| D |
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| D3D |
DirectX 3D APIs (Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/ME). |
| DAC |
Digital to Analog Converter. |
| DAT |
Digital Audio Tape. |
| dB |
deciBel (10 dB 1 Bel). |
| DBS |
Digital Broadcasting System. |
| DC |
Direct Current. |
| DCE |
Data Communications Equipment (modem to modem speed). |
| DDC |
Display Data Channel. |
| DDE |
Dynamic Data Exchange. |
| DDMA |
Distributed Direct Memory Access standard. |
| DDR-SDRAM |
Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory. |
| DDSS |
Dolby Digital AC-3 5.1 Surround Sound standard (5 + 1 |
| DEK |
Data Encryption Key. |
| DES |
Data Encryption Standard. |
| DHCP |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. |
| DHTML |
Dynamic HyperText Markup Language (W3C). |
| DIB (1) |
RGB/RLE encoded Microsoft Windows Device Independent
Bitmap. |
| DIB (2) |
Dual Independent Bus architecture (Intel Pentium Pro and
Pentium II/III). |
| DIG |
Digital Imaging Group. |
| DIMM |
Dual In-line Memory Module. |
| DIN |
Deutsches Institut für Normung (German Institute for
Standards). |
| DIP |
Dual In-line Package. |
| DIVX |
Digital Video eXpress (discontinued DVD standard). |
| DLL |
Dynamic Link Library. |
| DLP |
Digital Light Processing technology, also DMD (Texas
Instruments). |
| DLS |
DownLoadable Sounds standard (PCI MIDI). |
| DMA |
Direct Memory Access. |
| DMD |
Digital Micromirror Device, also DLP (Texas Instruments). |
| DME |
Direct Memory Execution (Intel I-740). |
| DMF |
Distribution Media Format: high density floppy disk
(Microsoft). |
| DMI |
Desktop Management Interface. |
| DMTF |
Desktop Management Task Force. |
| DNA |
Distributed interNet Applications architecture (Windows
98). |
| DNS |
Domain Naming System. |
| DOCSIS |
ITU J.112 Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification. |
| DOF |
Depth Of Field (3D video). |
| DOM |
Document Object Model standard (W3C). |
| DOS |
Disk Operating System. |
| DPI |
Dots Per Inch. |
| DPLSS |
Dolby Pro Logic Surround Sound standard (5 channels). |
| DPMA |
Dynamic Power Management Architecture (Intel PCI/AGP
chipsets). |
| DPMI |
DOS Protected Mode Interface. |
| DPMS |
VESA Display Power Management Signaling standard. |
| DRAM |
Dynamic Random Access Memory. |
| DR-DOS |
Lineo (Caldera Digital Research) Disk Operating System. |
| Drive-TIP |
Drive Temperature Indicator Processor (IBM hard drive). |
| DRP |
Distribution and Replication Protocol. |
| DRW |
Micrografx DRaW image file. |
| DS3D |
DirectSound 3D APIs (Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/ME). |
| DSC |
Digital Servo Control (Toshiba CD-ROM). |
| DS/DD |
Double-Sided Double-Density (floppy disk standard: 720
KB). |
| DS/HD |
Double-Sided High-Density (floppy disk standard: 1.44 MB). |
| DSL |
Digital Subscriber Line modem. |
| DSP (1) |
Digital Signal Processor. |
| DSP (2) |
Delivery Service Partner (OEM). |
| DSS (1) |
Digital Satellite System. |
| DSS (2) |
Digital Signature Standard certificate. |
| DSVD |
Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data. |
| DTD |
Document Type Definition. |
| DTE |
Data Terminal Equipment (modem to computer speed). |
| DTP |
DeskTop Publishing. |
| DTR |
Data Transfer Rate (throughput). |
| DTS |
Digital Theatre Surround (3D audio). |
| DTV (1) |
DeskTop Video. |
| DTV (2) |
Digital TeleVision. |
| DUN |
Dial-Up Networking (Microsoft Windows 95/98). |
| DVD |
Digital Versatile (Video) Disc. |
| DVD-2 |
Second generation DVD drive. |
| DVD-R |
Digital Versatile Disk Recordable. |
| DVD-RAM |
Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable Access Media. |
| DVD-ROM |
Digital Versatile Disc Read Only Media. |
| DVD+RW |
Digital Versatile Disk ReWritable (new standard). |
| DVI |
Digital Video Interactive (Intel). |
| DX |
X86 Intel CPU with FPU (386/DX, 486/DX). |
| DX3D |
DirectX 3D APIs (Microsoft Windows 9x/2000/ME). |
| DXF |
AutoDesk picture File. |
| DXR2 |
Dynamic eXtended Resolution 2 technology (Creative Labs
DVD). |
| DXTC |
S3 Direct3D Texture Compression APIs (S3 Savage3D/2000). |
