MPD

MPD may refer to:

In chemistry

• 2-Methyl-2,4-pentanediol
• m-Phenylenediamine
• Methylphenidate

In electronics

• Medium PRF (pulse repetition frequency) doppler radar used e.g. in fighter and missile applications
• Memory Protection Devices, a company that manufacturers battery holders

In medicine

• Multiple personality disorder - more correctly called dissociative identity disorder, a mental condition where two or more distinct personalities are theorized to control the behaviour of a single individual
• Myeloproliferative disease - a group of diseases of the bone marrow

Locations

• Meatpacking District - a neighborhood in New York City

Oil industry

• Managed Pressure Drilling - general term for controlling the mud circulation to optimize the bottomhole pressure.

In policing

• Milwaukee Police Department, the police department in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Minneapolis Police Department, the police department in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Montreal Police Department, the police department in Montreal, Canada
• Memphis Police Department, the police department in Memphis, Tennessee
• Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, the municipal police force for the city of Washington, District of Columbia
• Miami Police Department
• Metropolitan Police District, the area policed by the Metropolitan Police Service in London, United Kingdom
• Mumbai Police Department

In politics

• Movement for Democracy (Cape Verde) - a political party in Cape Verde
• Movimiento Popular Democrático, a political party in Ecuador

In science

• Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster - an electric space propulsion engine.
• Multivariate Pólya distribution - a statistical distribution
• Mouse Phenome Database - an online database of laboratory mouse characterizations

In software

• MPD programming language
• Music Player Daemon - a music-player server.

In media

• MPD Psycho, a manga series by Eiji Otsuka.

Other uses

• UTA MPD a type of diesel multiple unit railcar of Northern Ireland Railways
• MPD, the ICAO airline designator for Air Comet
• Motive power depot, a location used to store locomotives
• The MPD16 or MPD24 MIDI pad controllers made by Akai
• Multiple Purpose Document (airlines) is a document similar to an MCO
• In Hong Kong mPD is a surveying term meaning "meters above Principle Datum" and refers to height above average sea level.

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