GD

GD

GD may refer to:

Computing

* GD Graphics Library for dynamically manipulating images
* GD-ROM, storage media for the Sega Dreamcast
* gd, ISO 639-1 code for Scottish Gaelic

cience and mathematics

* Gadolinium (chemical symbol: Gd), a chemical element
* Gaussian distribution or Normal distribution, an important family of continuous probability distributions.
* The Gudermannian function used in map-making

Medicine

* Gaucher's disease (abbrev. GD), the most common of the lipid storage diseases.
* Gestational diabetes (abbrev. GD or GDM), a form of diabetes associated with pregnancy.
* Generalized dystonia (abbrev. GD), a neurological movement disorder.

Geography

* .gd, the country code top-level domain for Grenada
* Grenada (ISO 3166 and WMO country code: GD; Internet TLD code: .gd)
* Soman (NATO designation: GD)

Entertainment

* "Grateful Dead" (GD), an American rock band
* "Green Day" (GD), an American rock band

Business

* General Dynamics (GD), is a US-based defense conglomerate
*The Great Depression, sudden collapse of the economy in the 1920s

Miscellanea

* Gangster Disciples (GD), an African American street gang in the United States
* General Delivery (abbrev. GD), also known as Poste Restante, a service where the post office holds mail until the recipient calls for it.
* A euphemism for the curse word "goddamn"


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