ARD

ARD or Ard may refer to:

Arts and media

 * ARD (broadcaster), the German public broadcaster
 * Das Erste, their main television channel
 * ARD International Music Competition
 * Ard, a character in the 1981 film Heavy Metal

Military

 * Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10, a special forces unit of the Swiss Armed Forces
 * US Navy hull classification symbol for an auxiliary repair dry dock

People

 * Ard (surname), a surname of Scottish origin
 * Ard (biblical figure), a son of Benjamin in the Bible
 * Ard., abbreviation in scientific literature for botanist Pietro Arduino
 * Ard Ayush, leader of a rebellion in Mongolia
 * Ard Louis, Dutch physicist and professor
 * Ard Schenk, Dutch speed skater
 * Ard Sluis, Dutch football manager
 * Ard van der Steur, Dutch politician and lawyer
 * Ard van Peppen, Dutch footballer

Republic of Ireland

 * Ardpatrick, County Limerick
 * Ardpatrick, a townland in County Louth

United Kingdom

 * Ard, Inverness, Scotland
 * Ardgay railway station, Scotland
 * Ardpatrick, Argyll, Scotland
 * Ardpatrick, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States

 * Ard, Arkansas
 * Ardmore station (Pennsylvania) (by Amtrak code)

Elsewhere

 * Arad, Iran
 * Alor Island Airport, Indonesia (IATA: )

Politics

 * Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, a Pakistani political movement
 * Democratic Republican Alliance, Alliance Républicaine Démocratique or ARD, a French political party of the Third Republic
 * Republican Alliance for Democracy, an opposition party in Djibouti (Alliance Républicaine pour le Développement)
 * Right Romania Alliance, Alianţa România Dreaptăa, short-lived electoral alliance in Romania

Science and technology

 * Ard (plough), a simple plough
 * Acid rock drainage, the outflow of acidic water from mines
 * Acireductone dioxygenase (iron(II)-requiring), an enzyme
 * Aging-associated disease, diseases of senescence
 * Alcohol-related dementia
 * Antimicrobial Removal Device, Marion Laboratories product
 * Apple Remote Desktop, computer application
 * Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator, ESA spacecraft
 * Auxiliary repair dock

Other uses

 * Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, an American pretrial intervention program
 * American Research and Development Corporation, one of the first venture capital firms
 * Ard Patrick (foaled 1899), a horse