erd

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erd - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Erd \Erd\ ([~e]rd), n. [OE. erd, eard, earth, land, country, AS.
     eard; akin to OS. ard dwelling place, OHG. art plowing,
     tillage, Icel. ["o]r[eth] crop, and to L. arare to plow, E.
     ear to plow.]
     The earth. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Erd shrew (Zo["o]l.), the common European shrew (Sorex  vulgaris
        ); the shrewmouse.
        [1913 Webster]

erd - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  entity-relationship model
  entity-relationship diagram
  ERD
  
     <database, specification> An approach to data modelling
     proposed by P. Chen in 1976.  The model says that you divide
     your database in two logical parts, entities (e.g. "customer",
     "product") and relations ("buys", "pays for").
  
     Entity-relationship diagrams can be used to represent a model.
  
     ["The entity-relationship model: toward a unified view of
     data", P.P. Chen, ACM Transactions on Database Systems 1:1 pp
     9-36, 1976].
  
     (1998-03-20)
  

erd - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  ERD
         Entity-Relationship Diagram