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Science, nature and technology
- Decay accelerating factorDecay accelerating factorComplement decay-accelerating factor also known as CD55 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the CD55 gene.Decay accelerating factor is a 70 kDa membrane protein that regulates the complement system on the cell surface...
, a protein involved in the complement system - Delayed auditory feedbackDelayed Auditory FeedbackDelayed Auditory Feedback , is a device that enables a user of the device to speak into a microphone and then hear his or her voice in headphones a fraction of a second later...
, a device used to delay a person's voice to their own ear, which reduces stuttering and cluttering - Directed attention fatigueDirected attention fatigueDirected Attention Fatigue is a neurological phenomenon that results from overuse of the brain’s inhibitory attention mechanisms, which handle incoming distractions while maintaining focus on a specific task. The greatest threat to a given focus of attention is competition from other stimuli that...
, a neurological symptom characterized by the fatigue of the inhibitory attention system - Dissolved air flotation (DAF), a water treatment process
- Dwarf African frogAfrican dwarf frogAfrican dwarf frogs are small aquatic frogs native to parts of Africa, spreading from tropical to subtropical areas primarily in the Congo region.-Description:...
- Dynamic amplification factor, a factor of increase of effect over a static load due a dynamic load in structural dynamicsStructural DynamicsStructural dynamics is a subset of structural analysis which covers the behaviour of structures subjected to dynamic loading. Dynamic loads include people, wind, waves, traffic, earthquakes, and blasts. Any structure can be subject to dynamic loading. Dynamic analysis can be used to find dynamic...
Arts and entertainment
- Deutsch-Amerikanische FreundschaftDeutsch-Amerikanische FreundschaftDeutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft or D.A.F. is an influential German electropunk/NDW band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López , Robert Görl , Kurt "Pyrolator" Dahlke , Michael Kemner and Wolfgang Spelmans...
, an electropunk/NDW band from Düsseldorf - "D.A.F." (song)D.A.F. (song)"D.A.F." is a song by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger, released as a single from their second studio album, Double Allergic, on 5 August 1996."D.A.F." reached #39 on the Australian music chart...
, a song by Powderfinger - DafDafA daf is a frame drum used as a musical instrument in popular and classical music. The term daf is used in Iran / Kurdistan for a large drum that has a series of four interlinked rings in the frame. Daf is mostly used in Middle East, Iran, Armenia, Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and ...
, a percussive instrument - Diamonds are Forever (film)Diamonds Are Forever (film)Diamonds Are Forever is the seventh spy film in the Eon Productions James Bond series, and the sixth and final Eon Productions film to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film is based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel of the same name, and is the second of four James Bond films...
the seventh official James Bond film starring Sean Connery - Durak Army Finland, a fan club of the Finnish rock band DurakDurakDurak is a card game that is popular throughout most of the post-Soviet states.The object of the game is to get rid of all one's cards. At the end of the game, the last player with cards in their hand is referred to as the fool .-Set up:...
, similar to Turbojugend
Historical and military
- United States Department of the Air Force, The military department (i.e. sub-cabinet level component organization of the Department of Defense) within which the United States Air Force is a military service.
- Desert Air ForceDesert Air ForceThe Desert Air Force , also known chronologically as Air Headquarters Western Desert, Air Headquarters Libya, AHQ Western Desert, the Western Desert Air Force, Desert Air Force, and the First Tactical Air Force , was an Allied tactical air force initially created from No...
, an RAF formation operating in North Africa during World War II - Defectors from the French army to the ALNDefectors from the French army to the ALNDefectors from the French army to the ALN, pejoratively called hizb França or abbreviated DAF constitute an important faction in the Algerian army, and more generally the Algerian power structure, including such key generals as Khaled Nezzar, Mohamed Lamari, Larbi Belkheir, Mohamed Touati, and...
, a faction within the Algerian army - Deutsche Arbeitsfront or German Labour FrontGerman Labour FrontThe German Labour Front was the National Socialist trade union organisation which replaced the various trade unions of the Weimar Republic after Adolf Hitler's rise to power....
, the state-run amalgamated trade union organization of Nazi Germany
Business
- DAF Bus, a Netherlands-based bus builder now known as VDL Bus International
- DAF TrucksDAF TrucksDAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company and a division of PACCAR. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eindhoven. Cabs and axle assemblies are produced at its Westerlo plant in Belgium...
, a Dutch truck (and formerly automobile) manufacturing company - Delivered At Frontier, an incoterm used when goods are transported by rail and road
See also
- Daf YomiDaf YomiDaf Yomi "page [of the] day" or "daily folio") is a daily regimen undertaken to study the Babylonian Talmud one folio each day...
, the daily regimen Talmud study in Judaism - Diary of Anne Frank