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.

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