Abbreviations "D" ( All the "D" Character ).

                         

Abbreviations

               D

Short Name �� Full Name or Abbreviations

D/A       Digital to Analog

DAA       Data Access Arrangement +

          Decimal Adjust for Addition

DAC       Data Acquisition and Control +

          Digital to Analog Converter

DAD       Desktop Application Director [Borland]

DAI       Distributed Artificial Intelligence

DAL       Data Access Language [Apple Computer] +

          Disk Access Lockout

DAM       Data Acquisition and Monitoring

DAO       Data Access Object [Microsoft]

DAP       Data Access Protocol [DEC] +

          Developer Assistance Program

DARI      Database Application Remote Interface [IBM]

DARMS     Digital Alternate Realization of Musical Symbols

DART      Digital Audio Reconstruction Technology

DAS       Decimal Adjust for Subtraction +

          Dual-Attached Station

DASD      Direct Access Storage Device

DAT       Digital Audio Tape + Disk Array Technology

.DAT      Data (file name extension)

DATACOM   Data Communications

DAV       Digital Audio-Video

dB        Decibel

DB        Data Base + Data Buffer

dBA       Adjusted Decibel

DBCS      Delivery Bar Code Sorter + Double-Byte Character Set

.DBF      Database (file name extension)

DBIS      Dun & Bradstreet Information Services

DBM       Data Base Manager

DBMS      Data Base Management System

DBS       Data Base Server

DB2       Database 2

DC        Data Collection + Data Communication + Data Control +

          Device Control + Direct Current

D2C       Decimal To Character [REXX]

DCA       Digital Communications Associates +

          Document Content Architecture [IBM]

DCAF      Distributed Console Access Facility [IBM]

DCAM      Direct Chip Attach Module

DCB       Device Control Block + Disk Coprocessor Board [Novell]

DCC       Digital Command Control + Digital Compact Cassette +

          Direct Cable/Client Connection + Display Combination Code

DCD       Data Carrier Detect

DCE       Data Circuit-Terminating Equipment +

          Data Communications Equipment +

          Distributed Computing Environment [OSF] +

          Distributed Computing Equipment

DCED      Distributed Computing Environment Daemon

DCF       Data Communication Facility [IBM] +

          Data Compression Facility +

          Data Count Field [IBM] +

          Driver Configuration File [Lotus]

D-CHANNEL Data Channel

DCI       Display Control Interface

DCL       Data Control Language + Declaration +

          DEC Command Language [DEC] +

          Device Clear + Digital Control Logic +

          Digital Command Language [Digital]

DCP       Digital Light Processing [TI]

DCS       Data Collection System + Data Control System +

          Desktop Color Separation + Distributed Control System

DCT       Discrete Cosine Transform

.DCT      Dictionary (file name extension)

DD        Day + Digital Display + Double Density

DDA       Distributed Data Access + Domain-Defined Attribute

DDB       Device Dependent Bitmap + Device Descriptor Block

DDC       Digital Data Channel [VESA] + Display Data Channel

DDCMP     Digital Data Communications Message Protocol [DEC]

DDC1      Display Data Channel One

DDCS      Distributed Database Connection Services [IBM]

DDD       Data Definition Language + Direct Distance Dialing

DDE       Direct Data Entry + Dynamic Data Exchange [Microsoft]

DDEML     Dynamic Data Exchange Manager Library [Microsoft]

DDF       Display Data Channel + Dynamic Data Formatting [IBM]

DDI       Device Driver Interface + Direct Dial In

DDK       Device Driver Kit [Microsoft Windows]

DDL       Data Definition Language + Data Description Language

DDM       Distributed Data Management

DDN       Defense Data Network

DDNS      Dynamic Domain Naming System

DDP       Distributed Data Processing

DDS       Digital Dataphone Service [AT&T] + Design Data Sheet +

          Digital Data Storage + Distributed Database Services

DDX       Digital Data Exchange

DE        Device End

DEC       Decrement + Device Clear + Digital Equipment Corporation

DECNET    Digital Equipment Corporation Networking (protocol)

DEF       Desktop Functional Equivalent [Compaq]

.DEF      Definitions + Defaults (file name extensions)

DEFRAG    Defragment

DEK       Data Encryption Key

DEL       Delete

DELSTR    Delete String [REXX]

.DEM      Demonstration (file name extension)

DEN       Document Enabled Networking [Novell-Xerox]

DES       Data Encryption Standard + Data Entry Sheet

.DES      Description (file name extension)

DET       Device Execute Trigger

DEV       Device

DF        Data Field + Destination Field + Device Flag +

          Double Flag

DFC       Data Flow Control

DFM       Design For Manufacturability [IBM]

DFS       Distributed File System

DFSMS     Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem [IBM]

DFT       Design For Testability + Diagnostic Funtion Test +

          Discrete Fourier Transform +

          Distributed Function Terminal

DFU       Data File Utility

DGIS      Direct Graphics Interface Standard

DHCP      Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHL       Dynamic Head Loading

.DHP      Dr. Halo PIC (file name extension)

DI        Data In + Destination Index

DIA       Document Interchange Architecture [IBM]

DIB       Device Independent Bitmap +

          Directory Information Base

DIBOL     DEC Business Oriented Language

.DIC      Dictionary (file name extension)

DID       Direct Inward Dialing

DIF       Data Interchange Format

DIFFSENS  Differential Sense

DIIP      Direct Interrupt Identification Port

DIMM      Dual-Inline Memory Module

DIN       Deutsche Industrie Norm (German equivalent of EIA)

DIO       Data Input-Output

DIP       Dialup Internet Protocol [Internet] +

          Digital Imaging Processing +

          Dual In-line Package + Dual In-line Pin

DIR       Directory (file)

DIS       Dynamic Impedance Stabilization [CompuCom]

DISA      Data Interchange Standards Association

DISP      Displacement (offset)

DIT       Directory Information Tree

DIV       Divide

DIVE      Direct Interface Video Extension [OS/2 Warp]

DIW       D-Inside Wire [AT&T]

.DIZ      Description In Zip (file name extension)

DL        Download (also D/L)

DL/1      Data Manipulation Language 1 [IBM]

DLC       Data Link Control (protocol) [IBM]

DLCI      Data Link Connection Identifier

DLD       Display List Driver

DLE       Data Link Escape

DLL       Dynamic Link Library

DLM       Dynamic Link Module

DLP       Digital Light Processing [TI]

DLR       DOS LAN Requester

DLT       Digital Linear Tape

DM        Distributed Memory

DMA       Direct Memory Access/Addressing

DMAC      DMA Controller

DMACS     Distributed Manufacturing Automation & Control Software

DMD       Digital Micromirror Device [TI]

DME       Distributed Management Environment

DMF       Distribution Media Format [Microsoft]

DMI       Desktop Mangement Interface

DML       Data Manipulation Language

DMM       Digital Multimeter

DMMS      Dynamic Memory Management System

DMOS      Double-diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor

DMP       Dot Matrix Printer

DMPC      Distributed Memory Parallel Computer

DMQS      Display Mode Query and Set [IBM]

DMS       Data Management Software + Data Management System

DMSD      Digital Multistandard Decoding

DMT       Digital Multi-Tone

DMTF      Desktop Management Task Force

DMY       Day Month Year

DN        Down

DNC       Direct Numerical Control

DNIC      Data Network Identification Code

DNIS      Dialed Number Identification Service

DNS       Domain Naming System

DO        Data Out + Distributed Objects

.DOC      Document + Documentation (file name extensions)

DOE       Distributed Objects Everywhere

DOIP      Dial Other Internet Providers [IBM]

DO-IT     Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and

          Technology

DOMF      Distributed Object Management Facility

DOS       Disk Operating System

DOSEM     DOS Emulation

DOW       Day Of Week

DP        Data Processing

DPA       Demand Protocol Architecture [3Com]

DPAM      Demand Priority Access Method

DPAREN    Data Parity Enable [IBM]

DPB       Drive Parameter Block

DPC       Direct Program Control

DPI       Dots Per Inch

DPL       Descriptor Privilege Level

DPM       Digital Panel Meter

DPMA      Data Processing Management Association

DPMI      DOS Protected Mode Interface [Microsoft]

DPMS      Display Power Management Support

DPO       Data Phase Optimization

DPS       Document Processing System

DPSK      Differential Phase Shift Keying

DPtoTP    Display Coordinates to Tablet Coordinates

          (converting)

DQL       DataEase Query Language [DataEase International]

DR        Data Received

D/R       Direct or Reverse

DRAM      Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRAW      Direct Read After Write

DR.BOND   Dial-up Router Bandwith On Demand [NEC]

DRDA      Distributed Relational Database Architecture [IBM]

DR-DOS    Digital Research-Disk Operating System

DRDW      Direct Read During Write

DRI       Digital Research Incorporated

DRO       Data Request Output + Destructive Read-Out

DRS       Document Registration System

.DRS      Driver Resource (file name extension) [WordPerfect]

DRV       Drive

.DRV      Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DVR)

.DRW      Draw + Drawing (file name extensions)

DS        Data Segment + Data Send + Data Server + Double Sided

D/S       Dhrystone Per Second

DSA       Directory System Agent

DSAP      Destination Service Access Point

DSDD      Double Sided, Double Density (diskette)

DSE       Data Storage Equipment

DSEA      Display Station Emulation Adapter

DSECT     Dummy Control Section

DSHD      Double Sided, High Density (diskette)

DSIS      Distributed Support Information Standard

DSL       Digital Subscriber Line +

          Dynamic Simulation Language

DSMA      Digital Sense Multiple Access

DSOM      Distributed System Object Model

DSP       Digital Signal Processing/Processor +

          Directory Synchronization Protocol [Lotus]

DSQD      Double Sided, Quad Density (diskette)

DSR       Data Set Ready + Device Status Register +

          Device Status Report

DSS       Decision Support System + Digital Signature Standard

DSSI      Digital Standard Systems Interconnect [DEC]

DSSS      Direct-Sequencing Spread Spectrum

DSTN      Double Supertwisted Nematic

DSU       Data Service Unit + Digital Service Unit

DSVD      Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data

DSW       Data Status Word + Device Status Word

D2T2      Dye Diffusion Thermal Transfer (printing)

DTA       Disk Transfer Area

.DTA      Data (file name extension)

DTC       Desktop Conferencing

DTD       Document Type Definition

DTE       Data Terminal Equipment + Dumb Terminal Emulator

DTF       Distributed Test Facility

DTL       Dialog Tag Language [IBM] + Diode-Transistor Logic

DTMF      Data Tone Multiple Frequency + Dual Tone Multifrequency

DTP       Desktop Publishing + Distributed Transaction Process

DTR       Data Terminal Ready + Data Transfer Rate

DTV       Desktop Video

DTVC      Desktop Video Conferencing

DU        Disk Usage

DUA       Directory User Agent

DUAT      Direct User Access Terminal

DUN       Dial-Up Networking [Microsoft]

DUNCE     Dial Up Network Connection Enhancement

.DV       DESQview Script (file name extension)

DVC       Desktop Video Conferencing

DVD       Digital Video Disk

DVE       Digital Video Effect

DVI       Digital Video Interactive

.DVI      Device Independent (file name extension)

DVMRP     Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol [Internet]

.DVR      Device Driver (file name extension) (Also see .DRV)

DWG       Drawing

D2X       Decimal To Hexadecimal [REXX]

.DXB      Drawing Interchange Binary (file name extension)

          [AutoCAD]

DXC       Data Exchange Control

DXF       Drawing Exchange Format

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