AMD

global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets (headquartered in California, USA)

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (abbreviated AMD;  NYSE: AMD) is an American manufacturer of semiconductors based in Sunnyvale, California. The company was founded in 1969 by a group of former executives from Fairchild Semiconductor, including Jerry Sanders, III, Ed Turney, John Carey, Sven Simonsen, Jack Gifford and three members from Gifford's team, Frank Botte, Jim Giles, and Larry Stenger. The current chairman and CEO is Dr. Héctor Ruiz and the current president and chief operating officer is Dirk Meyer.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

the "dry" form of macular degeneration, wherein the cells degenerate due to age.
For more information, See What is Macular Degeneration? and Eye Diseases on the MD Support web site.

loss of central vision in one or both eyes as a result of malfunctioning cone cells in the retina.
Two types: "wet " (disciform) and "dry" (atrophic). Also known as age-related macular degeneration (ARMD or AMD), and previously known as senile macular degeneration.
For more information, See What Is Macular Degeneration? and Eye Diseases on the MD Support web site.

1. <company> Advanced Micro Devices.
2. According to Don Olivier don@hsph.harvard.edu, his system manager came in to work one morningn to find his IBM system down with a message on the console that said "AMD failure". After he and the service rep had puzzled over documentation for an hour or so they called headquarters and eventually learned that it the failure was in the cooling system: an AMD is an "air movement device", IBM for "fan".
(1995-01-16)

Air Missile Defence