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PID

American  
PID British  

abbreviation

  1. pelvic inflammatory disease

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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O’Connor said that from mid-1956 through December 1962, the upper floors of the Steuart Building were the clandestine location of the CIA’s Photographic Intelligence Division, or PID.

From Washington Post May 28, 2022

“The entrance to the PID facility was at 1014 Fifth St., around the corner from the toy store,” he wrote.

From Washington Post May 28, 2022

Modern automatic machines incorporate many convenience features depending on price point, including integrated manometers, wake-up, standby modes and PID controllers with shot pre-infusion and shot timing.

From Seattle Times Dec. 1, 2021

Though you can add a PID to the Rancilio and Gaggia machines, it will cost a couple of hundred dollars extra and/or require some DIY know-how.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2018

Note that column two of the top display shows you the PID, or Process IDentification number.

From Debian GNU/Linux : Guide to Installation and Usage by Goerzen, John

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