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D-Shell Connector

D-Type Flip-Flop

DA

DA

Daily Build and Smoke Test (DBST)

Daisy Chain Routers

Daisy Wheel Printer

Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS)

Dancing Baloney

Data Access Arrangement (DAA)

Data Acquisition

Data Acquisition Hardware (DAQ Hardware)

Data Acquisition System

Data Administration

Data Aggregation

Data Analytics Platform

Data Annotation

Data Archaeology

Data Architecture

Data as a Platform (DaaP)

Data as a Service (DaaS)

Data At Rest Protection (DARP)

Data Augmentation

Data Availability

Data Center Architecture

Data Center as a Service (DCaaS)

Data Center Automation

Data Center Backup

Data Center Capacity Management

Data Center Capacity Planning

Data Center Colocation

Data Center Consolidation

Data Center Construction

Data Center Container

Data Center Cooling

Data Center Design

Data Center Hardware

Data Center Hosting

Data Center In A Box

Data Center Infrastructure

Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency (DCIE)

Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)

Data Center Interconnect

Data Center Layout

Data Center Management

Data Center Management Software

Data Center Manager (DCM)

Data Center Markup Language (DCML)

Data Center Migration

Data Center Monitoring

Data Center Networking

Data Center Operations

Data Center Optimization

Data Center Outsourcing (DCO)

Data Center Power Management

Data Center Rack

Data Center Security

Data Center Services

Data Center Storage

Data Center Technician

Data Center Tier Levels

Data Center Topology

Data Center Transformation

Data Center Virtualization

Data Cholesterol

Data Collection

Data Collection System (DCS)

Data Communications (DC)

Data Communications Equipment (DCE)

Data Compression

Data Consolidation

Data Conversion

Data Corruption

Data De-Identification

Data Deduplication

Data Definition Language (DDL)

Data Democratization

Data Dictionary

Data Distribution Service (DDS)

Data Encapsulation

Data Encryption Key (DEK)

Data Encryption Standard (DES)

Data Enrichment

Data Execution Prevention (DEP)

Data Exfiltration

Data Exploration

Data Extraction

Data Federation Technology

Data Flow Model

Data Governance (DG)

Data Governance Framework

Data Governance Office (DGO)

Data in Transit

Data Independence

Data Infrastructure

Data Infrastructure Hygiene

Data Integration

Data Integration Architect

Data Integration Service

Data Intelligence

Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA)

Data Journalism

Data Link Control (DLC)

Data Link Layer

Data Link Switching (DLSw)

Data Localization

Data Loss Prevention (DLP)

Data Management

Data Management and Integration (DMI)

Data Management Association (DAMA)

Data Management Platform (DMP)

Data Management Software (DMS)

Data Management Strategy

Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Data Marketplace

Data Obfuscation (DO)

Data Organization

Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS)

Data Perturbation

Data Portability

Data Preprocessing

Data privacy (Information privacy)

Data Protection

Data Protection as a Service (DPaaS)

Data Protection Directive

Data Protection Management (DPM)

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Data Protection Policy

Data Protection Scheme

Data Protection Software

Data Quality as a Service (DQaaS)

Data Quality Assessment (DQA)

Data Quality Management (DQM)

Data Quality Monitoring

Data Recovery Agent (DRA)

Data Recovery Disk

Data Recovery Service

Data Recovery Software

Data Recovery Specialist

Data Redundancy

Data Repository

Data Resilience

Data Robot (Drobo)

Data Science Platform

Data Server (DS)

Data Sovereignty

Data Subject Request (DSR)

Data Synchronization

Data Terminal Equipment (DTE)

Data Transfer Rate (DTR)

Data Transformation

Data Transformation Services (DTS)

Data Transmission

Data Validation

Data Verification

Data Virtualization

Data Visualization

Data Visualization Software

Data Warehouse (DW)

Data Warehouse Appliance

Data Warehouse Architect

Data-Driven Decision Making (DDDM)

Data-Driven Testing (DDT)

Data-Retention Policy

Data-Sending Trojan

Database Activity Monitoring (DAM)

Database Administration

Database Administrator (DBA)

Database Analyst

Database as a Service (DBaaS)

Database Authentication

Database Backup

Database Clustering

Database Column

Database Concurrency

Database Developer

Database Encryption and Decryption

Database Engine

Database Engine Tuning Advisor

Database Front End

Database Management System (DBMS)

Database Manager (DB Manager)

Database Marketing

Database Mirroring

Database Object

Database Performance Management

Database Performance Monitoring

Database Replication

Database Report

Database Repository

Database Schema

Database Security

Database Server

Database Software

Database Trigger

DataStage Parallel Extender (DataStage PX)

DB

DC

DC

DC

DD

DDoS Prevention

DE

De-Content Scrambling System (DeCSS)

Dead Hard Drive Recovery

Dead Tree Edition

Deal Registration

Death by Tweakage (DBT)

Debian GNU/Linux

Debugging in SAP

Decentralized Application (DApp)

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Decentralized Identity Management

Decimal To Hexadecimal (D2X)

Decision Automation

Decision Scientist

Decision Support System (DSS)

Decision Table (DETAB)

Decision Theory

Decision Tree Software

Declarative Programming

Deconvolutional Neural Network (DNN)

Decoupled Architecture

Decrement Operator

Dedicated Access Line

Dedicated Hosting

Dedicated IP Address

Dedicated Server

Dedicated Short Code (DSC)

Deep Belief Network (DBN)

Deep Convolutional Inverse Graphics Network (DC-IGN)

Deep Neural Network

Deep Packet Capture (DPC)

Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

Deep Q-Networks

Deep Reinforcement Learning (Deep RL)

Deep Residual Network (Deep ResNet)

Deep Stubborn Network (StubNet)

Default Browser

Default Gateway

Default Values - Database

Default-Free Zone (DFZ)

Defect Analysis

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Defense In Depth

Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)

Defense Message System (DMS)

Defensive Patent

Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC)

Deflection Routing

Degenerate Strategy

Degradation of Service Attack

Dekker's Algorithm

Delay Distortion

Delay-Locked Loop (DLL)

Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT)

Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)

Deleted File Recovery

Delta Channel (D Channel)

Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA)

Demand Forecasting

Demand Management

Demand Planning

Demand Progress

Demand Signal Repository (DSR)

Demand-Driven Value Network (DDVN)

Demarcation Point

Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

Demo (Demo Scene and Demo Party)

Demographic Data

Demultiplex (DEMUX)

Demultiplexer (dmux)

Denial-of-Service Attack (DoS)

Denoising Autoencoder (DAE)

Denormalization

Denotational Semantics

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM)

Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF)

Dependency Hell

Dependent Variable

Derivative Work Right

Derived Data Type

Descriptive Video Service (DVS)

Design For Manufacturing (DFM)

Design Web Format (DWF)

Designated Router

Desk Accessory (DA)

Desktop Administration (DA)

Desktop as a Service (DaaS)

Desktop Database

Desktop Environment (DE)

Desktop Management

Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

Desktop Publishing (DTP)

Desktop Supercomputer

Desktop Video Conferencing (DTVC)

Desktop Virtualization

Destructive Trojan

Deterministic Algorithm

Deterministic Automaton

Deterministic Finite Automaton (DFA)

Deterministic System

Developer Evangelist

Development Data Platform (DDP)

Development Environment

Development Server

Device API (DAP)

Device Management

Device Management Software

Device Relationship Management (DRM)

Device Software Optimization (DSO)

Device Under Test (DUT)

DevOps Engineer

DevRel (DeveloperRelations)

DG

Dial Other Internet Providers (DOIP)

Dial-on-Demand Routing (DDR)

Dial-Up Connection

Dial-Up Networking (DUN)

Dialed Number Identification Service (DNIS)

Dictionary Attack

Difference Engine

Differencing Disk

Differential Backup

Differential Incremental Backup

Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange

Diffusing Update Algorithm (DUAL)

Digest Authentication

Digital Access and Cross-Connect System (DACS)

Digital Amnesia

Digital AMPS (D-AMPS)

Digital Asset Management (DAM)

Digital Audio Tape (DAT)

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)

Digital Certificate

Digital Commerce (D-Commerce)

Digital Compact Cassette (DCC)

Digital Control

Digital Currency

Digital Darkroom

Digital Dashboard

Digital Dial Tone

Digital Disruption

Digital Down Converter (DCC)

Digital Dualism

Digital Economy

Digital Employee Experience (DEX)

Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT)

Digital Envelope

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Digital Espionage

Digital Fingerprinting

Digital Footprint

Digital Forensics

Digital Identity

Digital Illustration

Digital Imaging And Communications In Medicine (DICOM)

Digital Immigrant

Digital Influence

Digital Invisible Ink

Digital Library

Digital Light Processing (DLP)

Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)

Digital Loop Carrier (DLC)

Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing Hub

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Digital Multimeter (DMM)

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

Digital Opportunity Index (DOI)

Digital Photo Album

Digital Photography

Digital Printing

Digital Projector

Digital Revolution

Digital Rights Management (DRM)

Digital Sense Multiple Access (DSMA)

Digital Signage

Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

Digital Signature

Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)

Digital Signature Standard (DSS)

Digital Simultaneous Voice and Data (DSVD)

Digital Single-Lens Reflex Camera (DSLR)

Digital Sovereignty

Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM)

Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV)

Digital Theater Sound (DTS)

Digital To Analog Conversion (D/A)

Digital Transformation

Digital Transformation Consulting (DTC)

Digital Transmission Content Protection Over Internet Protocol (DTCP-IP)

Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)

Digital Versatile Disc-Read Only Memory (DVD-ROM)

Digital Versatile Disk Rewritable (DVD-R)

Digital VHS (D-VHS)

Digital Video (DV)

Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB)

Digital Video Broadcasting - Cable (DVB-C)

Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld (DVB-H)

Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial (DVB-T)

Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite Second Generation (DVB-S2)

Digital Video Camera (DVCAM)

Digital Video Express (DIVX)

Digital Video Recorder (DVR)

Digital Video Surveillance System

Digital Visual Interface (DVI)

Digital Watermark

Digital Watermarking

Digital Whiteboard

Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC)

Digitizer Tablet

Dimension Table

Dimensionality Reduction

Dining Philosophers Problem

Direct Access File System (DAFS)

Direct Access Storage Device (DASD)

Direct Attached Storage (DAS)

Direct Cable Connection (DCC)

Direct Chip Cooling

Direct Connection

Direct Inward Dial (DID)

Direct Inward Dialing

Direct Marketing

Direct Memory Access (DMA)

Direct Message (DM)

Direct Response Marketing

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)

Direct-Connect Modem

Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)

Directed Speech Recognition

Directional Attributes

Directional Coupler

Directional Pad (D-Pad)

Directional Sound

Directory Client Agent (DCA)

Directory Harvest Attack (DHA)

Directory Server Agent (DSA)

Directory Service Markup Language (DSML)

Directory Services

Directory System Agent (DSA)

Directory Traversal

Directory User Agent (DUA)

Dirty Paper Coding (DPC)

Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

Disaster Recovery Center

Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

Disaster Recovery Site (DR Site)

Disaster Recovery Software

Disaster Recovery Team

Disconnect Anxiety

Discoverability

Discoverability

Discoverable Mode

Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

Disintermediation

Disjunctive Normal Form (DNF)

Disk and Execution Monitor (Daemon)

Disk Defragmentation

Disk Formatting

Disk to Tape (D2T)

Disk Usage (DU)

Disk-Based Data Protection (DDP)

Disk-to-Disk (D2D)

Disk-to-Disk-to-Cloud (D2D2C)

Disk-To-Disk-To-Tape (D2D2T)

Display Monitor

Disposable Computer

Disposable Email

Disruption-Tolerant Network (DTN)

Disruptive Technology

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)

Distance Vector Routing Protocol (DVRP)

Distributed Antenna System (DAS)

Distributed Application

Distributed Artificial Intelligence (DAI)

Distributed Cache

Distributed Cloud

Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)

Distributed Computing (DCI)

Distributed Computing System

Distributed Data Protection (DDP)

Distributed Database

Distributed Database Management System (DDBMS)

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

Distributed Denial of Service Prevention (DDoS Prevention)

Distributed Development

Distributed File System (DFS)

Distributed Network

Distributed Processing

Distributed Relational Database Architecture (DRDA)

Distributed Search

Distributed System

Distributed Transaction

Distributed Version Control System (DVCS)

Distribution Software

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

DllImport Attribute

DM

DNA Digital Data Storage

DNS Amplification Attack

DNS Cache Poisoning

DNS Load Balancing

DO

Do It With Others (DIWO)

Do It Yourself (DIY)

Do What I Mean (DWIM)

Docking Station

DoCoMo Java (DoJa)

Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX)

Document Management

Document Object Model (DOM)

Document Reader

Document Type Definition (DTD)

Document Versioning

Document-Oriented Database

DoD Directive 8570 (DoDD 8570)

DOD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP)

DOD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP)

Domain Authority

Domain Controller (DC)

Domain Hijacking

Domain Migration

Domain Name Dispute

Domain Name Registrant

Domain Name Registrar

Domain Name Server Amplification Attack (DNS Amplification Attack)

Domain Name System (DNS)

Domain Name System Based List (DNSBL)

Domain Name System Parking (DNS Parking)

Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)

Domain Security Policy

Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)

Domain-Specific Language (DSL)

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)

Dominio Internet Inter-Orb Protocol

Don't Be Evil Tool

DOS Command Prompt

Dot Matrix Printer (DMP)

Dots Per Inch (DPI)

Dotted Decimal Notation

Double Data Rate (DDR)

Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR SDRAM)

Double-density (DD)

Double-Ended Queue (Deque)

Doubly Linked List

Douglas Engelbart

DP

Drawing Exchange Format (DXF)

Drive-By Download

Drive-By Pharming

Driver Development Kit (DDK)

Driving While Texting (DWT)

DS

DS

DTS-HD Master Audio (DTS-HD)

DU

Dual In-line Memory Module (DIMM)

Dual Inline Package Switch (DIP Switch)

Dual Processor (DP)

Dual Stack Network

Dual-Homed Host

Dual-Mode Device

Dual-Ring Topology

Dual-Tone Multifrequency (DTMF)

Dublin Core (DC)

Dude, Just Google It (DJGI)

Dumpster Diving

Duplex Printing

Duplication Bug (Dupe Bug)

DV

DVD-Audio (DVD-A)

DVI-To-VGA Adapter

Dvorak Keyboard

DW

Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)

Dye-Sublimation Printer

Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)

Dynamic Code Analysis

Dynamic Content

Dynamic Content

Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)

Dynamic Data Masking (DDM)

Dynamic Database Management System (Dynamic DBMS)

Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS)

Dynamic Function Loading

Dynamic Hashing

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server (DHCP Server)

Dynamic HTML (DHTML)

Dynamic HyperText Markup Language (DHTML)

Dynamic Internet Protocol Address (Dynamic IP Address)

Dynamic IP Address

Dynamic Library

Dynamic Link Library (DLL)

Dynamic Network Address Translation (Dynamic NAT)

Dynamic Pricing

Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)

Dynamic Routing

Dynamic Smart Cooling

Dynamic Structured Query Language (Dynamic SQL)

Dynamic Virtual Private Network (DVPN)