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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)