| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| PAD | Peripheral Artery Disease |
| PAD | Portable Application Description |
| PAD | Project Appraisal Document |
| PAD | Packet Assembler/Disassembler |
| PAD | Public Access Defibrillation |
| PAD | Picture A Day |
| PAD | Poem A Day (classroom) |
| PAD | Planned Area Development (Arizona zoning district) |
| PAD | Pendapatan Asli Daerah (regional revenues) |
| PAD | Public Affairs Detachment (US Army) |
| PAD | Program Associated Data |
| PAD | Patient Administration Division |
| PAD | Public Affairs Department |
| PAD | Psychiatric Advance Directive |
| PAD | Points d'Accès au Droit (French: Access Points to Law; France) |
| PAD | Panic/Anxiety Disorder |
| PAD | Port Autonome de Dunkerque (French: Port of Dunkirk Authority) |
| PAD | Personal Access Device |
| PAD | Preauthorized Debit |
| PAD | Propellant Actuated Device |
| PAD | Program Action Directive |
| PAD | Piper Alpha Disaster |
| PAD | Project Approval Document |
| PAD | Pixel Array Detector |
| PAD | Performance Analysis and Design |
| PAD | Precollegiate Academic Development (California State University) |
| PAD | Paderborn, Germany - Paderborn (Airport Code) |
| PAD | Product Area Directorate (NSWC) |
| PAD | Planning and Analysis Division |
| PAD | Program Approval Document |
| PAD | Programmable Address Decoder |
| PAD | Partially Air Dried (lumber) |
| PAD | Preferred Arrival Date |
| PAD | Priority Access for Dialing (Canada) |
| PAD | Pulse Amplifier Discriminator |
| PAD | Pipe Acquisition Disorder (alt.smokers.pipes) |
| PAD | Property Assessment Department |
| PAD | Passenger Available for Disembarkation (aviation) |
| PAD | Plant Apparatus Division |
| PAD | Point Air Defense |
| PAD | Prompt Agent Defeat (DTRA) |
| PAD | Pododermatitis Aseptica Diffusa |
| PAD | Product Assurance Directorate (US Army; Edgewood, Maryland) |
| PAD | Pressure Assisted Densification |
| PAD | Passive Authorisation Device (Volvo) |
| PAD | Pressure Anomaly Detection |
| PAD | Psychosis of Alzheimer's Disease |
| PAD | Provisional Acceptance Date |
| PAD | Project Authorization Document |
| PAD | Path-Average Dispersion |
| PAD | Pressure Actuated Device |
| PAD | Projected Availability Date |
| PAD | Property Accounting Department |
| PAD | Product Assembly Document (automotive) |
| PAD | Policy Automation Directorate |
| PAD | Power Azimuth Distribution |
| PAD | Polar Auroral Dynamics |
| PAD | POMCUS Authorization Document |
| PAD | Pädogogischer Austauschdienst (German foreign exchange service) |
| PAD | Percent Average Deviation |
| PAD | Packetizer And Depacketizer |
| PAD | Processor Address Data Bus |
| PAD | Pulsed Activation Doppler |
| PAD | Purchasing Application Documentation |
| PAD | Accounting Policy Division (DCAA) |
| PAD | Proposed for Advanced Development |
| PAD | Pontoon Assembly Depot/Detachment |
| PAD | Profiles of Air Force Depots |
| PAD | Persistently and Acutely Disabled (mental health) |
| PAD | port aft down (maritime term) |
| PAD | Phase Alignment Detector |
| PAD | Parti Aleance Demokrat (Democratic Alliance; political party, Albania) |
| PAD | Product Assurance Director/Directorate |
| PAD | Post Approval Document (California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development) |
| PAD | Public Art Dialogue (College Art Association) |
| PAD | Performing Arts Division (various organizations) |
| PAD | Poverty and Development (seminars) |
| PAD | Product Activity Data (inventory) |
| PAD | Pay and Display (parking) |
| PAD | Professional Audio Design |
| PAD | Patricia Ann Designs (boutique) |
| PAD | Product Application Document |
| PAD | Post-Arrest Diversion (Florida) |
| PAD | Pain and Distress (scale) |
| PAD | Prevention Assistance Division (Georgia) |
| PAD | Post-Adoption Depression |
| PAD | Performing Arts Department (various schools) |
| PAD | Performing Arts Directory (various locations) |
| PAD | People of African Descent |
| PAD | Potential Archeological Deposit |