PDM

PDM may stand for:

Computing

• .pdm (disambiguation), several file formats
• Personal data manager - portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data
• Phase dispersion minimization, a data analysis technique for finding periodic components in time series data
• Physical data model, a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system
• Point distribution model, deformable contour model (used in Computer Vision)
• Programming Development Manager
• Protocol-dependent module, decision making about routing table entries
• Pulse-density modulation, a form of modulation used in analog to digital conversions
• Product Data Management, Product data management (PDM) or Product information management (PIM) is the business function often within product lifecycle management (PLM)

Politics

• Democratic Party of Moldova, a political party of Moldova
• Modern Democratic Party, a political party of Moldova
• Mexican Democratic Party a former political party in Mexico
• Pakistan Democratic Movement, an anti-establishment coalition of political parties in Pakistan
• Party-directed mediation, a mediation approach that relies heavily on pre-caucus and joint sessions
• People's Democratic Movement, a political party of Papua New Guinea
• People's Democratic Movement (Dominica), a political party of Dominica
• People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat), a political party of Montserrat
• People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands), a political party of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Popular Democratic Movement, Namibian political party
• Southern Democratic Party a former political party in Calabria, Italy
• Pichda Dalit Muslmaan is a political alliance in Uttar Pradesh state of India.

Others

• École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes, a high school in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
• Partial-propensity direct method, a stochastic simulation algorithm for chemical reaction networks
• PDM (cycling team), the cycling team sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics
• PDM Group of Institutions (popularly known as PDM) is a Group of Educational Institutions located in India
• Penny-drop moment, an abbreviation used by cryptic crossword bloggers
• Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between Philips and DuPont
• Ponta da Madeira, an enormous deep-water port in northern Brazil
• Polarization-division multiplexing
• Post-detonation material such as trinitite formed following nuclear weapon detonations
• Prague Daily Monitor, a newspaper published in the Czech Republic
• Precedence Diagram Method, a project scheduling technique
• Predictive maintenance, a method for planning equipment maintenance based on their condition
• Public Domain Mark, a way of distinguishing works that are free of known copyright
• Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, a psychoanalytically-oriented manual for use by mental health professionals
• PDM-A, modernized version of the RPO-A reactive flamethrower
• M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition, a type of anti-personnel mine produced in US
• Personal Diabetes Manager a machine used for giving insulin to diabetics