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- DAC - Digital-to-Analog Converter
- DAFS - Direct Access File System
- DAFS - Document Attribute Format Specification
- DAO - Data Access Objects
- DAO - Disk At Once
- DASD - Direct Access Storage Device
- DAT - Digital Audio Tape
- DB - Database
- DB2 - Database 2
- DBMS - Database Management System
- DCC - Direct Cable Connection
- DCE - Data Communications Equipment
- DCF - Design Rule for Camera File Systems
- DCI - Display Control Interface
- DDE - Dynamic Data Exchange
- DDI - Direct Draw Interface
- DDR SDRAM - Double Data Rate-Synchronous DRAM
- DDS - Digital Data Storage
- DEBI - DMA Extended Bus Interface
- DEC - Digital Equipment Corporation
- DES - Data Encryption Standard
- DFM - Design for Manufacturing
- DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DID - Direct Inward Dialing
- DIF - Data Interchange Format
- DIF - Directory Interchange Format
- Digital Certificate - A form of secure identification
- DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module
- DIN - Deutsches Institut für Normung
- DINOR - Divided bit-line NOR
- DIP - Dual In-line Package
- Disintermediation - Remove the middleman
- Divx - Digital video express
- DIZ - Description in ZIP
- DLC - Data Link Control
- DLL - Dynamic Link Library
- DLP - Digital Light Processing
- DLT - Digital Linear Tape
- DMA - Direct Memory Access
- DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- DMG - Data Mining Group
- DMI - Desktop Management Interface
- DNS - Domain Name Service (System)
- DOCSIS/MCNS - Data Over Cable Services and Interface Specifications for Multimedia Cable Network Systems
- DOM - Document Object Model
- Donder vs Donner - That's right Santa's reindeer
- DoS - Denial-of-Service
- DOS - Disk Operating System
- Dot-matrix Printer - A printer that uses impact of pins against a ribbon
- dpi - Dots Per Inch
- DPMI - DOS Protected Mode Interface
- DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
- DSL - Digital Subscriber Line
- DSLAM - Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (Module)
- DSOM - Distributed System Object Model
- DSP - Digital Signal Processor
- DSR - Data Set Ready
- DSTN - Double-layer Supertwist Nematic
- DSU - Data Service Unit
- DSVD - Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data
- DTD - Document Type Definition
- DTE - Data Termination (Terminal) Equipment
- DUN - Dial-Up Networking
- DVD - Digital Versatile (Video) Disc
- DVD+RW - Digital Versatile (Video) Disc + Read/Write
- DVD-RAM - Digital Versatile (Video) Disc - Random Access Memory
- DVD-ROM - Digital Versatile (Video) Disc - Read Only Memory
- DVI - Digital Video Interactive
- DWDM - Dense Wave Division Multiplexing
- DXF - Data Exchange File (Format)
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DAC - Digital-to-Analog Converter
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(D-A-C)
As its name implies this chip accepts digital data as input and outputs analog data. DAC chips can be found in many devices, including modems.
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DAC Discussion
Designing a DAC (example)
DAFS - Direct Access File System
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A method of accessing data from a file server. With DAFS clusters of application servers can efficiently share data and avoid the overhead of standard operating systems.
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DAFS Collaborative
DAFS - Document Attribute Format Specification
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A file format specification developed under an ARPA Document Image Understanding project.
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DAFS Specification
DAO - Data Access Objects
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Any object that works with the Jet database engine. Any application that can use the Jet engine (e.g., Word, Access, Excel) can access a DAO.
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Data Access Objects at Microsoft
DAO - Disk At Once
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A CD-R recording method where everything is written in a single session.
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DAO Discussion
Compact Disc Chapter
DASD - Direct Access Storage Device
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(das-dee)
An IBM term used to indicate any random access storage device (e.g., a hard disk). The alternative would be a sequential access device like a tape.
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Storage Guide
DAT - Digital Audio Tape
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(dat)
The recording of data onto tape using digital signals (ones and zeros) instead of analog data (continuous voltages levels). DAT was first used for audio in the mid-1980s but the basic format has been expanded to any digital data.
DAT recorde...
DB - Database
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A collection of information in a file or related files. DBs are usually controlled by some form of management system (DBMS). Often a database will have an associated program that allows you to enter, update, query, and report on the data. Th...
DB2 - Database 2
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(D-B-2)
An IBM family of relational database products that runs on a variety of platforms.
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DB2 for OS/390 Page
DB2 Tips and Technical Papers
DB2 On-line Magazine
DBMS - Database Management System
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(D-B-M-S)
The combination of hardware and software that allows access to an archived collection of information. Typically, a DBMS works with large sets of data.
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