D

D/A

Digital to Analog Converter (DAC)

DA(S)

Distribution Automation (System)

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

DAC

Digital to Analog Converter (D/A)

DAMA

Demand Assigned Multiple Access

DAT

Digital Audio Tape

dB

DeciBel

dBm

DeciBels (relative to 1 mw)

DBMS

Data Base Management System

DBS

Direct Broadcast Satellite

DBS

Direct Broadcast Service

DBT

Deutsche Bundespost Telekom

DC

Direct Current

DCC

Digital Compact Cassette

DCE

Data Circuit-terminating Equipment

DCE

Distributed Computing Environment (OSF)

DCFL

Direct Coupled Field effect transistor Logic

DCML

Differential Current Mode Logic

DCN

Data Communications Network

DCS

Desktop Color Separation

DCS

Distributed Control System

DCS

Dynamic Channel Selection

DCT

Digital Cordless Telephone

DCT

Discrete Cosine Transform

DCTL

Direct Coupled Transistor Logic

DDCMP

Digital Data Communications Message Protocol (DEC)

DDD

Direct long Distance Dialing (tel)

DDE

Dynamic Data Exchange (MS Windows)

DDS

Digital Data System

DDS

Digital Data Standard (tapes)

DEA

Data Encryption Algorithm

DECNET

Digital Equipment Corporation NETwork

DECT

Digital European Cordless Telecommunications

DES

Data Encryption Standard (NBS)

DFR

Digital Fault (/transient) Recorder

DFT

Discrete Fourier Transform

DFSK

Double Frequency Shift Keying

DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DID

Direct Inward Dialing

DIMM

Dual In line Memory Module

DIN

Deutsche Industrie Norm (Germany)

DIP

Dual In-line Package

DIU

Data Interface Unit

DIX

Digital Intel Xerox (Ethernet)

DIW

type D Inside Wire (STP)

DLC

Data Link Control (sub-layer 2)

DLC

Digital Loop Carrier

DLE

Data Link Escape (char 16 - 10H))

DLG

Digital Line Graph (vector map files format)

DLL

Dynamic Link Library (Windows)

DLSw

Data Link SWitching

DM

Delta Modulation

DMA

Direct Memory Access

DME

Distributed Management Environment

DMI

Desktop Management Interface

DMM

Digital MultiMeter

DMS

Distribution Management System

DMTF

Desktop Management Task Force

DNIC

Data Network Identification Code (X-121)

DNS

Domain Name System (Internet)

DO

Diode Outlook

DPDT

Double-Pole Double-Throw (switch)

dpi

Dots Per Inch

DPSK

Differential Phase Shift Keying

DQPSK

Differential Quaternary Phase Shift Keying

DQDB

Distributed Queue Dual Bus

DRAM

Dynamic Random Access Memory

DS-3

Digital Signalling level 3 (44.768 Mbps)

DS/CDMA

Direct Sequence CDMA

DS/SS

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum

DSI

Digital Speech Interpolation

DSL

Digital Subscriber Line

DSM

Demand Side Management

DSO

Digital Storage Oscilloscope

DSP

Digital Signal Processing

DSS1

Digital Subscriber Signalling System 1 (tel)

DSU

Data Service Unit

DTE

Data Terminal Equipment

DTL

Diode-Transistor Logic

DTMF

Dual Tone MultiFrequency (signalling)

DTP

DeskTop Publishing

DTR

Data Terminal Ready

DTU

Data Terminal Unit

DVD

Digital Video (Versatile?) Disc

DVI

Digital Video Interactive (Intel)

DVM

Digital Volt Meter

DVST

Direct View Storage Tube

DXF

Drawing eXchange file Format

DXI

Data eXchange Interface