MDA, mda or variants may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

Political parties

  • Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2003–2008), in India
  • Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (2018–present), in India
  • Movement for Democracy in Africa, in Burkina Faso

Businesses and other organizations

  • MDA (company), a Canadian space technology company
  • Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service
  • Malaysia Design Archive, a non-profit private organization
  • Media Development Authority, in Singapore
  • Medical Devices Agency, now part of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, in the UK
  • Minnesota Department of Agriculture, in the U.S.
  • Missile Defense Agency, an agency of the U.S. Department of Defense
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association, an American organization
  • Museum Documentation Association, now Collections Trust, a British charity
  • Myanmar Dental Association, a professional association

People

  • A. P. Mda (1916-1993) South African political activist
  • Zakes Mda (born 1948) South African author

Science and technology

Computing and electronics

  • MDA framework (Mechanics-Dynamics-Aesthetics), a tool used to analyze games
  • Message delivery agent, software to route e-mails
  • Mechanical design automation, a branch of computer-aided design
  • Microconnect distributed antenna, a kind of transmitter/receiver
  • T-Mobile MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant), a mobile phone
  • Model-driven architecture, a software design approach
  • IBM Monochrome Display Adapter, a video display card and computer display standard

Chemistry

  • 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine, known as MDA, a recreational drug
  • 4,4'-Methylenedianiline, an industrial chemical
  • Malondialdehyde, an organic compound
  • Medium-density amorphous ice, a phase of ice
  • Metal deactivator or metal deactivating agent, stabilising fuel additive

Other uses in science and technology

  • MDa, mega Dalton (unit), a non-SI unit of mass
  • Mass drug administration
  • Mean directional accuracy, a measure of prediction accuracy of a forecasting method in statistics
  • Mesocyclone detection algorithm
  • Minimum detectable activity, in whole-body counting measuring radioactivity
  • Multiple discriminant analysis, a multivariate dimensionality reduction technique
  • Multiple displacement amplification, a DNA amplification technique

Other uses

  • Moldova, a country in Europe, ISO 3166-1 country code MDA
  • MDA (TV series), an Australian TV show
  • MD&A, management discussion and analysis, part of a financial statement
  • Maritime domain awareness, understanding the maritime domain that could impact security, safety, economy, or environment
  • Master of Defence Administration, a degree awarded by Cranfield School of Management
  • Methods, data, analyses, academic journal for survey methodology
  • Minimum descent altitude in an instrument approach in aviation
  • Mada language, ISO 939-3 language code mda
  • Leica MDa, a variant of the Leica M1 camera

See also

  • Misuse of Drugs Act (disambiguation)
  • Missionary Diocese of All Saints (MDAS)
  • MDA5, melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5
  • 2,3-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (2,3-MDA), an amphetamine drug