing (PDM) is a physical layer method for multiplexing signals carried on electromagnetic waves, allowing two channels of information to be transmitted on the same carrier frequency by using waves of two orthogonal ...
* Post-detonation material such as
trinitite
Trinitite, also known as atomsite or Alamogordo glass, is the glassy residue left on the desert floor after the plutonium-based Trinity nuclear bomb test on July 16, 1945, near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The glass is primarily composed of arkosic sa ...
formed following nuclear weapon detonations
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Prague Daily Monitor
The ''Prague Daily Monitor'' is an English-language electronic daily about the Czech Republic. It has been published since 2003.
It covers news from Europe, particularly Czech politics, business, society and culture from a variety of sources. I ...
'', a newspaper published in the Czech Republic
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Precedence Diagram Method, a project scheduling technique
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Predictive maintenance
Predictive maintenance techniques are designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed. This approach promises cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenanc ...
, a method for planning equipment maintenance based on their condition
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Product data management Product data management (PDM) should not be confused with product information management (PIM). PDM is the name of a business function within product lifecycle management (PLM) that is denotes the management and publication of product data. In soft ...
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Public Domain Mark
Public Domain Mark (PDM) is a symbol used to indicate that a work is free of known copyright restrictions and therefore in the public domain. It is analogous to the copyright symbol, which is commonly used to indicate that a work is copyrighted, ...
, a way of distinguishing works that are free of known copyright
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Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual
The ''Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual'' (PDM) is a diagnostic handbook similar to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) or the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (DSM). Th ...
, a psychoanalytically-oriented manual for use by mental health professionals
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PDM-A, modernized version of the RPO-A reactive flamethrower
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M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition
The M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition (PDM) is a small United States anti-personnel mine intended to be used by special forces to deter pursuing enemy forces.
Description
The M86 anti-personnel mine is to be deployed as a deterrent munition by speci ...
, a type of anti-personnel mine produced in US
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