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.

Anno Diocletiani, an alternative year numbering system

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

Entertainment

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
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, a nonfiction graphic novel about Hurricane Katrina
American Dad!, a animated television program
Animation Domination, a television programming block
Arrested Development (TV series)
AD))), a logo used to mark programs that are augmented with an audio description track

Music

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

Job titles

Art director, for a magazine or newspaper
Assistant director, a film crew member
Athletic director, the administrator of an athletics program

Media

Algemeen Dagblad, a Dutch newspaper
Architectural Digest

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

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

People

Ad (name), a given name, and a list of people with the name

People nicknamed "AD" or "A.D." include:

A. D. Loganathan, Indian major general
A. D. Whitfield, American football player
A. D. Winans, American author
Adrian Peterson, American football player

"Ad" can also refer to:

‘Ad, great-grandson of Shem, son of Noah
ʿĀd, ancient Arab tribe, mentioned in Quran

Places

Andorra, by ISO 3166-1 country code
Abu Dhabi

Science

Adamantyl, abbreviated "Ad" in organic chemistry
Adenovirus, viruses of the family Adenoviridae
Adjoint representation of a Lie group, abbreviated "Ad" in mathematics
Anaerobic digestion, a biological process
Antiproton Decelerator, a device at the CERN physics laboratory
Approximate digestibility, an index measure of the digestibility of animal feed
Autodynamics, a physics theory
Autosomal dominant, a classification of genetic traits
Axiom of determinacy, a set theory axiom
Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, a type of organic chemical reaction

Medicine

Addison's disease, an endocrine disorder
Alzheimer's disease, a neural disease
Anti-diarrheal, a medication
Atopic dermatitis, a type of skin disorder
Atypical depression, a mood disorder
Autonomic dysreflexia, a reaction to overstimulation

Technology

.ad, the top level domain for Andorra
Active Directory, a component of Microsoft Windows
Active Disassembly, a technology supporting the cost-effective deconstruction of complex materials
Administrative domain, a computer networking facility
Analog-to-digital converter, a type of electronic circuit
Audio description, a narration track for blind and visually impaired viewers of media such as TV and film
Automatic differentiation, a set of computer programming techniques to speedily compute derivatives
AD₁₆, the hexadecimal number equal to decimal number 173

Transportation

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

Other uses

Aggregate demand, a macroeconomics term
United States Academic Decathlon, a high school academic competition