Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms

D&F
Determination and Findings

D-H
Diffie-Hellman

D-SPEC
Process Specification

D/A
digital-to-analog

DA
Data Administration

DA
Department of the Army

DA
Developing Activity

DA
domain analysis

DAA
Designated Approving Authority

DAAS
Defense Automatic Addressing System

DAASO
Defense Automatic Addressing System Office

DAB
Defense Acquisition Board

DAC
data acquisition and control

DAC
days after contract [begins]

DAC
Digital Analog Converter

DAC
Discretionary Access Control

DAC
Dual Attachment Concentrator

DACM
Director Acquisition Career Management

DACS
Data and Analysis Center for Software

DADARM
Sense And Destroy Armor

DAE
Defense Acquisition Executive

DAES
Defense Acquisition Executive Summary

DAF
Department of the Air Force

DAL
Data Accessions List

DAMA
Demand Assigned Multiple Access

DAMES
Defense Automated Message Execution System

DAMMS-R
Army Movements Managements System - Redesign

DANET
Data Administration Network

DAO
Defense Agency Operations

DAP
Directory Access Protocol

DAPM
Domain Analysis Process Model

DAR
Data Automation Request

DAR
Decision Analysis and Resolution

DAR
Defense Acquisition Regulations

DARA
Directorate of Administration, Reprographics Branch

DARK
distributed Ada real-time kernel

DARMP
Defense Automation Resources Management Program

DARPA
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DART
Direct Access Repository Toolkit

DART
Dynamic Analysis Replanning Tool

DASC
Direct Air Support Center

DASC
Documented Ada Style Checker

DASD
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

DASD
Direct Access Storage Device

DASDATA
Dynamic Assembly for Systems Adaptability, Dependability, and Assurance

DASET
Dissemination of Ada Software Engineering Technology Project

DASN (C4I/EW/Space)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for (C4I/EW/Space)

DAT
Digital Audio Tape

DATSA
depot automatic test station for avionics

DATTA
District Attorneys' Technology Theft Association

DAU
Data Acquisition Unit

DAU
Defense Acquisition University

DAWIA
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act

DBA
database administrator

DBDD
database design document

DBDF
database display function

DBM
database management

DBM
name of a company; not an acronym

DBME
Database Management Environment

DBMS
database management system

DBof
Defense Business Operating Fund

DBRITE
Digital Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment

DBSM
Database Systems Manager

DC
Direct Current

DC
Distributed Center

DC
District of Columbia

DCA
Defense Communications Agency

DCA
Development Cost Avoidance

DCA
Digital Computer Association

DCA
Document Control Architecture

DCAA
Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCAPES
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segment

DCAS
Defense Contract Administrative Services

DCASR
Defense Contract Administrative Services Region

DCB
Data Control Block

DCDS
Distributed Computing Design System

DCE
Data Communications Equipment

DCE
Distributed Computing Environment

DCI
Digital Consulting Inc.

DCI
Director of Central Intelligence

DCL
DEC command language

DCLE
Data Conversion Language Engine

DCMA
Defense Contract Management Agency

DCMC
Defense Contract Management Command

DCOM
distributed component object model

DCP
decision coordinating paper

DCP
Defense Communications Plan

DCPS
Data Communications Protocol Standards

DCR
Document Change Request

DCS
Damage Control System

DCS
Defense Communications System

DCS
Deputy-Chief of Staff

DCS
Digital Cross-Connect Switch

DCS
Display Control Subsystem

DCSCOPS
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

DCSP
Design Controlled Spare Parts

DCT
Discrete Cosine Transform

DCTN
Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network

DCU
Data Control Unit

DD
data dictionary

DD/DS
Data Dictionary/Directory System

DDA
Demand Deposit Account

DDA
Domain Defined Attributes

DDBMS
distributed database management system

DDC
Document Design Center

DDCMP
Digital Data Communications Message Protocol

DDDS
Defense Data Dictionary System

DDE
Data Dictionary Entry

DDE
Dynamic Data Exchange

DDEW
database design and evaluation workbench

DDI
Deputy Director of Intelligence

DDI
Director, Defense Information

DDL
Data Definition Language

DDN
Defense Data Network

DDoS
Distributed Denial of Service

DDR&E
Director of Defense Research and Engineering

DDRS
Defense Data Repository System

DDRSC
Defense Data Repository Steering Committee

DDS
Data Dictionary System

DDS
Data Distribution System

DDS
Dataphone Digital Service

DDS
Digital Data System

DDS
Direct Digital Service

DDS
Dual Driver Service

DE
Disciplined Engineering

DE/CIS
Data Entry/Cockpit Interface System

DEA
Data Exchange Agreement

DEC
Digital Equipment Corporation

DECCO
Defense Commercial Communications Office

DECUS
DEC User's Society

DED
Data Element Dictionary

DEFULES
Detachable, Fuel, Utility Liquid Exchange System

DEIS
Defense Enterprise Integration Services

DEK
Data Encrypting Keys

Dem/Val
Demonstration/Validation

DEPSECDEF
Deputy Secretary of Defense

DEQUE
Double Ended Queue

DER
distinguished encoding rules

DES
Data Encryption Standard

DEV
Data Element Value

DFAR
Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations

DFARS
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DFARS
Defense Federal Acquisition Supplement

DFAS
Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DFD
data flow diagram

DfR
Design for Reuse

DG
Data General

DGSIT
Deploying Group Systems Integration Testing

DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

DHS
DeparDepartment of Homeland Security

DHS
DeparDepartment of Human Services

DHTML
Dynamic HTML

DI
data item

DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency

DIA
Document Interchange Architecture

DIAP
Defense-Wide Information Assurance Program

DIB
Directory Information Base

DICE
DARPA Initiative in Concurrent Engineering

DIDS
data item descriptions

DIF
Data Interchange Format

DII
Defense Information Infrastructure

DII-COE
Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment

DII/COE
defense information infrastructure/common operating environment

DIIHSMD
Defense Information Infrastructure Hardware/Software Management Department

DIM
Defense Information Management

DIMM
Double In-line Memory Module

DIN
Device Identification Number

DIP
Dual In-line Pin

DIRDONIRM
Director, Department of the Navy, Information Resources Management

DIREP
Difficulty Report

DIS
Defense Information System

DIS
distributed interactive simulation

DIS
draft international standard

DISA
Defense Information Systems Agency

DISA/CIM
Defense Information Systems Agency/Center for Information Management

DISC4
Director of Information Systems, Command, Control, Communications, and Computers

DISC4
Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers

DISCO
Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office

DISN
Defense Information Systems Network

DISNET
Defense Integrated Secure Network

DISO
Defense Information Services Organization

DISOSS
Distributed Office Supported System

DIST
Defense Integration Support Tools

DIT
Directory Information Tree

DITSO
Defense Information Technology Services Organization

Div
Division

DJMPS
Defense Joint Military Pay System

DLA
Defense Logistics Agency

DLED
Dedicated Loop Encryption Device

DLL
Dynamic Linked Library

DLSC
Defense Logistics Services Center

DM
Data Management

DM
Decision Memorandum

DMA
Defense Mapping Agency

DMA
direct memory access

DMC
Defense Megacenter

DMCA
Digital Millennium Copyright Act

DMD
Directory Management Domain

DMDD
Defense Medical Data Dictionary

DME
Direct Machine Environment

DMIS
Defense Medical Information System

DML
Data Manipulation Language

DMLIS
Defense Medical Logistics Information System

DMM
Dynamic Memory Management

DMMIS
Depot Management Information System

DMP
Data Management Plan

DMP
Disk-Storage Management Program

DMR
Defense Management Report

DMR
Defense Management Review

DMRD
Defense Management Resource Decision

DMS
Data Management System

DMS
Defense Message System

DMSO
Defense Modeling & Simulation Office

DMSO
Defense Modeling and Simulation Office

DMSP
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DMT
Discrete Multitone

DNA
Defense Nuclear Agency

DNA
Digital Network Architecture

DNHN
Department of the Navy Headquarters Network

DNI
detailed network interface

DNS
Domain Name System

DO
Director's Office

DO
Disbursing Officer

DOC
Department of Commerce

DOD
Department of Defense

DOD-STD
Department of Defense Standard

DoDAAC
Department of Defense Activity Address Code

DoDCI
Department of Defense Computer Institute

DoDD
Department of Defense Directive

DoDD
DoD Directive

DODDad
DoD Data Administrator

DODI
Department of Defense Instruction

DODI
DoD Instruction

DODIIS
DoD Intelligence Information Systems

DODIISS
Department of Defense intelligence information system

DODISS
Depart of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards

DODISS
DoD Index of Specifications and Standards

DODM
DoD Manual

DOE
Department of Energy

DOIM
Directorate of Information Management

DOJ
Department of Justice

DON
Department of the Navy

DONEIS
DON Enterprise Information System

DONINPO
DON Information Network Program Office

DONPIC
DON Program Information Center

DOS
Department of State

DOS
disk operating system

DOT
Department of Transportation

DOT
distributed object technology

DOT&E
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation

DP
data processing

DP
defect prevention

DP
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs

DPA
Delegation of Procurement Authority

DPA
Direct Pricing Agreement

DPC
Data Processing Center

DPG
Defense Planning Guidance

DPI
Data Processing Installation

DPI
dots per inch

DPL
Degausser Products List

DPMA
Data Processessing Management Association

DPRO
Defense Plant Representative Office

DPSK
Differential Phase-Shift Keying

DR
Deficiency Report

DRAGOON
Distributed, Reusable Ada Generated from an Object-Oriented Notation

DRAM
Dynamic Random Access Memory

DRB
Defense Resources Board

DRC
data rights clause

DRC
Dynamics Research Corporation

DRDA
Distributed Relational Database Architecture

DREN
Defense Research Engineering Network

DRM
Data Resource Management

DRM
Defense Acquisition Board Readiness Meeting

DRMS
Defense Resource Management System

DRPM
Direct Reporting Program Manager

DS
Database Specification

DS
design stability

DS
distributed services

DS
Distributed Systems

DS
Dynamic Systems

DSA
Defense System Aquisition

DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm

DSA
Directory System Agent

DSA
Distributed Systems Architecture

DSAC
Defense Systems Automation Center

DSARC
Defense Systems Aquisition Review Council

DSB
Defense Science Board

DSCOPS
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans

DSCS
Defense Satellite Communications System

DSDM
Dynamic Systems Development Method

DSE
Deputy for Software Engineering

DSE
Deputy for Software Evaluation

DSEE
DOMAIN Software Engineering Environment

DSI
Defense Simulation Internet

DSI
Defense System Information

DSI
delivered source instruction

DSIC
Defense Standards Improvement Council

DSLOC
delivered source lines of code

DSM
Data Strategy Management

DSM
Digital Standard MUMPS

DSM
Distributed Shared Memory

DSMC
Defense Systems Management College

DSN
Deep Space Network

DSN
Defense Switched Network

DSO
Defense Sciences Office

DSP
Defense Standardization Program

DSP
Defense Support Program

DSP
Digital Signal Processing

DSP
Directory System Protocol

DSRS
Defense Software Repository System

DSS
Decision Support System

DSS
Digital Signature Standard

DSSA
domain-specific software architecture

DSSC
Distributed Services Steering Committee

DSSP
Defense Standards and Specification Program

DSSSL
Document Style Semantics and Specification Language

DSTO
Defense Science and Technology Organization

DSU
Data Service Unit

DSU
Dependable Systems Upgrade

DSVD
Digital Simultaneous Voice Data

DSVT
Digital Subscriber Voice Terminal

DSWA
Defense Special Weapons Agency

DSWC
digital stall warning computer

DT
Development Test

DT
Developmental Test

DT&E
development test and evaluation

DT&E
Developmental Test and Evaluation

DTC
Design To Cost

DTC
Desktop Tactical Computer

DTC-2
Desktop Tactical Computer - 2

DTD
Data Transfer Device

DTD
document type definition

DTE
data terminal equipment

DTG
Date Time Group

DTI
Department of Trade and Industry

DTIC
Defense Technical Information Center

DTLC
Descriptive Top Level Specification

DTMP
DCPS Technical Management Panel

DTN
Defense Telecommunications Network

DTP
Desk Top Publishing

DTS
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service

DTS
Distributed Time Service

DTWG
Data Tools Working Group

DUA
Directory User Agent

DUSD
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense

DUSDR&AT
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Advanced Technology

DVD
Digital Video Disc

DVD
Digital Video Drive

DVI
digital video interactive

DVITS
Digital Video Imagery Transmission System

DVR
Digital Video Recorder

DWA
Data Warehouse Administrator

DWG
Dependability Working Group

DWIM
do what I mean

DwR
Design with Reuse

DWTS
Digital Wideband Trucking System

DX
Directory Exchange

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