3-letter words starting with d
- ddd — a colorless, crystalline insecticide, (ClC6H4)2CHCHCl2, closely related to DDT but considered to be less toxic to animals; TDE
- dde — a toxic residue of DDT often found in animal tissue: it inhibits calcium production, causing many birds to produce extremely thin eggshells that break on contact with the brooder
- ddl — 1. ["A Digital System Design Language (DDL)", J.R. Duley, IEEE Trans on Computers c-17(9), pp. 850-861, Sep 1968]. 2. (language, games) An adventure language developed by M. Urban, C. Kostanick et al of the UCLA Computer Club. DDL was the forerunner of ADL. 3. Data Definition Language. 4. Document Description Language. 5. Dynamic Data Exchange. (Originally "Linking").
- ddm — 1. (protocol, database) Distributed Data Management. 2. (language) Data Driven Machine.
- ddn — Defense Data Network
- ddo — Dynamic Drive Overlay
- ddp — a method of organizing data processing that uses a central computer in combination with smaller local computers or terminals, which communicate with the central computer and perhaps with one another.
- ddr — Deutsche Demokratische Republik (the former East Germany; GDR)
- dds — Dewey Decimal System
- ddt — DDT is a poisonous substance which is used for killing insects.
- ddw — distributed data warehouse
- de' — dei (used in Italian names as an elided form of dei): de' Medici.
- de- — De- is added to a verb in order to change the meaning of the verb to its opposite.
- dea — Data Encryption Algorithm
- deb — A deb is the same as a debutante.
- dec — Digital Equipment Corporation
- ded — (in the Russian army) a soldier who has served two or three years
- dee — a river in N Wales and NW England, rising in S Gwynedd and flowing east and north to the Irish Sea. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
- def — very good, esp of hip-hop
- deg — to water (a plant, etc)
- dei — by the grace of God.
- dek — Data Encryption Key
- del — the differential operator i(∂/∂x) + j(∂/∂y) + k(∂/∂z), where i, j, and k are unit vectors in the x, y, and z directions
- dem — a member of the Democratic Party.
- den — A den is the home of certain types of wild animals such as lions or foxes.
- dep — Deposit.
- der — Distinguished Encoding Rules
- des — Department of Education and Science
- det — diethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic drug
- dev — a software developer: a game dev; a web dev.
- dew — small drops of moisture, such as tears
- dex — a tablet of the drug Dexedrine
- dey — the title given to commanders or (from 1710) governors of the Janissaries of Algiers (1671–1830)
- dfa — Doctor of Fine Arts
- dfc — Distinguished Flying Cross
- dfd — Data Flow Diagram
- dfe — Department for Education
- dfm — Distinguished Flying Medal
- dfs — 1. (algorithm) Depth-First Search. 2. (file system) Distributed File System.
- dft — discrete Fourier transform
- dfu — Designated Fallen Union
- dgl — 1. Data Generation Language. A tool for generating test data for hardware or software systems. 2. Distributed GL.
- dgm — Damned Good Musicians
- dgr — Dancer Group Representative
- dha — District Health Authority
- dhb — District Health Board
- dhs — (in Canada) district high school
- di- — twice; two; double
- dib — to fish by allowing the bait to bob and dip on the surface
- did — Did is the past tense of do1.