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Science and Technology

  • Language Independent Datatypes (now General Purpose Datatypes), in computer science
  • Library Interchange Definition, file format in the Open Dylan programming language
  • Light-Weight Identity, a protocol for claiming a digital identity on the Internet
  • Lithium deuteride, a chemical used as deuterium-dense fuel in thermonuclear weapons
  • Local light injection and detection, in fiber optics, a method to determine fiber splice losses, especially in polarisation-maintaining fiber
  • League for Industrial Democracy, political party
  • Lewica i Demokraci (Left and Democrats), Polish political party
  • The ICAO code for Alidaunia Servizio Helibus, an aviation company

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