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Glossary : D
A to Z of commonly used abbreviations and acronyms
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- .doc : Microsoft Word document format
- DA : Detailed Assessment
- DA : District Audit / District Auditor
- DAAT : Drug and Alcohol Action Team
- DAB : Digital Audio Broadcasting
- DACL : Discretionary Access Control List
- DAISY : Digital Accessible Information System (www.daisy.org)
- DAM : Digital Asset Management
- DAPS : Digital Asset Processing Server
- DAPT : Drug and Alcohol Problem Team
- DARPA : Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DAT : Drug Action Team
- DAZLE : Dark Age Redshift Lyman Explorer (a new astronomical instrument designed to search for infrared objects that emit no optical radiation whatsoever)
- DBFO : Design, Build, Finance and Operate
- DC : District Council
- DCA : Department for Constitutional Affairs
- DCD : De-Coupled Delivery
- DCE : Data Communications Equipment
- DCLG : Department for Communities and Local Government (was ODPM)
- DCMI : Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
- DCMS : Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- DCO or DCOs : Dog Control Order or Dog Control Orders
- DCQE : Department for Curriculum and Quality Enhancement
- DCSA : Defence Communication Services Agency
- DCTS : Defence Centre of Training Support
- DDA : Disability Discrimination Act, 1995
- DDE : Dynamic Data Exchange
- DDN : Defence Data Network
- DDoS : Distributed Denial of Service
- DEA : Disability and Equality Agenda
- Decs : Decorations
- DED : Disability Equality Duty
- DEFRA : Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- DEFRA : Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (previously known as MAFF)
- DEK : Data Encryption Key
- DEM : Digital Elevation Model
- Dept or DEPT : Department
- DES : Data Encryption Standard
- DETR : Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
- DfES or DFES : Department for Education and Skills
- DFG or DFGs : Disabled Facilities Grant / Disabled Facilities Grants
- DHCP : Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
- DHTML : Dynamic HTML / Dynamic Hypertext Mark-up Language
- DIAL : Disablement Information and Advice Line
- DICOM : Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
- DINKY : Dual Income No Kids Yet
- DIP : Data, Information, and Process Integration
- DIS : Departmental Integration Service
- DiTV or DITV : Digital
Interactive Television Group (http://www.ditg.tv) Digital Television. To
be used over time to deliver council information to customers who do not
have access to a PC at home.
- DLL : Dynamic-Link Library
- DLM : Data Lifecycle Management
- DLO : Defence Logistics Organisation
- DLO : Direct Labour Organisation
- DLP : Defence Learning Portal
- DLR : Deep Link Ratio
- DM : Danger Mouse
- DM : Document Management
- DMA : Direct Memory Access
- DMB : Digital Multimedia Broadcasting
- DMCA : Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- DMRB : Design Manual for Roads and Bridges Screening Model
- DMS : Destination Management System
- DMZ : Demilitarized Zone. In computer networking a DMZ is a firewall configuration for securing local area networks (LANs).
- DNS : Domain Name System / Domain Name Server / Domain Name Service. A DNS is the system that translates Internet domain names into IP numbers. A "DNS Server" is a server that performs this kind of translation
- DNSRD : Domain Name System Resources Directory
- DoE : Department of the Environment
- DoH : Department of Health
- DOI : Digital Object Identifier(s)
- DoITT : Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
- DOM : Document Object Model
- DOM1 : Document Object Model Level 1 Specification
- DoS : denial of service
- DoT : Department of Transport
- DPA : Data Protection Act
- DPA : Defence Procurement Agency
- DPI : Dots Per Inch - printer resolution, the higher the number the crisper the print
- DPTAC : Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee
- DRC : Disability Rights Commission
- DS : Development Services
- DSA : Digital Signature Algorithm
- DSB : Development and Scrutiny Board
- DSC : Development and Scrutiny Committee
- DSDL : Document Schema Definition Languages
- DSE : Display Screen Equipment
- DSEAR : Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002
- DSL : Digital Subscriber Line - a type of high-speed Internet access for consumers. This is a technology that allows for digital transmission over existing telephone lines. DSL service is typically many times faster than a 56K modem while allowing for regular phone/voice usage simultaneously on the same telephone line. Although DSL service does not exist in all areas, it is currently more available than cable modem service. DSL service is an "always-on" type of connection, which is especially vulnerable to hacker attacks. Users can prevent unauthorised access with a software firewall product (see also ADSL).
- DSO : Direct Services Organisation
- DSR : Distance Selling Regulations 2000
- DSS : Department of Social Security
- DSS : Digital Signature Standard
- DTB : Digital Talking Book
- DTD : Data Type Definition
- DTD : document type definition
- DTE : Data Terminal Equipment
- DTI : Department of Trade and Industry
- DTLR : Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
- DTM : Digital Terrain Model
- DTP : Desk Top Publishing
- DTV : Digital Television
- DVD : Digital Versatile Disc
- DVD : Digital Video Disc
- DVLA : Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
- DWDM : Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
- DWP : Department for Work and Pensions
- DX : Document Exchange
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