| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| GDR | German Democratic Republic (former East Germany) |
| GDR | Genome Database for Rosaceae |
| GDR | Genetics of Disease Resistance |
| GDR | Groupe de Recherche (French: Research Group) |
| GDR | Gioco Di Ruolo (Italian website) |
| GDR | Gradual Dose Reduction (drugs) |
| GDR | Global Depositary Receipt |
| GDR | Geoscience Data Repository (Canada) |
| GDR | Global Depository Receipt |
| GDR | Generative Drafting |
| GDR | General Distribution Release |
| GDR | General Distribution Release (Microsoft) |
| GDR | Great Divide Race |
| GDR | Giant Dipole Resonance (nuclear excitation where the protons and neutrons oscillate against each other) |
| GDR | Glucose Disposal Rate |
| GDR | Geophysical Data Record |
| GDR | Geographical Disaster Recovery |
| GDR | Graph Drawing (Visualization Tool for Graph Algorithms) |
| GDR | Great Dividing Range |
| GDR | Global Deactivation of Radiation |
| GDR | Great Divide Route |
| GDR | Goldstar Resources NL (stock symbol) |
| GDR | Grant, Deny, Revoke (SQL Server) |
| GDR | Group Delay Ripple |
| GDR | GIS Data Resources, Inc (Novato, California) |
| GDR | General Degree Requirements |
| GDR | Graduate Department of Religion |
| GDR | Gareth D. Rees |
| GDR | Great Divide Ride |
| GDR | Group Detail Report (various companies) |
| GDR | Ginga Densetsu Riki (anime) |
| GDR | Good Dirt Radio |
| GDR | Garage Door Repair |
| GDR | Genome Database Resource (ARS, decommissioned 2002) |
| GDR | Graves Development Resources (Omaha, Nebraska) |
| GDR | Good Detection Rate |
| GDR | Grin, Duck, Run |
| GDR | Ground Data Reduction |
| GDR | Global Data Replication and Recovery |
| GDR | Germaniya Demokratik Respublikasi |
| GDR | Giant Death Robot |
| GDR | Groupement de Recherche sur la Supersymétrie (French research network) |
| GDR | Global Disasters Report |
| GDR | Greatful Dread Radio (Baltimore, Maryland community radio) |
| GDR | Ground Segment Design Report (ADEOS-II) |
| GDR | Generalized Data Retrieval |
| GDR | Geometric Design Rules (computing) |