ARD

ARD or Ard may refer to:

People

• Ard (surname), a surname of Scottish origin
• Ard (biblical figure), a son of Benjamin in the Bible
• Ard., abbreviation in scientific literature for botanist Pietro Arduino

Places

• Ard, Arkansas, U.S.
• Ard, Inverness, Scotland
• Ard, alternate name of Arad, Iran, a city in Fars Province
• ARD, the IATA code for Alor Island Airport, Indonesia
• Ardgay railway station, Scotland, station code
• Ardmore station (Pennsylvania), Philadelphia, US, Amtrak code

Organizations

• ARD (broadcaster), Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, German Association of Public Broadcasters
  • Das Erste, primary television channel of the ARD, often called the same
  • ARD International Music Competition
• Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, a Pakistani political movement
• American Research and Development Corporation, the first venture capital firm
• Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10, a special forces unit of the Swiss Armed Forces
• Democratic Republican Alliance, Alliance Républicaine Démocratique or ARD, a French political party of the Third Republic
• Republican Alliance for Democracy, an opposition party in Djibouti (Alliance Républicaine pour le Développement)
• Right Romania Alliance, Alianţa România Dreaptăa, short-lived electoral alliance in Romania

Science and Technology

• Acid rock drainage, the outflow of acidic water from mines
• Acireductone dioxygenase (iron(II)-requiring), an enzyme
• Antimicrobial Removal Device, Marion Laboratories product
• Apple Remote Desktop, computer application
• Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator, ESA spacecraft
• Auxiliary repair dock
  • US Navy hull classification symbol for an auxiliary repair dry dock

Other uses

• Ard (plough) or scratch-plough, a type of plough consisting of a simple spike dragged through the soil
• Ard, a character in the 1981 film Heavy Metal
• Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, the pretrial intervention program of Pennsylvania,United States
• Acquired Rights Directive, EU employment law

See also

• Ards (disambiguation)