TBD is an abbreviation from English meaning To Be Determined (will be defined) or To Be Decided (will be resolved). It is used when certain information is not yet established or a decision on the matter has not been made. The acronym serves as a placeholder for uncertainties or omissions that need to be filled in when defining requirements or documentation.
This abbreviation also has other meanings, and the intended one can only be determined from the context. For example: to be discussed (“subject to discussion”), to be done (“must be completed”), to be destroyed (“must be disposed of”), Triangular Barrier Diode (“a type of semiconductor diode”), to be deleted (“will be removed”).
Other possible interpretations of the TBD acronym
TBD — T Baldwin Demerest School
TBD — Tableau de Bord des Devoirs
TBD — The Big Duck
TBD — The Boomer Destination
TBD — Technischer Beratungsdienst
TBD — Ten Business Days
TBD — Triangular Barrier Diode
TBD — To Be Discontinued
TBD — Douglas Devastator Torpedo Bomber
TBD — Task-Based Development
TBD — Tick-Borne Diseases
TBD — Team Baby Dick
TBD — The Best Deceptions
TBD — Teddy Bear Dreams
TBD — Thought by Design
TBD — To Be Developed
TBD — Training by Design
TBD — Time/Bearing Display
TBD — Totally Brain Dead
TBD — To Be Decided
TBD — Too Busy Disorder
TBD — Too Bad, Dude
TBD — Trial by Declaration
TBD — Thai Bangkaew Dog
TBD — Taco Bell Dog
TBD — Tampa Bay Drunks
TBD — Terminal Bomber Defense
TBD — Technical Baseline Document
TBD — Technical Background Document
TBD — Technical Basis Document
TBD — Tibetan Book of the Dead
TBD — Torpedo–Boat–Destroyer
TBD — Track Before Detect
TBD — To Be Detailed
TBD — The Black Donnellys
TBD — To Be Dated
TBD — To Be Demanded