Pad
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Pad or PAD can be either a word, an alias or a three letter acronym: Template:Wiktionary
- as a word
- Shoulder pads.
- In electronic music, a sound (timbre), which can be used to produce soft, imperceptible harmonic background. The most common (almost standard) types of pads are: choir pad, string instruments, warm pad, etc.
- An abbreviation for maxi pad, sanitary napkin (US), or "towel" (UK).
- One of the transliterations of the fourth syllable in the Buddhist "six syllable mantra": Om mani padme hum.
- In rocketry, pad is short for launch pad, the platform from which an orbital vehicle is launched.
- Pad: As part of animal paw.
- A pad on which helicopters land is called a Helipad.
- A term for a tablet of paper, and from this, in computing, word-processing programs such as Notepad and WordPad.
- A mat used in computing to place a mouse upon, namely, a mousepad.
- In electronics, a flat surface used to make electrical contact. A special case is bonding pads, to which components are soldered.
- A bachelor pad.
- The PAD control character in the C1 control code set.
- As an acronym
- program-associated data, usually data sent along with a TV program
- Packet Assembler/Disassembler, an X.29 interface to a computer terminal
- Portable Application Description, a machine-readable document format for providing product descriptions and specifications.