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ALL meanings of dd

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  • abbreviation DD direct debit 3
  • abbreviation DD Doctor of Divinity 3
  • abbreviation DD delivered 3
  • noun Definition of dd in Technology 1.   (storage)   double density. 2.   (database)   data dictionary. 3.   (programming)   Deployment Descriptor. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of dd A Unix copy command with special options suitable for block-oriented devices; it was often used in heavy-handed system maintenance, as in "Let's "dd" the root partition onto a tape, then use the boot PROM to load it back on to a new disk". dd had a distinctly non-Unixy keyword option syntax reminiscent of IBM System/360 JCL (which had an elaborate DD "Dataset Definition" specification for I/O devices). Though the command filled a need, the interface design was clearly a prank. 1
  • noun dd A Unix command for data transfer and modification. 0
  • abbreviation DD day, in two-digit, numeric format, as in: dd/mm/yyyy. 0
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