title: ILD
text: # ILD
  
  ILD may refer to:
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Independent Lutheran Diocese a small Confessional Lutheran Association in the United States.
  * International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, a minister-level department of the Chinese government
  * Institute for Liberty and Democracy, a think tank in Lima, Peru
  * International Labor Defense (1925–1946), a legal defense organization of the Communist Party USA
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Interaural level difference (or interaural intensity difference), a sound property that allows spatial localization of the sound source
  * Interstitial lung disease, a group of lung diseases that affect tissue between the airways
  * Injection Laser Diode, a type of semiconductor laser used in optical networks
  
  ## Miscellaneous
  
  * Internet Listing Display, a set of rules put forth by the National Association of Realtors (USA) that regulate how homes and properties can be displayed on internet sites
  * Indentation load-deflection, an alternate term for Indentation force-deflection, a process for grading the firmness of rubber foams
  
  ### Codes
  
  * the IATA airport designator of Lleida-Alguaire Airport, Alguaire, Catalonia, Spain.
  