We're not sure if they're related at all, but ARD is also an abbreviation for asynchronous request dispatcher, which is a setting used by some IBM programs.
Enweghị m n'aka ma ọ bụrụ na ha dị na ya, ma ARD bụkwa ihe nchịkọta maka izipụ ozi ezigara, nke bụ usoro nke ụfọdụ usoro IBM jiri.