PDL

PDL is an initialism for:

Politics

• Democratic Liberal Party (Partidul Democrat Liberal), a former political party in Romania
• Labour Democratic Party (Partito Democratico del Lavoro), a former political party in Italy
• The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà), a former political party in Italy

Science, mathematics and technology

Computing

• Page description language
• Perl Data Language and the data type it supports
• Program Design Language, a method of software construction
• Progressive download
• Public Documentation License, used with OpenOffice.org
• Personal Distribution List

Other uses in science and technology

• Periodontal ligament
• Power door locks
• Propositional dynamic logic
• Pulsed dye laser
• Poundal, a unit of force (abbreviated pdl)
• Polarization Dependent Loss, see Polarization mode dispersion

Sport

• Premier Development League, a developmental soccer league in the United States and Canada.
• Professional Development League, an English system of youth football leagues.

Other uses

• Payday loan
• PDL BioPharma, formerly Protein Design Labs
• Punch-Drunk Love, a 2002 film
• João Paulo II Airport (IATA code PDL)
• Previously-Developed Land, see Brownfield land
• Ponta Delgada Airport