ARD

Ard, ARD, Ards or ARDS may refer to:

Ard:

• Ard (plough) or scratch-plough, a type of plough consisting of a simple spike dragged through the soil
• Ard, alternate name of Arad, Iran, a city in Fars Province
• Ard, a son of Benjamin in the Bible: see List of minor Biblical figures: Ard
• Ard., abbreviation in scientific literature for botanist Pietro Arduino
• Ard, a character in the 1981 film Heavy Metal

ARD:

• ARD (broadcaster), the German association of public broadcasters: the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Das Erste, primary television channel of the ARD, often called the same
  • ARD International Music Competition
• Acid rock drainage, the outflow of acidic water from mines
• ARD (or AD), the Democratic Republican Alliance, a French conservative party of the Third Republic: the Alliance Républicaine Démocratique
• Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, a Pakistani political movement that opposes President Pervez Musharraf
• ARD, the Right Romania Alliance, a short-lived electoral alliance in Romania
• The American Research and Development Corporation, the first venture capital firm
• Apple Remote Desktop, a remote administration application for Apple Macintosh computers
• Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator, a demonstration program of a capsule shaped similar to the Apollo Command Module by the European Space Agency
• ARD, the US Navy hull classification symbol for an Auxiliary repair dry dock
• Army Reconnaissance Detachment, a special forces unit of the Swiss Army
• ARD, the Amtrak 3-letter code for Ardmore (SEPTA station), a railroad station in the suburbs of Philadelphia
• ARD, the National Rail code for Ardgay railway station, a railway station in the Highlands of Scotland
• ARD, a code frequently used for the Armenian dram, the currency of Armenia (instead of the correct ISO 4217 code "AMD")
• Acquired Rights Directive, European Union law protecting the rights of employees
• Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition, is a special pre-trial intervention program in the State of Pennsylvania
• Antimicrobial Removal Device, a medical product developed by Marion Laboratories
• ARD, the IATA code for Alor Island Airport, Indonesia
• Acireductone dioxygenase (iron(II)-requiring), an enzyme
• Automatic Ringdown, a way of automatically ringing a remote telephone when a local one is picked up
• Anticipated Repayment Date, unlike a typical balloon commercial mortgage, not repaying the balance on ARD does not constitute an event of default. Instead the borrower is forced into a higher rate and high principal paydowns to accelerate amortization.

Ards:

• Ards (territory), the name of an ancient Irish district, Anglo-Norman county, and former barony of Ireland in modern-day County Down, Northern Ireland
• Ards Lower, a former barony in Northern Ireland
• Ards Upper, a former barony in Northern Ireland
• Ards Peninsula, a peninsula in Northern Ireland, between Strangford Lough and the North Channel
• Ards F.C., a Northern Irish football club from Newtownards
• Ards RFC, a Northern Irish rugby football club from Newtownards
• Ards (borough), an administrative district of Northern Ireland
• Ards (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), a parliamentary constituency of Northern Ireland
• Ards Forest Park, a nature reserve in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

ARDS:

• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (or Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome), a serious reaction to various forms of injuries to the lung
• Action Replay DS, a game hacking device for Nintendo DS
• Advanced Remote Display Station