# PDM

PDM may stand for:

## Computing

* .pdm (disambiguation), several file formats
* Personal data manager - portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data
* Phase dispersion minimization, a data analysis technique for finding periodic components in time series data
* Physical data model, a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system
* Point distribution model, deformable contour model (used in Computer Vision)
* Programming Development Manager
* Protocol-dependent module, decision making about routing table entries
* Pulse-density modulation, a form of modulation used in analog to digital conversions
* Product Data Management, Product data management (PDM) or Product information management (PIM) is the business function often within product lifecycle management (PLM)

## Politics

* Democratic Party of Moldova, a political party of Moldova
* Modern Democratic Party, a political party of Moldova
* Mexican Democratic Party a former political party in Mexico
* Pakistan Democratic Movement, an anti-establishment coalition of political parties in Pakistan
* Party-directed mediation, a mediation approach that relies heavily on pre-caucus and joint sessions
* People's Democratic Movement, a political party of Papua New Guinea
* People's Democratic Movement (Dominica), a political party of Dominica
* People's Democratic Movement (Montserrat), a political party of Montserrat
* People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands), a political party of the Turks and Caicos Islands
* Popular Democratic Movement, Namibian political party
* Southern Democratic Party a former political party in Calabria, Italy
* Pichda Dalit Muslmaan is a political alliance in Uttar Pradesh state of India.

## Others

* École Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes, a high school in Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, Canada
* Partial-propensity direct method, a stochastic simulation algorithm for chemical reaction networks
* PDM (cycling team), the cycling team sponsored by Philips Dupont Magnetics
* PDM Group of Institutions (popularly known as PDM) is a Group of Educational Institutions located in India
* Penny-drop moment, an abbreviation used by cryptic crossword bloggers
* Philips Dupont Magnetics, a joint venture between Philips and DuPont
* Ponta da Madeira, an enormous deep-water port in northern Brazil
* Polarization-division multiplexing
* Post-detonation material such as trinitite formed following nuclear weapon detonations
* Prague Daily Monitor, a newspaper published in the Czech Republic
* Precedence Diagram Method, a project scheduling technique
* Predictive maintenance, a method for planning equipment maintenance based on their condition
* Public Domain Mark, a way of distinguishing works that are free of known copyright
* Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, a psychoanalytically-oriented manual for use by mental health professionals
* PDM-A, modernized version of the RPO-A reactive flamethrower
* M86 Pursuit Deterrent Munition, a type of anti-personnel mine produced in US
* Personal Diabetes Manager a machine used for giving insulin to diabetics
* Parfums de Marly, a French niche perfume house.