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Definition: PID

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Inflammation of the female pelvic organs (especially the Fallopian tubes) caused by infection by any of several microorganisms (chiefly gonococci and chlamydia); symptoms are abdominal pain and fever and foul-smelling vaginal discharge.[Wordnet].

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"PID" is a common misspelling or typo for: paid, pit, pie, pig, pin, lid, pad, pip, pod, pied, pix, PDI, SPID, PIF, pind, PKD.

Date "PID" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Abbreviations & Acronyms: PID

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
PID English Photo-ionization detector N/A
PID French Proportionnel,Intégral et Derivé N/A
PID Greek ID διεργασίας Post & Telecom
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: PID

PID

PID stands for a number of things, including those mentioned below.

Medicine

Business

Technology

  • Photoionization detector
  • Process identifier, a number used by Unix kernels and Windows operating systems to identify a process
  • Personal Identifiers, a subset of PII data elements that identify a unique individual and can permit another person to “assume” that individual’s identity without their knowledge or consent.
  • Portable Information Device
  • Photo Ionisation Detector
  • PID controller, a control concept used in automation. (Proportional/Integral/Derivative)
  • Personal Integrating/Indicating Dosemeter used to indicate amount of radiation a person has received
  • Piping and instrumentation diagram, a technical diagram showing all (or a part of) pipelines, instruments, valves, etc., of a process plant
  • Process and instrumentation diagram

Organizations

  • Protective Intelligence Division, a part of the United States Secret Service
  • Police Intelligence Department, a staff department of the Singapore Police Force
  • Political Intelligence Department, a British clandestine body created to produce and disseminate propaganda during WWII

Other

  • Packet ID, used to identify audio/video streams in DVB "Digital Video Broadcasting"
  • Pathways Into Darkness, a 1993 video game by Bungie Studios
  • Parameter ID. In automotive repair, PIDs are requests for data through an OBD connector
  • Paul Is Dead, a rumor in the 1960s that led fans to believe that Paul McCartney was actually dead
  • Physician Induced Demand
  • Pid is a nick-name, frequently a short form of Stupid
  • Principal ideal domain, in abstract algebra, an integral domain in which every ideal is principal

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "PID". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: PID

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
PID controller 44     PID 5
PID 5     PID controller 44
Pid Nekooid 2     Pid Nekooid 2

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Translations: PID

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Brazilian Portuguese proporcional - integral - diferencial (PID). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 进程标识符 (pid), pid 控制人员 (pid controller). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 進程標識符 (pid), pid 控制人員 (pid controller). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Regler (regulator, governor, controller, regulators, stabilizer). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
German Regler (regulator, governor, controller, regulators, stabilizer). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Regler (regulator, governor, controller, regulators, stabilizer). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Regler (regulator, governor, controller, regulators, stabilizer). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian proporzionale integrale differenziale (PID), regolatore pid di temperatura (PID temperature controller), regolatore pid (PID regulator). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese PID制御 (PID controller). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese proporcional - integral - diferencial (PID), doença inflamatória pélvica (PID pelvic inflammatory disease), anexite (PID pelvic inflammatory disease, salpingo-oophorectomy), controle de temperatura PID (PID temperature controller), regulador pid (PID regulator). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi process-ID (PID, process id), adnexit (adnexitis, PID pelvic inflammatory disease). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish enfermedad pélvica inflamatoria (PID), género PId (PID sort), Se introduce el valor de ganancia derivada del controlador PID (enter a value of derivative gain for the PID controller), Se introduce el valor de ganancia proporcional del controlador PID (enter a value of proportional gain for the PID controller), Se introduce el valor de ganancia derivada para el controlador PID (enter a value of derivative gain for the PID controller), Se introduce el valor de ganancia integral del controlador PID (enter a value of integral gain for the PID controller), controlador PID interno (internal PID regulator), en general es recomendable no modificar la función PID hasta que el accionamiento esté en servicio y se haya observado su comportamiento durante el ciclo de función normal (it is recommended that the PID functions should not be disturbed until the drive is commissioned and its behaviour during a normal duty cycle has been observed), Fuente de activación de PID opcional (optional PID enable source), Bucle de control PID y realimentación del encoder (PID control loop and encoder feedback). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska process-ID (PID, process id), adnexit (adnexitis, PID pelvic inflammatory disease). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish process-ID (PID, process id), adnexit (adnexitis, PID pelvic inflammatory disease). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, PID. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: PID

Language Translations for “PID” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Pig Latin IDPAY (PID). Additional references: Pig Latin, PID. (volunteer)
Terran B proporciona (PID, proportionally). Additional references: Terran B, PID. (volunteer)
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