Pad

Pad or pads may refer to:

Wearables Pads, protective equipment used in baseball, cricket, and hockey Elbow pad Knee pad Shoulder pads (sport) Menstrual pad, used to absorb menstrual or other vaginal blood Incontinence pad, worn to absorb involuntarily expelled bodily fluids Shoulder pads (fashion), fabric-covered padding in clothing Cycling pad, found in cycling shorts, pants and tights

Computing and electronics Input devices Gamepad, joypad, or controller, an input device used in gaming Graphics pad, a computer input device Keypad, buttons arranged in a block Touchpad or trackpad, a pointing device featuring a tactile sensor Trigger pad, an electronic sensor on a drum

Other hardware Contact pad, the designated surface area for an electrical contact A resistive pad used in an attenuator An electronic notebook A tablet computer GridPad, the first commercially successful tablet computer iPad, a tablet computer made by Apple ThinkPad, a laptop brand first designed and produced by IBM, but now owned by Lenovo WatchPad, discontinued IBM smartwatch line WorkPad, discontinued line of PDA, branded by IBM

Other uses in computing and electronics One-time pad, a method of cryptography

Transportation Brake pad, part of a drum brake Launch pad, an area where spacecraft start flight Helicopter landing pad Roll way or running pad, placed along the rails of metro or tram tracks

Music Pad, some holes of woodwind instruments (clarinets, saxophones...) are closed by air-tight pads. Soft, mellow timbres generated by synthesisers are often called pads, and are generally used as backing sounds.

Other uses Part of a mammal's paw Pad, Roane County, West Virginia A paper notebook San Diego Padres, a Major League Baseball team nicknamed the "Pads"

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