PCD

PCD may refer to:

In science and technology

In medicine

• Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration, an autoimmune degradation of the central nervous system
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia, a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder
• Programmed cell death, the suicide of a cell in a multicellular organism
• Protein C deficiency, a rare genetic disorder increasing the likelihood of thrombotic disease

In computing and telecommunications

• Photo CD, a system designed by Kodak, launched in 1992
  • Picture CD, a later Kodak product
• Personal Communications Devices, a mobile phone development and marketing company
• Process control daemon, an open-source process controller for Embedded Linux
• Protein-coated disc, a theoretical optical disc technology
• Portable Computing Device, small computers for mobile computing
• Proximity Coupling Device, a reader device for NFC Cards according to ISO14443 (PICC)
• Point Cloud Data, a file format for Point Cloud Library

Other uses in science and technology

• Polycrystalline diamond, artificial diamond
• Pitch Circle Diameter, in mechanical drawing, particularly in relation to wheel or axial fan sizing
• Protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase, an enzyme used for improving organic fluorophore-stability.

In arts and entertainment

• Pussycat Dolls, an American pop and R&B, and dance and burlesque ensemble
  • PCD (album), their debut album
• Phillips, Craig and Dean, a Contemporary Christian Music trio
• PodCast Devotee, a regular listener to the Elis James and John Robins podcast of their Radio X show

Political parties

• Partido Conservador Demócrata, a political party in Nicaragua
• Democratic Society Party (Kurdish: Partiya Civaka Demokratîk), a former Kurdish social democratic party in Turkey
• Christian Democratic Party (France) (French: Parti chrétien-démocrate), a minor French conservative party
• Democratic Convergence Party (Portuguese: Partido de Convergência Democrática), a political party in São Tomé and Príncipe

Other uses

• Partnership for Child Development, an academic organisation within Imperial College London, formed in 1992
• Picard language (ISO 639-3 language code), a language of France
• Process-centered design, a business-centric design methodology for user interfaces
• Providence Country Day School, a private middle and high school located in East Providence, Rhode Island
• Post Concert Depression, when someone has just attended a concert of a band they love and is missing them very much.