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Discover Ludwig"pdb" is a correct and usable acronym in written English
It stands for "Public Domain Binary" and is typically used in computer programming. For example, "I downloaded the pdb file for the new software release."
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You can go to the Protein Data Bank (PDB) where they are stored and have a look.
The PDB has been working hard in recent years to make these structures accessible to the non-specialist but I wonder how many drop by?
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QUESTION FROM PETER: As an aficionado of e-books, often reading books on my PDA in either MIcrosoft's *.lit format or Palm's *.pdb (I reread "Infinite Jest" this year — don't ask), I am dismayed at Kindle's proprietary approach to format.
In October 2015, PDB Properties Limited, belonging to The Boldro Trust, paid £6.2m for freehold land at Bell Yard, just off Fleet Street.
Through the databank, at www.rcsb.org/pdb/, scientists, researchers, students at all levels and anyone else who is interested can view the latest information about the structure of molecules.
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