PID
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PID stands for a number of things, including:
- Principal ideal domain, in abstract algebra, an integral domain in which every ideal is principal
- Proportional-Integral-Derivative controller, a feedback loop component in control theory and industrial control applications
- Pelvic inflammatory disease, an infection of the female uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries
- Police Intelligence Department, a staff department of the Singapore Police Force
- Political Intelligence Department, a British clandestine body created to produce and disseminate propaganda during WWII
- process identifier, a number used by Unix kernels to identify a process
- Pathways Into Darkness, a 1993 video game by Bungie Studios
- Paul Is Dead, a rumor in the 1960s that led fans to believe that Paul McCartney was actually dead
- Packet ID, used to identify audio/video streams in DVB broadcasting
- Pid is a nick-name, frequently a short form of Stupid
- Primary immune deficiency
- Prolapsed intervertebral disc, commonly called a "slipped disc"
- Photo Ionization Detector
- Physician Induced Demand
- Project Information Document
- Personal Integrating/Indicating Dosemeter used to indicate amount of radiation a person has received
- Project Initiation Document defines all major aspects of the project and forms the basis for its management and the assessment of overall success