List of acronyms: D

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter D.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

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DB
  • dB – (s) Decibel
  • Db – (s) Dubnium
  • DB – (i) Database – Deutsche Bahn
  • d/b/a – (i) doing business as
  • DBA – (i) De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
  • DBBL – (i) (U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
  • DBCS – (i) Double Byte Character Set
  • DBDO – (i) Desert BDO
  • DBE – (i) Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • DBF – (i) Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
  • DBM – (i) De Bellis Multitudinis (miniature wargaming rules) – Detection By Movement (military target)
  • DBR – (i) De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
  • DBRA – (i) Davis-Bacon Related Acts
  • DBS – (i) Direct Broadcast Services (television)
    • Disclosure and Barring Service (UK)

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DE

DF

DG
  • DG – (i) Dei gratia (Latin, "by the grace of God") – Director-General – Data General
  • DGA – (i) Direction générale des armées (French "Armed Forces General Directorate")
  • DGAF – (I) Don't give a f***
  • DGD&D – (i) UK Directorate General of Development and Doctrine
  • DGPS – (i) Differential GPS
  • DGZ – (i) Desired Ground Zero

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DJ

DK

DL

DM

DN

DO

DP

DQ

DR

DS

DT

DU
  • DU
    • (i) Depleted Uranium
    • (s) Dust (METAR Code)
  • DUI
    • (i) Data Use Identifier
    • Data Use Institute
    • Davis Unified Ignition
    • Diving Unlimited International
    • Documento Único de Identidad
    • Documento Unico de Importación
    • Driving Under the Influence
    • Duke University Improv
  • DUMBO – (a) Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
  • DUSD – (i) (U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense

DV
  • dv – (s) Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • DV
    • (i) Daily Value (FDA food guide)
    • Deo volente (Latin, "God willing")
  • DVD – (i) Digital Versatile Disk (was Digital Video Disk)
  • DVLC – (i) UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre
  • dvm – (i) decessit vita matris (Latin, "died in the lifetime of the mother")
  • DVM – (i) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
  • DVO – (i) Direct View Optics
  • DVOM – Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
  • DVP – various meanings (disambiguation page)
    • dvp – (i) decessit vita patris (Latin, "died in the lifetime of the father")
  • dvu – (i) decessit vita uxoris (Latin, "died in the lifetime of spouse")

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DX

DY

DZ
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