AD (disambiguation)

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

See also

• Anno Domini (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "ad"
• All pages with titles containing ad