ACD may refer to:

Aviation

* IATA airport code for

Alcides Fernández Airport Alcides Fernández Airport is a commercial airport on the Caribbean coast serving to town of Acandí in the Choco Department of Colombia. The airport is considered by residents of the town of Acandí to be an important link between that communi ...

in Acandí, Chocó Department, Colombia

Brands and enterprises

* ACD (telecommunications company), carrier and Internet Service Provider, headquartered in Lansing, Michigan * ACD Systems, a computer software manufacturer * Advanced Chemistry Development (ACD/Labs), a chemistry software company

Organizations

* ACD San Marcial, a Spanish football team based in Lardero, La Rioja *

Adelaide College of Divinity Adelaide College of Divinity (ACD) was an accredited higher education provider offering diploma, associate and bachelor's degrees, graduate diplomas, master and doctoral degrees in Minister (Christianity), ministry, it also was a Registered tra ...

, an Australian theological college * African Congress of Democrats, a South African political party * Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Christengemeinden in Deutschland (Association of Christian Churches in Germany) * Asia Cooperation Dialogue, an international organization *

Asiatic Cavalry Division The Asiatic Cavalry Division () was a White Army cavalry Division (military), division during the Russian Civil War. The division was composed of Russians, Buryats, Tatars, Bashkirs, Mongols of different tribes, Han Chinese, Chinese, Manchu peopl ...

, a White Army unit that fought in the Russian Civil War * Centre Right Alliance (Romania) (), a political alliance * Australasian College of Dermatologists, a medical specialist college

People

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...

, creator of Sherlock Holmes

Science and healthcare

ACD (gene) Adrenocortical dysplasia protein homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ACD'' gene. Function This gene encodes a protein that is involved in telomere function. This protein is one of six core proteins in the telosome/shelteri ...

, protein encoded by the ''ACD'' gene *

α-Cyclodextrin α-Cyclodextrin (''alpha''-cyclodextrin), sometimes abbreviated as α-CD, is a hexasaccharide derived from glucose. It is related to the β- (beta) and γ- (gamma) cyclodextrins, which contain seven and eight glucose units, respectively. All cycl ...

, a glucose polymer * Alveolar capillary dysplasia, disorder of the lung *

Anemia of chronic disease Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) or anemia of chronic inflammation is a form of anemia seen in chronic infection, chronic immune activation, and malignancy. These conditions all produce elevation of interleukin-6, which stimulates hepcidin produc ...

, form of anemia * Aragonite compensation depth, a property of oceans *

Allergic contact dermatitis Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a form of contact dermatitis that is the manifestation of an allergic response caused by contact with a substance; the other type being irritant contact dermatitis (ICD). Although less common than ICD, ACD ...

, form of contact dermatitis

Technology

Activity-centered design Activity-centered design (ACD) is an extension of the Human-centered design paradigm in interaction design. ACD features heavier emphasis on the activities that a user would perform with a given piece of technology. ACD has its theoretical under ...

, design based on how humans interact with technology *

Anti-collision device The anti-collision device (ACD) is a form of automatic train protection used on Indian Railways. Overview The ACD Network is a train-collision prevention system invented by Rajaram Bojji and patented by Konkan Railway Corporation, a public-s ...

, on Indian railways *

Apple Cinema Display The Apple Cinema Display is a line of flat-panel computer monitors developed and sold by Apple Inc. between 1999 and 2011. It was initially sold alongside the older line of Studio Displays, but eventually replaced them. Apple offered 20, 22, 2 ...

, a line of monitors *

Automatic call distributor An automated call distribution system, commonly known as automatic call distributor or automatic call dispatcher (ACD), is a telephony device that answers and distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals or agents within an organiz ...

, device that directs incoming phone calls *

Average call duration The average call duration (ACD) is a measurement in telecommunications that reflects an average length of telephone calls transmitted on telecommunication networks. It may be calculated by dividing the total length of calls by the number of calls. ...

, average length of telephone calls

Other uses

* ''ACD'' (album), a 1989 album by Half Man Half Biscuit *

Adjournment in contemplation of dismissal In criminal procedure, an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD or ACOD) allows a court to defer the disposition of a defendant's case, with the potential that the defendant's charge will be dismissed if the defendant does not engage in ad ...

, court ruling to defer the disposition of a defendant's case *

Antecedent-contained deletion Antecedent-contained deletion (ACD), also called antecedent-contained ellipsis, is a phenomenon whereby an ellipsis (linguistics), elided verb phrase appears to be contained within its own antecedent. For instance, in the sentence "I read every book ...

in grammar *

Activity cycle diagram An activity cycle diagram (ACD) is a graphical modeling tool to depict interactions among objects in a system. Origin The ACD is a modeling tool that was developed in 1960 following the flow diagram method of K.D. Tocher. It pertains to the ac ...

, a systems modelling paradigm *

Autoregressive conditional duration In financial econometrics, an autoregressive conditional duration (ACD, Engle and Russell (1998)) model considers irregularly spaced and autocorrelated intertrade durations. ACD is analogous to GARCH. In a continuous double auction (a common trading ...

, a class of models used in financial econometrics *

Kyode language Kyode (Gikyode, Chode) is a Guang language of Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivo ...

(ISO 639-3 code), a Guang language of Ghana *

Australian Cattle Dog The Australian Cattle Dog, or simply Cattle Dog, is a breed of herding dog developed in Australia for droving cattle over long distances across rough terrain. This breed is a medium-sized, short-Coat (dog), coated dog that occurs in two main ...

, a breed of herding dog {{disambiguation