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Diploma mill A diploma mill (also known as a degree mill) is an organization that awards academic degrees and diplomas with very little or no academic study, and without recognition by official accrediting bodies. These degrees are often awarded based on life experience.
Diploma of Collegial Studies The Diploma of Collegial Studies (DCS or DEC, from the French Diplôme d'études collégiales) is issued by the province of Quebec, Canada at the completion of post-secondary studies at a CEGEP or a private college. The diploma is awarded for two types of programs: two years of pre-university studies or three years of professional technical studies.
Diploma of Education The Diploma of Education, or DipEd as it is often abbreviated, is a qualification awarded after the academic study of Education in the United Kingdom. Nowadays, however, it is more common for those intending to become teachers to go along one of two routes:
Diploma of Imperial College The Diploma of the Imperial College (DIC) is an academic certificate awarded by Imperial College London to its students upon graduation. As part of the University of London, Imperial College bestows the University of London's degrees as well as its own diplomas.
Diploma Ottonianum The Diploma Ottonianum was a document co-signed during the darkest days of the Papacy by Pope John XII and Otto I, King of the Germans; it confirmed the earlier Donation of Pippin, granting control of the Papal States to the Popes, regularizing Papal elections, and clarifying the relationship between the Popes and the Holy Roman Emperors.
Diploma Supplement The Diploma Supplement (DS) is a document attached to a higher education diploma aiming at improving international ‘transparency’ and at facilitating the academic and professional recognition of qualifications (diplomas, degrees, certificates etc.).
Diplomacy Diplomacy is the act and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or nations. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, culture, economics, trade, and war.
Diplomacy (board game) Diplomacy is a board game, war game, and strategy game set in Europe in the era before the beginning of World War I. Diplomacy was the first commercially published game to be played by mail; only chess, which is in the public domain, saw significant postal play earlier.
Diplomacy (book) Diplomacy is a 1994 book written by former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. It is a sweep of the history of international relations and the art of diplomacy, largely concentrating on the 20th century and the Western World.
Diplomacy Monitor Diplomacy Monitor is an internet-based tool to monitor diplomacy documents (communiques, official statements, interview transcripts, etc.) published in various diplomacy related websites, including official sources from governments (head of state websites, consulates, foreign ministries, etc.
Diplomat pudding Diplomat pudding is a famous dessert served in many Hungarian confectionaries, like Gerbeaud or Gellért. Its name comes from the 19th century, when it was first served as part of a diplomatic conference's menu (at a 1908 conference on Bosnia's annexation).
Diplomatarium Norvegicum Diplomatarium Norvegicum is a series of books containing the texts of documents and letters from Norway older than 1590, verbatim and in the original language. The series consists of 22 volumes, containing the texts of approximately 20 000 documents.
Diplomate A diplomate is a professional who, after having matriculated and earned a doctorate, undergoes further rigorous specialisation and is examined thoroughly by the certifying board within his profession. In this sense, a diplomacy can be viewed as a higher doctorate since it is predicated upon having received a standard doctoral degree (DDS, MD, DEng, et cetera).
Diplomatic credentials Documents presented by foreign ambassadors and ministers to the chief of state of the host country. The documents, which follow a standard text, identify the diplomats as representitives of their governments and empowered to speak for them.
Diplomatic history Sometimes referred to as "Rankian History", diplomatic history focuses on politics, politicians and other high rulers and views them as being the driving force of continuity and change in history. It is the study of the conduct of international relations between states or across state boundaries.
Diplomatic illness Diplomatic illness is the practice amongst diplomats and government ministers of feigning illness, or another debilitating condition, to avoid engaging in diplomatic or social engagements. The euphemism is designed to avoid formally offending the host or other parties.
Diplomatic immunity Diplomatic immunity is a form of legal immunity and a policy held between governments, which ensures that diplomats are given safe passage and are considered not susceptible to lawsuit or prosecution under the host country's laws (although they can be expelled). It was agreed as international law in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), though there is a much longer history in international law.
Diplomatic Immunity (TV series) Diplomatic Immunity was a weekly political analysis and debate television show on TV Ontario, which ran until 2006. Issues discussed reflected contemporary concerns; recently, these included terrorism, Middle East affairs, and US politics, though potentially any issue of international significance was considered.
Diplomatic law Diplomatic law is that area of international law that governs permanent and temporary diplomatic missions . A fundamental concept of diplomatic law is that of diplomatic immunity, which derives from state immunity.
Diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one state or an international inter-governmental organization (such as the United Nations) present in another state to represent the sending state/organization in the receiving state. In practice, a diplomatic mission usually denotes the permanent mission, namely the office of a country's diplomatic representatives in the capital city of another country.
Diplomatic Protection In international law, diplomatic protection (or diplomatic espousal) is a means for a State to take diplomatic and other action against another State on behalf of its national whose rights and interests have been injured by the other State. Diplomatic protection is a discretionary right of a State and may take any form that is not prohibited by international law.
Diplomatic Protection Group The Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG or SO16, from its Specialist Operations designation) is a branch of the London Metropolitan Police which provides protection and support to members of the Diplomatic Community and members of HM Government. The DPG provides protection at 10 Downing Street.
Diplomatic recognition Diplomatic recognition is a political act by which one state acknowledges an act or status of another state or government, thereby according it legitimacy and expressing its intent to bring into force the domestic and international legal consequences of recognition. Recognition can be accorded either de facto or de jure, usually by a statement of the recognising government.
Diplomatic Revolution The Diplomatic Revolution of 1756 is a term applied to the reversal of longstanding diplomatic alliances which were upheld until the War of Austrian Succession and then reversed in the Seven Years' War. The essence of the revolution may be thus summarized: France and Prussia versus Great Britain and Austria became France and Austria versus Great Britain and Prussia.
Diplomatic service A diplomatic service is the body of diplomats and foreign policy officers maintained by the government of a country to communicate with the governments of other countries. Diplomatic personnel enjoy diplomatic immunity when they are accredited to other countries.
Diplomatstaden Diplomatstaden (literally "Diplomat town" in English) is a part the Ă–stermalm district in Stockholm, Sweden. Its name originates from the number of embassies in the area, sixteen to be exact, including those of the United States, Norway, Finland, Germany, and South Korea.
Diplome d'Études Collegiales A Diplôme d'Études Collégiales, or DEC, is the degree awarded to students who have successfully completed their CEGEP, or college, courses in the Canadian province of Quebec. In attaining this degree, students have the necessary credentials to apply to universities, or in the case of 3-year DEC programs, may enter the job market immediately.
Diplomystus DIplomystus (Cope, 1877) is an extinct genus of non-clupeoid clupeomorph fish distantly related to modern day extant herrings, alewifes, and sardines. There are four species of Diplomystus: Diplomystus dentatus (Cope, 1877), Diplomystus birdii, Diplomystus dubetreiti, and Diplomystus shengliensis (Chang 1983).
Diplotaxis Diplotaxis is the genus of plants commonly known as Rocket or Arugula. Belonging to the family Brassicaceae, there are a number of members of the genus, with the following three being the most commonly known: D.
Dipmeter Advisor The Dipmeter Advisor was an early expert system developed in the 1980s by Schlumberger Doll Research to aid in the analysis of data gathered during oil exploration. The Advisor was generally not merely a inference engine and a knowledge base of ~90 rules, but generally was a full-fledged workstation, running on one of Xerox's 1100 Dolphin Lisp machines (or in general on Xerox's "1100 Series Scientific Information Processors" line) and written in INTERLISP-D, with a pattern recognition layer which in turn fed a GUI menu-driven interface.
Dipolar theism In Process theology Dipolar theism is the position that in order to conceive a perfect God, one must conceive Him as embodying the "good" in sometimes-opposing characteristics, and therefore cannot be understood to embody only one set of characteristics.
Dipold, Count of Acerra Dipold (Latin: Diopuldus, Diubuldus, Diopaldus, Theobaldus, Tebaldus, or Tiboldus de Suinespont or de Rocca Archis; German: Diepold or Dietpold von Schweinspeunt; Italian: Dipoldo) (died after 1221Perhaps 26 December 1225.) was a ministerialis who was raised to the Duchy of Spoleto in 1209.
Dipole anisotropy Dipole anisotropy is a form of anisotropy and the progressive difference in the frequency of radiation from opposite directions due to the motion of the observer relative to the source. As a result of that motion, one end of the 360-degree spectrum is redshifted, whereas the other end is blueshifted.
Dipole antenna A dipole antenna, invented by Heinrich Rudolph Hertz around 1886, is an antenna with a center-fed driven element for transmitting or receiving radio frequency energy. These antennas are the simplest practical antennas from a theoretical point of view.
Dipole graph In graph theory, a dipole graph (or dipole) is a multigraph consisting of two vertices connected with a number of edges. A dipole graph containing n edges is called the order-n dipole graph, and is denoted by Dn.
Dipole magnet A dipole magnet, in particle accelerators, is a magnet constructed to create a homogeneous magnetic field over some distance. Particle motion in that field will be circular in a plane perpendicular to the field and collinear to the direction of particle motion and free in the direction orthogonal to it.
Dipolog Airport Dipolog Airport is the main airport serving the general area of Dipolog City, the capital of Zamboanga del Norte, in the Philippines. The airport is one of the busiest in Mindanao, especially considering its classification.
Diponegoro University Diponegoro University (Indonesian: Universitas Diponegoro) better known as UNDIP, is an Indonesian university located in Semarang, Jawa Tengah. It was found in 1956 as a private university and in 1961 it was granted state university.
Dippoldism Dippoldism (German Dippoldismus) is the paraphilia of sexual arousal from spanking or otherwise applying corporal punishment to children. It is named after Andreas Dippold, a German schoolteacher and presumed sexual sadist who in 1903 beat his pupil Heinz Koch to death.
Diprionidae The Diprionidae are a small family of conifer-feeding sawflies (thus the common name conifer sawflies, though other Symphyta feed on conifers) restricted to the Northern Hemisphere, with some 90 species in 11 genera worldwide. Larvae are often gregarious, and sometimes there can be major outbreaks, thus these wasps can be major forest pests at times.
Diprosopus Diprosopus (Greek [male], "two-faced", from , , "two" and , [neuter], "face", "person"; with Latin ending), also known as craniofacial duplication (cranio- from Greek , "skull", the other parts Latin), is an extremely rare form of conjoined twins whereby there is a near complete fusion of bodies but part or all of the face is duplicated on the head.
Diprotodontia Diprotodontia is a large order of about 120 marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others. Extinct members include the giant Diprotodon family, and Thylacoleo, the so-called "marsupial lion".
Diproton A diproton is a hypothetical type of helium nucleus consisting of two protons and no neutrons. Diprotons are not stable, since the electrostatic repulsion of the two protons' positive charges overcomes the strong nuclear force holding them together.
Dipsacaceae The Dipsacaceae, or teasel family, of the order Dipsacales contains 350 species of perennial or biennial herbs and shrubs in eleven genera. Native to most temperate climates, they are found in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Dipsir DIPSIR is an acronym for: Driving forces, Pressures, States, Impacts, Responses. DIPSIR is a causal framework for describing the interactions between society and the environment adopted by the European Environment Agency.
Dipsomania A dipsomaniac is a person with an uncontrollable craving for alcohol, especially alcoholic liquors. It differs from alcoholism in that it is an uncontrolable periodic lust for alcohol, with, in the interim, no desire for alcoholic beverages.
Diptera Diptera (di - two, ptera - wings), or true flies, is the order of insects possessing only a single pair of wings on the mesothorax; the metathorax bears a pair of drumstick like structures called the halteres, the remnants of the hind wings. It is a large order, containing an estimated 200,000 species, although under half of these (about 85,000 species) have been described.
Dipterocarpaceae Dipterocarpaceae is a family of 17 genera and approximately 580-680 species of mainly tropical lowland rainforest trees with two-winged fruits. The largest genera are Shorea (360 species), Hopea (105 species), Dipterocarpus (70 species), and Vatica (60 species).
Dipterocarpus coriaceus Dipterocarpus coriaceus is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae endemic to Kalimantan, Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia. This very large tree occurs in mixed dipterocarp forests on hillsides and undulating land.
Dipterocarpus elongatus Dipterocarpus elongatus is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae endemic to Indonesia (Kalimantan and Sumatra), Malaysia (peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak) and Singapore. This large tree occurs in secondary and primary forest, as well as in freshwater swamp forest.
Dipterocarpus gracilis Dipterocarpus gracilis is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae endemic to Kalimantan. The species is found in Bangladesh, India (the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Tripura), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and the Philippines.
Dipterocarpus kerrii Dipterocarpus kerrii is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, endemic to India (Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia (Kalimantan and Sumatra), peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
Dipterocarpus sarawakensis Dipterocarpus sarawakensis, locally called the Sarawak keruing, is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, endemic to Brunei, Kalimantan, peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak. It is locally common on leached sandy soils on low coastal hills.
Dipterocarpus validus Dipterocarpus validus is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, endemic to Kalimantan, Sabah and the Philippines. The species is common in both primary and secondary forest, often occurring along rivers and in freshwater swamps.
Dipterocarpus verrucosus Dipterocarpus verrucosus is a species of tree in the family Dipterocarpaceae, endemic to Brunei, Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia (peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak). It is locally common on ridges in mixed dipterocarp forest.
Dipteronia Dipteronia is a genus of two species in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, related to the maples and like them in the part of Sapindaceae often separated as Aceraceae. They are deciduous flowering shrubs or small trees, reaching 10-15 m tall.
Dipylidium caninum Dipylidium caninum, also called the cucumber tapeworm or the double-pore tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas, including canids, felids, and pet-owners, especially children. Adult worms are about 18 inches long.
Dipylon Master The Diplyon Master was a Greek vase painter who was active circa 760 to circa 735 BCE. He worked in Athens, where he and his workshop produced large funerary vessels for those interred in the Dipylon cemetery, from whence his name.
Diquark In quark-diquark models, a diquark, or diquark correlation/clustering, is an hypothetical state of two quarks grouped inside a baryon (that consists of three quarks)[1]. The diquark is often treated as a single particle with which the third quark interacts via the strong interaction.
Dir en grey Dir en grey is a Japanese rock band formed in February 1997. While the lineup has remained constant since the group's inception, numerous stylistic changes have made their music's genre difficult to determine (though it's generally considered to be a form of rock music).
Dirac adjoint In quantum field theory, the Dirac adjoint barpsi of a Dirac spinor psi is defined to be the dual spinor psi^{dagger} gamma^0 , where gamma^0 is the time-like gamma matrix. Possibly to avoid confusion with the usual Hermitian adjoint psi^dagger, some textbooks do not give a name to the Dirac adjoint, simply calling it "psi-bar".
Dirac delta function The Dirac delta or Dirac's delta, often referred to as the unit impulse function and introduced by the British theoretical physicist Paul Dirac, can usually be informally thought of as a function δ(x) that has the value of infinity for x = 0 and the value zero elsewhere. The integral of the Dirac delta from any negative limit to any positive limit is 1.
Dirac equation In physics, the Dirac equation is a relativistic quantum mechanical wave equation formulated by British physicist Paul Dirac in 1928 and provides a description of elementary spin-½ particles, such as electrons, consistent with both the principles of quantum mechanics and the theory of special relativity. The equation demands the existence of antiparticles and actually predated their experimental discovery, making the discovery of the positron, the antiparticle of the electron, one of the greatest triumphs of modern theoretical physics.
Dirac large numbers hypothesis The Dirac large numbers hypothesis refers to an observation made by Paul Dirac in 1937 relating ratios of size scales in the universe to that of force scales. Dirac noted that the ratio of the size of the visible universe, ct with c the
Dirac operator In mathematics and quantum mechanics, a Dirac operator is a differential operator that is a formal square root, or half-iterate, of a second-order operator such as a Laplacian. The original case which concerned Paul Dirac was to factorise formally an operator for Minkowski space, to get a form of quantum theory compatible with special relativity; to get the relevant Laplacian as a product of first-order operators he introduced spinors.
Dirac sea The Dirac sea is a theoretical model of the vacuum as an infinite sea of particles possessing negative energy. It was invented by the British physicist Paul Dirac in 1930 to explain the anomalous negative-energy quantum states predicted by the Dirac equation for relativistic electrons.
Dirac string In physics, a Dirac string is a fictitious one-dimensional curve in space, stretched from a magnetic monopole - also called the Dirac monopole - to infinity. The gauge potential cannot be defined on the Dirac string, but it is defined everywhere else.
Dirawong In the mythology of Bundjalung Nation (represented by 13 tribes), the Dirawong is a goanna that taught the people the laws by which they should live. It is known as a benevolent protector of its people (the Bundjalung Nation) from the Rainbow Snake.
Dirce Dirce (, pronounced Dirke, modern Greek pronunciation Dirki, meaning "double" or "cleft") was the wife of Lycus in Greek mythology, and aunt to Antiope whom Zeus impregnated. Antiope fled in shame to King Epopeus of Sicyon, but was brought back by Lycus through force, giving birth to twins on the way.
Dirceu Dirceu, real name José Guimarães Dirceu, (born june 15, 1952 in Rio de Janeiro , died September 15, 1995) was a football (soccer) player from Brazil. He played offensive midfielder with many teams, in particular Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas and the Brazilian national team.
Dirck Barendsz Dirck Barendsz (Amsterdam, 1534 - Amsterdam, 1592) was a Dutch painter. After having received instructions from his father, who was also a painter, though of very moderate merit, he went to Italy at the age of twenty-one, and formed an intimate friendship with Titian.
Dirck Storm Dirck Storm (1630-1716) is an early colonial American famous for composing the history of the Dutch community at Sleepy Hollow and beginning the community's records. His book "Het Notite Boeck der Christelyckes kercke op de Manner of Philips Burgh" is one of the nation's most valuable historical documents.
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (born in Amsterdam, 1522-died October 29, 1590 in Gouda) was a Dutch politician and theologian, the youngest son of Volckert Coornhert, cloth merchant. As a child he spent some years in Spain and Portugal.
Dire animal (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, dire animals are larger, tougher, meaner versions of regular animals. They fairly closely resemble their normal counterparts, only are slightly larger and more powerful, and with a feral, prehistoric and even demonic countenance.
Dire Dawa Dire Dawa (which in Somali, Dirirdhaba, means “place of Remedy”) is one of two chartered cities (astedader akabibi) in Ethiopia (the other being the capital, Addis Ababa). With a latitude and longitude of , this city is the second largest in Ethiopia.
Dire Wraith The Dire Wraiths are a fictional extraterrestrial race that is part of the Marvel Comics Universe. They were the main opponents of Rom and his fellow Spaceknights, although they have also appeared in a few other Marvel comic books.
DirecciĂłn de los Servicios de Inteligencia y PrevenciĂłn The DirecciĂłn de los Servicios de Inteligencia y PrevenciĂłn (Directorate of Intelligence and Prevention Services, DISIP) is the premier intelligence agency of Venezuela. It was established in January, 1958 by the then-president of Venezuela Marcos Perez Jimenez.
DirecciĂłn de Observaciones Judiciales DirecciĂłn de Observaciones Judiciales (Directorate of Judicial Surveillance, DOJ) is an Argentine intelligence service responsible for intercepting communications as required by judicial officers. It is part of the SecretarĂ­a de Inteligencia, the main intelligence agency; and is a subagency of the National Intelligence System.
DirecciĂłn Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal DirecciĂłn Nacional de Inteligencia Criminal (National Directorate of Criminal Intelligence, DNIC) it is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System. It depends of the SecretarĂ­a de Seguridad Interior (Secretariat of Interior Security), which itself depends of the Ministry of Interior; the DNIC is not a division of the SIDE, which has its own Directorate of Interior Intelligence.
Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar Dirección Nacional de Inteligencia Estratégica Militar (National Directorate of Strategic Military Intelligence, DNIEM) is an Argentine intelligence agency part of the National Intelligence System, created by the 2001 Intelligence Reform Law 25.520.
Direct access storage device A direct access storage device-, or DASD (IPA ) is a form of magnetic disk historically used in the mainframe and minicomputer (mid-range) environments. A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is a form of DASD.
Direct access trading Direct access trading is a technology in which a client can trade directly to the special people at the exchange, without any brokerage interference with your orders. The special people refer to market makers or specialists who trade with you directly on the floor of an exchange.
Direct agglutination test A direct agglutination test (DAT) is any test that uses whole organisms as a means of looking for serum antibody. The abbreviation, DAT, is most frequently used for the serological test for visceral leishmaniasis.
Direct anonymous attestation Direct anonymous attestation is a digital signature scheme which allows anonymous signing. This works by allowing verifiers to verify that a message was signed by an authorized signer without revealing who the specific signer was.
Direct applicability A concept of European Union constitutional law that relates specifically regulations, direct applicability (or the characterisitic of regulations to be directly effective) is set out in Article 249 (ex Article 189) of the European Community Treaty (as amended by the Nice Treaty).
Direct ascent Direct ascent was a proposed method for an American mission to the moon. Direct ascent proposed using the enormous Nova rocket or Saturn C-8 to loft a spacecraft directly to the moon, where it would land tail-first and then launch off the moon back to Earth.
Direct Access Archive Direct Access Archive, or DAA, is a proprietary file format for disk image files which supports advanced features such as compression, password protection, and splitting to multiple volumes. It can be handled directly just like other formats, such as an ISO image and BIN.
Direct Access Test Unit Direct Access Test Units (DATUs) are special PSTN phone numbers that terminate at the central office switch in a telephone company's local exchange that provide switchmen and telco technicians with a circuit for testing lines in various ways.
Direct Action Against Drugs Direct Action Against Drugs was a vigilante group in Ireland has claimed responsibility for the killing of a number of drug dealers selling mainly Ecstasy. It was a front] for the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|Provisional IRA.
Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians Collective The DAAA Collective, or Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians, was an anarchist and anti-authoritarian collective based out of the Central Valley city of Modesto in California, that existed from the summer of 2003, until they disbanded at the end of 2006. Their stated purpose is to promote "revolutionary class and community struggle, against capitalism, the state, racism, and other forms of hierarchy, coercion, and domination".
Direct Action Day Direct Action Day, also known as the Affirmative Action Plan, the Calcutta Riots, the Great Calcutta killings, and "The Week of the Long Knives" (as a comparison with the "Night of the Long Knives" in Nazi Germany)L/I/1/425. The British Library Archives, London.
Direct Action Network Direct Action Network (DAN) was a confederation of anarchist and anti-authoritarian affinity groups, collectives, and organizations that was formed to coordinate the direct action portion of anti-WTO mobilization in Seattle in 1999.
Direct Action to Stop the War Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW) was an organization that coordinated nonviolent direct action-based opposition activities to the 2003 invasion of Iraq in the San Francisco Bay Area. The organization was founded in October 2002 following an overnight sit-in and morning blockade at the San Francisco Federal Building following the U.
Direct Action Tendency The Direct Action Tendency is a tendency (or caucus) within the Socialist Party USA. However, unlike other tendencies within the SPUSA which are organised around political issues (such as the Debs Tendency, Grass Roots Tendency or the Fist and Rose Tendency), the Direct Action Tendency is focused less on internal political agreement and more on external organising and action.
Direct Action: Memoirs Of An Urban Guerrilla Direct Action: Memoirs of an Urban Guerrilla is a book written by the Canadian anarchist Ann Hansen after she had been incarcerated for 8 years for the bombing of the Litton Industries about the urban guerrilla Direct Action (also known as Squamish Five and Vancouver Five). In the book, Hansen concedes tactical mistakes, but maintains the necessity of militant opposition to capitalist states.
Direct Air Support Center The Direct Air Support Center (DASC) is the principal United States Marine Corps aviation command and control system and the air control agency responsible for the direction of air operations directly supporting ground forces. It functions in a decentralized mode of operation, but is directly supervised by the Marine Tactical Air Command Center (TACC) or the Navy Tactical Air Control Center (NTACC).
Direct Attached Storage Direct Attached Storage (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. It is a retronym, mainly used to differentiate non-networked storage from SAN and NAS.
Direct bandgap In semiconductor physics, a direct bandgap means that the minimum of the conduction band lies directly above the maximum of the valence band in momentum space. In a direct bandgap semiconductor, electrons at the conduction-band minimum can combine directly with holes at the valence band maximum, while conserving momentum.
Direct binding Direct binding is a feature of the linker and dynamic linker on Solaris and OpenSolaris. It provides a method to allow libraries to directly bind symbols to other libraries, rather than weakly bind to them and leave the dynamic linker to figure out which library contains the symbol.
Direct borohydride fuel cell Direct Borohydride Fuel Cell or DBFCs are a subcategory of Alkaline fuel cell where the fuel is a solution of Sodium borohydride. The advantage of Sodium borohydride over conventional hydrogen in an alkaline fuel cell is that the highly alkaline fuel and waste borax prevents poisoning of the fuel cell from CO2 in the air.

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