| Acronym | Definition |
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| PADS | Parallel And Distributed Simulation |
| PADS | Principles of Advanced and Distributed Simulation |
| PADS | Planning and Development Services (various locations) |
| PADS | PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol Over Ethernet) Active Discovery Session-Confirmation |
| PADS | Precision Airdrop System (US Air Force) |
| PADS | Public Action to Deliver Shelter |
| PADS | People And Dogs Society (UK Charity) |
| PADS | Pacific Assistance Dogs Society (British Columbia) |
| PADS | Parti Africain pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme( African Party for Democracy and Socialism, Senegal) |
| PADS | Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems |
| PADS | Precision Aerial Delivery System |
| PADS | Parti Algérien pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme (Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism) |
| PADS | Pen Application Development System |
| PADS | Physical Agent Data Sheets |
| PADS | Position Azimuth Determining System |
| PADS | Position & Azimuth Determining System |
| PADS | Parallax Aircraft Docking System |
| PADS | Parametric Airborne Dipping Sonar |
| PADS | Parti d’Avant-Garde Socialiste (French: Avant Garde Social Democratic Party, Morocco) |
| PADS | Protected Archives Distribution System |
| PADS | Programmer's Advanced Debugging System |
| PADS | Planned Arrival & Departure System |
| PADS | Passenger Airbag Disarm Switch (automotive) |
| PADS | Product Assurance Data System |
| PADS | Parts And Drawings System |
| PADS | Personnel Automated Data System |
| PADS | Platform Aft Deck Switch |
| PADS | Passive Advanced Sonobuoy |
| PADS | Price & Availability Data Sheet |
| PADS | Penetration Aids Deployment System |