| D/A |
Digital-to-Analog |
| DA |
Decision Analysis, part of KTA |
| DA |
Design Automation |
| DA |
Destination Address, FDDI |
| DA |
Device Adapter card, Series 800 |
| DAA |
Distributed Applications
Architecture, Web McKinney |
| DAC |
Digital-to-Analog Converter |
| DACS |
Digital Analog Crossconnect System |
| DADCON |
Distributed Application Developers
Conference |
| DAE |
Data Access and Exchange |
| DAF |
Directory Access Function |
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DARPA |
Defense ARPA |
| DASD |
Direct Access Storage Device, an
IBM term |
| DASS |
Digital Access Signalling System |
| DASS |
Direct Access Secondary Storage,
CDRAM |
| DAT |
Digital Audio-Tape |
| DB |
DataBase |
| dB |
Decibel, measure of sound power |
| dB (A) |
Decibel, "A" weighted
reading |
| dBA |
Decibel Adjusted |
| DBM |
a UNIX database system |
|
DBMS |
Database Management System |
| DBS |
Digital Broadcast System |
| DBS |
Direct Broadcast Satellite |
| DC |
Data Compression |
| DC |
Direct Current |
| DCA |
Defense Communications Agency |
| DCC |
Data Communications Channel |
| DCD |
Document Content Definition, XML |
| DCE |
Data Communications
Equipment |
| DCEC |
Defense Communications Engineering
Center |
| DCF |
Data Communication Function |
| DCFL |
Direct-Coupled Field effect
Transistor |
| DCL |
Digital Command Language |
| DCM |
Data Communications Manager |
| DCN |
Data Communication Network |
|
DCOM |
Distributed Component Object Model |
|
DCS |
Data Control System |
| DCS |
Digital Cellular System |
| DCS |
DMA Customization System |
| DCTL |
Direct-Coupled Transistor Logic |
| DD |
Delayed Delivery |
| DDA |
Domain Defined Attributes (X.400) |
| DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange |
| DDN |
Defense Data Network, controls
ARPANET, WMCCS, Milnet |
| DDS |
Digital Data Storage |
| DDS |
Doctor of Dental Surgery |
| DDS-C |
Design and Drafting System for
Cabling |
| DE |
Doctor of Engineering |
| DECT |
Digital European Cordless
Telecommunications |
| DECT |
Digital European Cordless
Telephone |
| DELFOR |
DELivery FORecast message |
| DELJIT |
DELivery JIT message |
| DER |
Distinguished Encoding Rules |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard |
| DESADV |
DESpatch ADVice message |
|
DESP |
Data Exchange Service Provider |
|
DESP |
Development Environment Service
Provider |
| DEV |
DEVice |
| DFA |
Design For Assembly |
| DFA |
Design For Availability |
| DFD |
Data Flow Diagram |
| DFP |
Design For Purchasability |
| DFR |
Design For Reliability |
| DFS |
Distributed File System |
| DFSM |
Dry Film Solder Mask |
| DFT |
Design For Testing |
| DFW |
Dallas Fort Worth International
Airport |
| DFX |
Design For eXcellence |
| DGL |
Device Independent Graphics
Language/Libraries |
| DGL |
Distributed Graphics Library,
Silicon Graphics |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol |
| DI |
De-Ionized |
| DID |
Direct Inward Dialing |
| DIDM |
Distributed Internet Discovery and
Monitoring |
| DIF |
Document Interchange Format |
| DII |
Defense Industry Initiative |
| DII |
Dynamic Invocation Interface |
| DII COE |
Defense Information Infrastructure
Common Operating Environment |
| DIL |
Device I/O Library |
| DIM |
Dealer Installed Memory |
| DIME |
Development of Integrated Monetary
Electronics |
| DIMM |
Dual In-line Memory Module |
| DIP |
Dual In-line Package, typical
package for SSI and SI ICs |
| DIS |
Data Interpretation System |
| DIS |
Draft International Standard, ISO |
|
DISA |
Data
Interchange Standards Association, ASC X12 |
|
DISH |
Data Interchange for Shipping |
| DISMAN |
DIStributed MANagement |
| DL |
Direct Labor |
| DL |
Distributed Learning |
| DLCI |
Data Link Connection Identifier |
|
DLL |
Dynamic Link Library |
| DLT |
Digital Linear Tape |
| DM |
Data Manager |
| DM |
Data Model |
| DM |
Distributed Management |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access |
| DMAR |
Discrepant Material Acceptance
Request |
| DME |
Distributed Management Environment |
| DMI |
Desktop Management Interface |
| DMM |
Digital MultiMeter |
| DMOS |
Diffused Metal-Oxide Semiconductor |
| DMTF |
Distributed
Management Task Force |
| DNA |
Distributed Network Analyzer |
| DNIC |
Data Network Identification Code,
part of X.25 address |
| DNS |
Digital Nervous System |
|
DNS |
Domain Name Server |
|
DNS |
Domain Name System |
| DNSIX |
DODIIS Network Security
Architecture |
|
DOM |
Document Object Model |
| DOMF |
Distributed Object Management
Facility |
|
DOS |
Date Of Separation |
|
DOS |
Date Of Service |
|
DOS |
Days Of Supply |
|
DOS |
Denial of Service |
|
DOS |
Deployed Operational State |
|
DOS |
Digital Operating System |
| DOS |
Direct Operating System |
|
DOS |
Disc Operating System |
| DOS |
Distributed Operating System |
| DOT |
Department of Transportation |
| DOW |
Distribution
Of Workforce |
| DP |
Data Processing |
| DPA |
Divisional Purchase
Agreement |
| DPCM |
Differential Pulse Code Modulation |
| DPI |
Digital
Printing & Imaging
Association |
| DPNSS |
Digital Private Network Signalling
System |
| DPS |
Distributed Phone System |
| DQ |
DataQuest |
| DQDB |
Distributed Queue Dual Bus |
| DR |
Discrepancy Report |
|
DRAM |
Dynamic RAM |
| DRC |
Design Rule Checking |
| DRI |
Digital Research Inc |
|
DRP |
Disaster Recovery Plan |
|
DRP |
Distribution Resource Planning |
| DS |
Data Set |
| DS |
Disc Storage |
| DS |
Distributed Systems |
| DSAB |
Data Standards Approval Board |
| DSC |
Distinguished Service Cross |
| DSE |
Decision Support Environment |
| DSF |
Directory System Function |
|
DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line |
| DSM |
Distinguished Service Medal |
| DSO |
Distinguished Service Order |
| DSOM |
Distributed System Object Model,
IBM |
|
DSP |
Data Service Provider |
| DSP |
Digital Signal
Processor/Processing |
| DSPE |
Division System Product Engineer |
|
DSS |
Decision Support System |
|
DSSSL |
Document Style
Semantics and Specification Language |
|
DSU |
Disbursed Semantic Unit |
| DT |
Design Transfer |
| DT-LINK |
Design Transfer LINK |
| DTAB |
Demountable Tape Automated Bonding |
|
DTD |
Document Type Definition, XML |
| DTE |
Data Terminal
Equipment |
| DTL |
Diode Transistor Logic |
| DTL |
See DT-LINK |
| DTP |
Desk Top Publishing |
| DTR |
Data Terminal Ready, an RS232
signal |
| DTS |
Defect Tracking System |
| DTV |
Digital Television |
| DUF |
Diffusion Under epitaxial Film |
|
DUNS |
Data Universal Numbering System |
| DUV |
Data Under Voice |
| DVB |
Digital Video Broadcast |
|
DVD |
Digital Video Disk |
| DVD |
Digital Versatile Disk |
| DVD+RW |
DVD+ReWritable |
| DVD-ROM |
Digital Video Disk Read Only Media |
| DVDROM |
See DVD-ROM |
| DVE |
Default Visual Environment |
| DVI |
Digital Video Interactive |
| DVI |
Digital Video Interface |
|
DW |
Design Win |
| DW |
Dock Warrant |
| DWB |
Documenter's
Work Bench, software package from AT&T |
| DWDM |
Dense Wavelength-Division
Multiplexing |
|
DWO |
DW Opportunity |
|
DRW |
DW Registration |
| DWS |
Dialable Wideband Service (NT) |
| DWS |
Direct Wafer Stepping |
| DXI |
SMDS Data eXchange Interface
protocol |
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