PAD meaning in Computing ?

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What is Portable Application Description mean?

PAD or Portable Application Description is a machine-readable document format and specification designed by the Association of Software Professionals and introduced in 1998. The PAD specification is utilized by more than 6,000 software publishers of downloadable applications covering the Windows, OS X, and Linux operating systems. PAD is a worldwide registered trademark of the Association of Software Professionals and managed by the ASP PAD Committee.

PAD allows software authors to provide standardized product descriptions and specifications to online sources in a standard way, using a simple XML schema that allows webmasters and program librarians to automate new program listings and update existing listings in their catalog. PAD saves time for both authors and webmasters, while allowing the specification to support the latest changes to operating systems and hardware.

PAD files most commonly have .XML or .PAD file name extension. PAD uses a simplified XML syntax that does not use name/value pairs in tags. All tags are attribute-free. The official PAD specification uses unique tags. To extract the fields in the official specification, it is not necessary to descend through the tag path. If multiple languages are represented in a single PAD file, then correct parsing does require descending through the tag path because leaf tags are duplicated for each language supported.

Each field in the specification has a regular expression associated with it. The regular expression acts as a constraint on the field: if it matches, the field value is legal and if it fails to match, the field and the PAD file as a whole do not conform to specification. Only files where all fields in the file pass validation are properly called PAD files.

The most current specification, version 4.00, was announced on December 1, 2012, replacing the prior version, 3.11 which was previously announced on June 12, 2010. The version 4.0 specification replaces v3.1 and includes replacement of the ASP PADGEN freeware tool with a web-based solution (still early beta), AppVisor.com. The AppVisor platform provides a complete authoring, editing, validation, publication, hosting and submission solution to utilize the latest and most current version of the PAD Specification. The submission is not fully automated. Each application is reviewed individually by a human before being rejected/accepted. The review can take several weeks. In case the reviewer rejects the application it will provide a list of web site changes that the applicant should perform in order to get his application accepted.

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Full Form	Category
Presidents And Academic Deans	Academic & Science
Packet Assemble-Disassemble	Academic & Science
Preauthorized Electronic Debit	Accounts and Finance
Percentage After Deviation	Accounts and Finance
Paderborn	Airport Code
Public Accounts Department	Banking
Pre-Authorized Debit	Business
Product and Application Development	Business
Packed Assemble and Disassemble	Business
Probe Answer Detail	Business
Public Access to Defibrillation	Community
Patience And Discipline	Community
Public Access To Defibrillators	Community
Packet Assembler Disassembler	Computer and Networking
Private Alias Directory	Computing
Puzzle And Dragons	Computing
Protected Areas Database	Computing
Packet Assembly Disassembly	Computing
Portable Application Description	Computing
Picture A Day	Computing
Product Assembly Document	Computing
Public Access Device	Computing
Program Associated Data	Computing
Prefetch Address	Computing
Pay After Delivery	Computing
Paddington, London	Country Specific
NearPad	Cryptocurrency
SmartPad	Cryptocurrency
Telemate Keypad Definition File	File Type
Pattern Aided Design	General
Portable Application Descri	General
Public Access Defibrillator	General
Portland Alternative Dwellings	General
Phi Alpha Delta	General
Personnel Administration for Departments	General
Passive Authorization Device	General
Power Assisted Doors	General
Passenger Airbag Deactivation	General
Panoz Auto Development	General
Priorite A Droite	General
Partly Automated Driving	General
Pto Adaptor	General
Punks Against Discrimination	General
Packet Assembler Destructor	General
Petroleum Administration for Defense	Governmental
Pharmacologically Active Drug	Governmental
Peoples Awareness of Disabilities	Governmental
Preferred Arrival Date	Governmental
Propellant Actuated Device	Governmental
Preliminary Advisory Data	Governmental
PARDI	Indian Railway Station
Partido de Acción Democrática	International
Plan Analuz sobre Drogas	International
Partido Auténtico Democrático	International
Partido de Acci? Democr?ica	International
Partido Aut?tico Democr?ico	International
Photo Activated Disinfection	Medical
Pop And Drop	Medical
Peripheral Arterial Disease	Medical
Psychiatric Advance Directives	Medical
Physician-Assisted Death	Medical
Peripheral Artery Disease	Medical
Project Appraisal Document	Messaging
Production Assurance Directorate	Military and Defence
Payload and Delivery	Military and Defence
Pipe Acquisition Disorder	Military and Defence
Patient Administration Director	Military and Defence
Positional Adjustment	Military and Defence
Precision Aircraft Direction	Military and Defence
Personnel Administration for Divisions	Military and Defence
Pre Advisory Data	Military and Defence
Personal Access Device	Networking
Paderborn, Germany	Regional
Public Access Defibrillation	Regional
Pressure Anomaly Detection	Space Science
Preliminary Advisory Data (crew Data Uplink)	Space Science
Program Approval Document	Space Science
Propellant Acquisition Device	Space Science
Pan Am Ceremonies Venue	Sports