PAL
Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a colour encoding system for analogue television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...
(Phase Alternating Line) is a colour encoding system for analogue television.
PAL or Pal may also refer to:
Pakistan Academy of Letters
The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) ( ur, ) is a national academy with its main focus on Pakistani literature and related fields. It is the largest and the most prestigious learned society of its kind in Pakistan, with activities throughout th ...
, a learned academy in Pakistan
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Parents Action League
Parents Action League (PAL) is a citizens organization started in 2010 to oppose changes in the Anoka-Hennepin (Minnesota) School District 11 policy which limited discussions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues in district cl ...
, an anti-gay organization
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Police Athletic League
The Police Athletic League (PAL; Police Activities League) is an organization in many American police departments in which members of the police force coach young people, both boys and girls, in sports, and help with homework and other school-rela ...
, an American youth sports league
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Police Athletic League of New York City
The Police Athletic League (PAL) is an independent, nonprofit youth development agency in New York City. PAL is funded by a combination of private donations and public funding sources and is a designated charity of the New York City Police Dep ...
, a youth organization in New York City
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Polish Academy of Literature
The Polish Academy of Literature ( pl, Polska Akademia Literatury, PAL) was one of the most important state institutions of literary life in the Second Polish Republic, operating between 1933 and 1939 with the headquarters in Warsaw. It was foun ...
(''Polska Akademia Literatury'')
People
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Pál
Pál is a Hungarian masculine given name, the Hungarian version of Paul. It may refer to:
* Pál Almásy (1818-1882), Hungarian lawyer and politician
* Pál Bedák (born 1985), Hungarian boxer
* Pál Benkő (1928–2019), Hungarian-American che ...
, a Hungarian male given name
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Pal (surname) Pal, alternative form "Paul", is a common surname found in India and Bangladesh. It is traditionally believed that 'Pal' originated from the Sanskrit ''pala'' meaning protector or keeper. It is also occasionally found in other countries.
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Pål Lydersen
Pål Lydersen (born 10 September 1965) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
Lydersen played for IK Start, until he was signed by English club Arsenal in November 1991. However, he was unable to oust first- ...
(born 1965), Norwegian former footballer
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Tamara Pál
Tamara Pál (born 1 September 2000) is a Hungarian handballer who plays for MTK Budapest.
In September 2018, she was included by EHF in a list of the twenty best young handballers to watch for the future.
She made her international debut on 2 ...
(born 2000), Hungarian handballer
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Gadaria
Gadariya or Gadaria (also known as, Pal, Baghel, Nikhar, Dhengar, Gadri, Gaddi,Gujjar, Gaari, Gayri, Gaderi, Bharud, Bharwad, Bhedihar, Dhangar, Hatkar, Khutekar, Kuruba, Kurubaru, Kuruma, Kuruva, Kurumba,etc,) are a community of traditionally ...
, Indian shepherd community also known as Pal or Pal Shari
* Signature used by
Jean de Paleologu
Jean de Paleologu (or Paleologue) (1855 – 24 November 1942) was a Romanian poster artist, painter, and illustrator, who often used Pal or PAL as his signature or logo and was active in France and the United States.
Born in Bucharest, he trained ...
Pal State
Pal is a town and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.
History
Pal was a Fifth Class princely state, comprising four more villages, covering twenty-two square miles in Halar ''prant'' of Western Kathiawar.
It had a combined popul ...
, a former princely state
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Pal, Jalgaon district
Pal is a village situated in Satpura range on the bank of the Suki River in Raver tehsil in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra state of India.
History
Pal was abandoned at the beginning of the eighteenth century. When British rule began in K ...
Pal, Andorra
Pal () is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of La Massana 4 km west of the town of La Massana, close to the border with Spain at Tor, Pallars. Its population, as of 2013, was of 235.
Overview
It is situated at an altitude of 1,551& ...
Permissive Action Link
A permissive action link (PAL) is an access control security device for nuclear weapons. Its purpose is to prevent unauthorized arming or detonation of a nuclear weapon.
The United States Department of Defense definition is:
The earliest PALs ...
, a security device for nuclear weapons
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Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
The enzyme phenylalanine ammonia lyase (EC 4.3.1.24) catalyzes the conversion of L-phenylalanine to ammonia and ''trans''-cinnamic acid.:
:L-phenylalanine = ''trans''-cinnamate + NH3
Phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) is the first and committed ...
, a class of enzymes
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Physical activity level
The physical activity level (PAL) is a way to express a person's daily physical activity as a number, and is used to estimate a person's total energy expenditure. In combination with the basal metabolic rate, it can be used to compute the amount of ...
, a way of expressing a person's daily physical activity
* Progressive addition lenses, eyeglass lenses with a gradient of increasing lens power
* Pyothorax-associated lymphoma, a form of
diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with chronic inflammation
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma associated with chronic inflammation (DLBCL-CI) is a subtype of the Diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and a rare form of the Epstein–Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative diseases, i.e. conditions in which lymphoc ...
Computers and programming
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PAL (programming language) PAL, the Pedagogic Algorithmic Language, is a programming language developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in around 1967 to help teach programming language semantics and design.John M. Wozencraft and Arthur Evans, Jr. ''Notes on Prog ...
* PDP-8 Assembly Language, a language used for programming the
PDP-8
The PDP-8 is a 12-bit computing, 12-bit minicomputer that was produced by Digital Equipment Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It was the first commercially successful minicomputer, with over 50,000 units being sold over the model's ...
computer
* Physics Abstraction Layer, a physical simulation computer application programming interface
* PortableApps.com Launcher, in
PortableApps.com
PortableApps.com is a website offering free applications for Windows that have been specially packaged for portability. These portable applications are intended to be used from removable media such as USB flash drives. User data is stored in a s ...
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Programmable Array Logic
Programmable Array Logic (PAL) is a family of programmable logic device semiconductors used to implement logic functions in digital circuits introduced by Monolithic Memories, Inc. (MMI) in March 1978. Introductory advertisement on PAL (Progra ...
Pal (dog)
Pal (June 4, 1940 – June 18, 1958) was a male Rough Collie performer and the first in a line of such dogs to portray the fictional female collie Lassie in film, on radio, and on television. Pal was born in California in 1940 and eventual ...
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
''The Mitchells vs. the Machines'' is a 2021 Computer animation, computer-animated science fiction comedy, science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. The film was directed by Mike Rianda (in his feature directorial debut) an ...
Transportation
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PAL Airlines
PAL Airlines (formerly Provincial Airlines) is a Canadian regional airline with headquarters at St. John's International Airport in St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.PAL Airlines (Chile), a Santiago-based airline
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PAL Express
Air Philippines Corporation, operating as PAL Express and formerly branded as Air Philippines and Airphil Express, is a wholly owned subsidiary airline of Philippine Airlines which is under its ownership. It is PAL's regional brand, with servic ...
, the low-cost regional brand of Philippine Airlines
* PAL Indonesia, an Indonesian shipyard company
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Philippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines (PAL), a trade name of PAL Holdings, Inc. ( PSEPAL (Philippine Air Lines until 1970), is the flag carrier airline of the Philippines. Headquartered at the PNB Financial Center in Pasay, the airline was founded in 1941 and i ...
, the flag carrier of the Republic of the Philippines
* Premier Autmotobiles Limited, a vehicle manufacturer in India
* PAL, the National Rail station code for
Palmers Green railway station
Palmers Green railway station, in Aldermans Hill, is in the London Borough of Enfield in north London, located within Travelcard Zone 4. It is on the line from . The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Northern.
The station ...
, London, England
Other uses
* Pal, another word for
friend
Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond than an "acquaintance" or an "association", such as a classmate, neighbor, coworker, or colleague.
In some cultures, the concept of ...
PAL region
The PAL region is a television publication territory that covers most of Europe and Africa, alongside parts of Asia, South America and Oceania. It is named PAL because of the PAL (Phase Alternating Line) television standard traditionally used in ...
, a television publication territory that covers most of Asia, Africa, Europe and South America
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PAL Stadium
Police Athletic League Stadium (PAL Stadium) is a stadium located in San Jose, California owned by the SJ division of the Police Athletic League
The Police Athletic League (PAL; Police Activities League) is an organization in many American po ...
, San Jose, California
* Pal, a dog food brand from
Pedigree Petfoods
Pedigree Petfoods is a subsidiary of the American group Mars, Incorporated specializing in pet food, with factories in England at Melton Mowbray and Birstall, Leeds; and offices at McLean, Virginia.
History
Manchester
In 1934, Mars Limited, a ...
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Pals battalion
The Pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who had enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbour ...
, a type of British World War I army unit
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Middle Persian
Middle Persian or Pahlavi, also known by its endonym Pārsīk or Pārsīg () in its later form, is a Western Middle Iranian language which became the literary language of the Sasanian Empire. For some time after the Sasanian collapse, Middle Per ...
's ISO 639-2 and 639-3 language code
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Parental Advisory label
Parental Advisory (abbreviated PAL) is a warning label introduced by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 1985 and adopted by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2011. It is placed on audio recordings in recognition o ...
, a warning label used on music with profanity
* Pilot-Activated Lighting, also called
pilot-controlled lighting Pilot-controlled lighting (PCL), also known as aircraft radio control of aerodrome lighting (ARCAL) or pilot-activated lighting (PAL), is a system that allows aircraft pilots to control the lighting of an airport or airfield's approach lights, runw ...