AD (disambiguation)

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An ad (advertisement) is a form of marketing communication.

AD (Anno Domini) is a designation used to label years following 1 BC in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

AD, A.D. or Ad may also refer to:

In entertainment and media

Film and television

Assistant director, a film crew member
A.D. (film), a 2010 animated zombie horror film
A.D. (miniseries), a 1985 television miniseries set in ancient Rome
A.D. The Bible Continues, a television miniseries expected to air in 2015
American Dad!, a animated television program
Animation Domination, a television programming block
Arrested Development (TV series)
Audio description track, a narration track for visually impaired consumers of visual media

Music

AD (band), a Christian Rock band
A.D. (album), by Solace

Writing and periodicals

Art director, for a magazine or newspaper
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, a nonfiction graphic novel about Hurricane Katrina
Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch newspaper
Architectural Digest

Businesses and organizations

Action Directe (terrorist group), in France
Analog Devices, a semiconductor company
Democratic Action (Spanish: Acción Democrática), a Venezuelan political party
Democratic Alternative (Malta) (Maltese: Alternattiva Demokratika), a Maltese political party
Akcionersko društvo (aкционерско друштво), Macedonian name for a joint-stock company
Aktsionerno drujestvo (акционерно дружество), a Bulgarian name for a type of company

Military

Accidental discharge, the mistaken firing of a firearm
Active duty, a status of full duty or service, usually in the armed forces
Air defense, anti-aircraft weaponry and systems
Air Department, part of the British Admiralty
AD, the United States Navy hull classification symbol for "destroyer tender", a type of support ship

People

Ad (name), a given name, and a list of people with the name
‘Ad, great-grandson of Shem, son of Noah
A. D. Loganathan, Indian major general
A. D. Whitfield, American football player
A. D. Winans, American author
Adrian Peterson, American football player

Places

Andorra (ISO 3166-1 country code AD)
- .ad, the top level domain for Andorra
Abu Dhabi

Science and technology

Biology and medicine

Addison's disease, an endocrine disorder
Adenovirus, viruses of the family Adenoviridae
Alzheimer's disease, a neural disease
Anaerobic digestion, a biological process
Anti-diarrheal, a medication
Approximate digestibility, an index measure of the digestibility of animal feed
Atopic dermatitis, a type of skin disorder
Atypical depression, a mood disorder
Autosomal dominant, a classification of genetic traits
Autonomic dysreflexia, a reaction to overstimulation

Chemistry

Adamantyl, abbreviated "Ad" in organic chemistry
Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, a type of organic chemical reaction

Computing

.ad, the top level domain for Andorra
Active Directory, software by Microsoft for the central management of Windows domains
Administrative domain, a computer networking facility
Analog-to-digital converter, a type of electronic circuit
Automatic differentiation, a set of computer programming techniques to speedily compute derivatives
AD₁₆, the hexadecimal number equal to decimal number 173

Mathematics

Adjoint representation of a Lie group, abbreviated "Ad" in mathematics
Axiom of determinacy, a set theory axiom

Physics

Antiproton Decelerator, a device at the CERN physics laboratory
Autodynamics, a physics theory

Other uses in science and technology

Active Disassembly, a technology supporting the cost-effective deconstruction of complex materials
Audio description, a narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers of media such as TV and film

Transportation

Azul Brazilian Airlines (IATA code AD)
Air Paradise, a defunct Indonesian airline (IATA code AD)
Airworthiness Directive, an aircraft maintenance requirement notice
Dennis Dragon, a type of bus

Other uses

ʿĀd, an ancient Arab tribe, mentioned in the Quran
United States Academic Decathlon, a high school academic competition
Aggregate demand, in macroeconomics
Anno Diocletiani, an alternative year numbering system
Athletic director, the administrator of an athletics program