Appendix Acronyms D

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Acronyms - D

D Depth

DA Days after Acceptance

DA Department of Agriculture

DA Deposit Account

D/A Digital to Analog converter

DA Directory Assistance (/C = computerised, /M = Microfilm) [Telephony]

DA District Attorney

DA Don't Answer [Telephony] (may be more general)

DAC Digital to Analog Converter

DA/C Directory Assistance/Computerised

DACCS Digital Access Cross Connect System [Telephony] (suspect, see DACS)

DACS Digital Access Cross-connect System [Telephony]

DAD Draft ADdendum

DAG Directed Acyclic Graph

DAL Dedicated Access Line [Telephony]

DA/M Directory Assistance/Microfilm

DAP Division Advisory Panel (of NSF (q.v.) DNCRI (q.v.))

DAR Daughters of the American Revolution

DARE Drug Abuse Resistance Education

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (of the DoD, see also ARPA)

DASD Direct Access Storage Device

DAT Digital Audio Tape

DATA Defense Air Transport Administration

DAV Disabled American Veterans

DB DataBase

db decibel(s)

dba doing business as

DBF DBase Format

DBME DataBase Managment Environment

dbms DataBase Management System (rdbms for Relational ...)

DBRAD Data Base Relational Application Directory

DC Direct Current (dc, see also AC)

DC District of Columbia

DCA Defense Communications Agency

DCA Distributed Communication Architecture

DCA Document Content Architecture

DCC Descriptive Cataloging Committee

DCCO Defense Commercial Communications Office

DCD Data Carrier Detect (sometimes CD (q.v.)) (EIA RS-232-C)

DCE Data Communication Equipment

DCL Digital Command Language

DCP Distributed Communications Processor

DCTS Dimension Custom Telephone Service

DD Daredevils

DD Data Dictionary

DD Days after Date

DD Demand Draft

DD Dishonorable Discharge

DD Disk Drive

DD Doctor of Divinity

D&D Dungeons & Dragons

DDC Digital Data Converter

DDCU DC-to-DC Converter Unit [Space]

DDD Direct Distance Dialing [Telephony] (principally US, elsewhere STD)

DDL Document Description Language

DDN Defense Data Network

DDP Distributed Data Processing

DDS Dataphone Digital Service [AT&T]

DDS Digital Data Service

DDS Direct Digital Service

DDS Doctor of Dental Science

DDS Doctor of Dental Surgery

DDT DEC Debugging Tape

DDT Di-<something> (pesticide)

DDT Dynamic Debugging Technique

DE Delaware

DEA Drug Enforcement Agency [US Government]

DEAR Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation

DEC Digital Equipment Corporation [Corporate name]

DECUS Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society

DES Data Encryption Standard [NIST]

DEW Distant Early Warning (as in DEW Line)

DF Damage Free

D/F Direction Finding

DFC Distinguished Flying Cross

DFD Data Flow Diagram

DFE Data Flow Editor

DFM Distinguished Flying Medal

DFN Deutsche Forschungsnetz Verein (German Research Network Association)

DFRF Dryden Flight Research Facility [Space]

DFS Depth-First Search

DFW Dallas-Ft.Worth (regional airport)

DG Data General [Corporate name]

DG Dei Gratia (by the grace of God)

DG Director General

DGSC Defense General Supply Center

DHHS Department of Health and Human Services

DHSS British Department of Health and Social Security

DHSS Department of Health and Social Security (British)

DIA Document Interchange Architecture

DIAD (magnetic) Drum Information Assembler / Dispatcher

DIAL Direct Information Access Line

DIAS Defense Automatic Integrated System

DID Direct Inward Dialing [Telephony]

DIF Document Interchange Format

DIN Deutsches Institut fur Normung

DIRE Dire Is Really Emacs

DIS Draft International Standard [ISO]

DISA Data Interchange Standards Association

DISOSS Distributed Office Support System [IBM]

DIY Do It Yourself

DJ Disc Jockey

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

DLI Data Link Interface(?)

DLL Data Link Layer [ISO OSI]

DLL Dial Long Line equipment

DLO Dead Letter Office

DM Dungeon Master

DMA Direct Memory Access

DMD Doctor of Dental Medicine

DME Distance Measuring Equipment

DMF Probably part of an X.400 address in Europe

DMOS Diffusion Metal Oxide Semiconductor (see MOS)

DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program [Space]

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles

DMV Department of Motor Vehicles (Calif)

DMZ DeMilitarised Zone

DNA DeoxyriboNucleic Acid

DNA Digital Network Architecture [DEC]

DNCRI [NSF] (q.v.) Division of Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure

DNHR Dynamic NonHierarchical Routing

DNIC Data Network Identification Code [Telephony]

DNIS Dialed Number Identification Service (see also DID) [Telephony]

DNL Director of Naval Laboratories

DNR Dialed Number Recorder [Telephony]

DNS Domain Name System

DOA Dead On Arrival

DOB Date Of Birth

DOC Dynamic Overload Control

DOD Department Of Defense [US Government] (sometimes DoD)

DOE Department of Energy [US Government]

DOHC Dual OverHead Cams [Automotive]

DOMAIN Distributed Operating Multi Access Interactive Network (Apollo)

DOS Disk Operating System

DOT Department Of Transportation [US Government]

DOT&E Director, Operational Test and Evaluation

DOV Data Over Voice [Telephony]

DOY Day of Year

DP Data Processing

DP Dial Pulse [Telephony]

DP Displaced Persons (expelled from native land)

DP Display Postscript

DP Double Penetration

DP Double Play

DP Draft Proposal

DPA Delegation of Procurement Authority

DPANS Draft Proposed American National Standard

DPI Dots Per Inch

DPS Display PostScript

DQ Dairy Queen

DQ Dragon Quest

DQDB Distributed Queue Dual Bus (IEEE 802.6) [Telephony, Networking]

DQL Database Query Language

DR Dead Reckoning

DR Dining Room

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory (as opposed to static RAM)

DRD Data Reading Device

DRE Directional Reservation Equipment

DRG Democratic Republic of Germany (East Germany)

DRI Defense Research Internet

DRI Digital Research, Incorporated [Corporate name]

DS Double-Sided

DS Draft Standard

DSA Dial System Assistance

DSE Data Structure Editor

DSEE Domain Software Engineering Environment

DSM Distinguished Service Medal

DSO Distinguished Service Order

DSP Decessit Sine Prole (died without issue)

DSP Digital Signal Processing

DSRI Digital Standard Relational Interface

DSS Decision Support System

DSS Direct Station Selection [Telephony]

DST Daylight Saving Time

DSTN Double SuperTwisted Nematic

DSU Digital Service Unit

DT Delirium Tremens

DTE Data Terminal Equipment

DTF Dial Tone First payphone [Telephony]

DTMF Dial Tone Multi Frequency [Telephony]

DTP DeskTop Publishing

DTR Data Terminal Ready (EIA RS-232-C)

DUI Driving Under the Influence

DUT Device Under Test

DV Deo Vo lente (God willing)

DVM Digital Volt Meter

DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

DWAPS Defense Warehousing Automated Processing System

DWI Died Without Issue [Genealogy]

DWI Driving While Intoxicated

DWIM Do What I Mean

DX Distance (as in long distance radio communication)

DXT Data eXtractT facility