SSD, or solid-state drive, is a type of data storage device that uses semiconductor memory rather than magnetic media.

SSD or ssd may also refer to:

Science and technology

  • Saturated-surface-dry, aggregate or porous solid condition
  • Singular spectrum decomposition, a method of decomposing nonlinear and non-stationary time series as a form of singular spectrum analysis

Biology and medicine

  • Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
  • Signal-sensing domain, in molecular biology
  • Sterol-sensing domain, a protein domain
  • Speech sound disorder
  • Sexual size dimorphism
  • Single-sided deafness
  • Somatic symptom disorder
  • A brand name for silver sulfadiazine antibacterial

Computing

  • Server-side decoration of windows, an alternative to client-side decoration
  • Single-shot multibox detection, computer vision object detection
  • System sequence diagram in software engineering

Mathematics

  • Schwartz sequential dropping, an electoral system

Other uses

  • Sardar Sarovar Dam, Gujarat, India
  • Scalextric Sport Digital, toy cars
  • Singapore School for the Deaf
  • Sisters School District, Oregon, United States
  • South Sudan (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code: SSD)
  • Stansted Airport railway station, England (National Rail code: SSD)
  • SSD (band), Boston, United States, 1981–1985
  • Special School District of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
  • Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSDI), United States
  • State Security Department, North Korean secret police
  • United States–Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue, meetings to reduce the risk of United States–Russia nuclear war
  • Siroi language, an ISO 639-3 code

See also