Wikipedia / PED
Wikipedia / PED
PED, Ped-, or ped may refer to:
Abbreviations
Parliamentary estates directorate, the body responsible for the buildings and estate of the Palace of Westminster
Performance-enhancing drugs, substances designed to enhance the metabolism of the human body in certain medical situations
Personal emergency device, a one-way text paging device used in the mining industry
Pipeline embolization device, a braided stent used for the treatment of brain aneurysms
Platform edge door, another term for a platform screen door
Pressure Equipment Directive, a set of standards for the design and manufacture of pressure equipment in the European Union
Price elasticity of demand, in economics
(S)-1-phenylethanol dehydrogenase, an enzyme
Phazon Enhancement Device, a fictional apparatus in the science fiction video game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
PIN entry device (see PIN pad)
Codes
PED, IATA code for Pardubice Airport
PED, ISO 639 code for the Mala language
Other uses
An English prefix of Greek origin, meaning "child"
An English prefix of Latin origin, meaning "foot"
Ped, a unit of soil structure such as an aggregate, crumb, prism, block, or granule, formed by natural processes
, a musical symbol indicating use of the sustain pedal on a piano or other instrument so equipped
Programmer's EDitor, a screen-oriented text editor from Norsk Data
See also
Pedo (disambiguation), various meanings, most prominently as a prefix