ADT
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ADT is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:
- Abstract data type, a computer programming term
- Automatic double tracking, an audio recording technology invented for The Beatles
- Average downtime, a simple quantification of a system's reliability
- ADT Security Services is a division of Tyco International and a major provider of electronic burglar and fire alarm systems. The company used to be called American District Telegraph, but were renamed to simply ADT to modernise their image.
- A.D.T. can also refer to "any damn thing" a coded prescription from doctor to dispenser regarding a relatively well patient, as suggested in Janice Kenyon's book Any Damn Thing
- Autodesk Architectural Desktop is a CAD software from Autodesk and is often referred to as ADT
- Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers, used in HL7 formatted communication.
- Adult diphtheria and tetanus toxoid vaccination. Since diphtheria immunity tends to be lowish among adults, when a 'tetanus booster' is given, it is usual to give the diphtheria vaccine as well, within the same solution, in order to boost herd immunity.