List of acronyms: D

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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter D.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

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DA[edit]

DB[edit]

DC[edit]

DD[edit]

DE[edit]

DF[edit]

DG[edit]

DH[edit]

DI[edit]

DJ[edit]

DK[edit]

DL[edit]

DM[edit]

DN[edit]

DO[edit]

DP[edit]

DQ[edit]

DR[edit]

DS[edit]

DT[edit]

DU[edit]

DV[edit]

DW[edit]

DX[edit]

DY[edit]

DZ[edit]

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