DR
Encyclopedia
Doctor title
- DentistDentistA dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aides in providing oral health services...
, a dental doctor - Doctor (title)Doctor (title)Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
, a person who has obtained a doctoral degree - PhysicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, a medical doctor - Physiotherapist, a physiotherapy doctor
Science and technology
- Digital radiography, a form of x-ray imaging, where digital X-ray sensors are used instead of traditional photographic film
- Digital recorder (disambiguation), various meanings
- Dynamic rangeDynamic rangeDynamic range, abbreviated DR or DNR, is the ratio between the largest and smallest possible values of a changeable quantity, such as in sound and light. It is measured as a ratio, or as a base-10 or base-2 logarithmic value.-Dynamic range and human perception:The human senses of sight and...
, the ratio between the largest and smallest possible values of a changeable quantity, such as in sound and light
Engineering
- Dead reckoningDead reckoningIn navigation, dead reckoning is the process of calculating one's current position by using a previously determined position, or fix, and advancing that position based upon known or estimated speeds over elapsed time, and course...
, the process of estimating a global position - Design rationaleDesign RationaleA Design Rationale is an explicit documentation of the reasons behind decisions made when designing a system or artifact. As initially developed by W.R...
, an explicit documentation of the reasons behind decisions made when designing a system or artifact
Computing
- Data recoveryData recoveryData recovery is the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally. Often the data are being salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid-state drives , USB flash drive,...
, the process of salvaging data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible secondary storage media when it cannot be accessed normally - Designated Router, a concept used in routing protocol OSPF
- Digital ResearchDigital ResearchDigital Research, Inc. was the company created by Dr. Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related products. It was the first large software company in the microcomputer world...
, a defunct software company - Disaster recoveryDisaster recoveryDisaster recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster. Disaster recovery is a subset of business continuity...
, a plan that covers the data, hardware and software critical for a business to restart operations in the event of a disaster
Places
- Dominican RepublicDominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
, a country located on the eastern portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola - Drive (disambiguation), various meanings, most frequently a wide street
Entertainment, books and games
- Das RacistDas RacistDas Racist is an alternative hip hop group based in Brooklyn, New York City, composed of MCs Himanshu Suri , and Victor Vazquez and hype man Ashok Kondabolu...
, a Brooklyn-based rap group made up of rappers Himanshu Suri and Victor Vazquez
- Dinosaur RevolutionDinosaur RevolutionDinosaur Revolution is a four-part American nature documentary produced by Creative Differences, although it was believed to be a Pixar project when it was first revealed to the public due to a press release saying so. The first two episodes aired on Discovery Channel on September 4, 2011. The...
, a 2011 Discovery Channel documentary on dinosaurs - Dead RisingDead Risingis an action-adventure, survivor horror video game, developed by Capcom and produced by Keiji Inafune. It was released on August 8, 2006 exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game console. The game was a commercial success. It has been introduced into the Xbox 360 "Platinum Hits" lineup, and a cell...
, a survival-horror videogame for the Xbox 360 - DragonRealmsDragonRealmsDragonRealms is a medieval fantasy game set in the world of Elanthia. One of the oldest and most popular examples of the MUD genre, it was developed from 1992-1995 and released in February 1996. It was originally intended for an online service planned by the Ziff-Davis company...
, a 1996 Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game - Darker RealmsDarker RealmsDarker Realms is a MUD, a multi-user text-based role-playing game, set in a medieval fantasy world. Operating since June 1990, it was one of the first LPMuds to open, and is the oldest continually running LPMud in the United States and the second oldest in the world . It was also the first MUD of...
, a 1990 MUD, or text-based online role-playing game - Dalereckoning, the fictional numbering of years in the Forgotten Realms
Companies and products
- Duane ReadeDuane ReadeDuane Reade Inc., a subsidiary of the Walgreen Company, is a chain of pharmacy and convenience stores, primarily located in New York City, known for its high volume small store layouts in densely populated Manhattan locations...
, a New York pharmacy chain - DR Motor CompanyDR Motor CompanyDR Motor Company is an Italian automobile company, founded in 2006 from Massimo Di Risio.The company produces cars adding design and Italian standards to components supplied by foreign companies such as Chery Automobile....
, an Italian automobile company - Daimler DR450Daimler DR450The Daimler DR450 was a limousine based on the 4.5 litre V8 Majestic Major saloon. Although intended for the carriage trade or as a hire car for those needing something larger than a five-seater saloon, it was produced in almost the same numbers as the "Major" saloon itself. It was also used as the...
, a limousine produced between 1961 and 1968 - Deutsche Reichsbahn-GesellschaftDeutsche Reichsbahn-GesellschaftThe Deutsche Reichsbahn – was the name of the German national railway created from the railways of the individual states of the German Empire following the end of World War I....
, former German railway company - Deutsche Reichsbahn of the GDRDeutsche Reichsbahn of the GDRThe Deutsche Reichsbahn or DR was the operating name of state owned railways in the German Democratic Republic ....
, former German railway company - DR (broadcaster) (formerly Danmarks Radio), a Danish public-service radio and TV broadcaster
- Diário da RepúblicaDiário da RepúblicaDiário da República is the official gazette of Portugal. Before 1976, it was called Diário do Governo.It is published by Imprensa Nacional and comprises two Series. Laws, Decree-laws, decisions of the Constitutional Court and other relevant texts are published in the I Series. Regulations, public...
, is the official gazette of the government of Portugal - Dr, an abbreviation for heavyweight diesel locomotive used by the Finnish VR GroupVR GroupVR or VR Group is a state-owned railway company in Finland. Formerly known as Suomen Valtion Rautatiet until 1922 and Valtionrautatiet / Statsjärnvägarna until 1995...
- D/R or Design Research, a retail lifestyle store chain (1953–1978)
Other
- Danio rerioDanio rerioThe zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family of order Cypriniformes. It is a popular aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio, and is an important vertebrate model organism in scientific research.-Taxonomy:The zebrafish are...
, or zebrafish, a tropical freshwater fish - DebitDebitDebit and credit are the two aspects of every financial transaction. Their use and implication is the fundamental concept in the double-entry bookkeeping system, in which every debit transaction must have a corresponding credit transaction and vice versa.Debits and credits are a system of notation...
, a formal bookkeeping and accounting term - Dispatch rider in the army
- Douay-Rheims, a translation of the Bible
- DrummerDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, a musician who is capable of playing drums - Digit ratioDigit ratioThe digit ratio is the ratio of the lengths of different digits or fingers typically measured from the bottom crease where the finger joins the hand to the tip of the finger. It has been suggested by some scientists that the ratio of two digits in particular, the 2nd and 4th , is affected by...
, the ratio of the lengths of different digits or fingers typically measured from the bottom crease where the finger joins the hand to the tip of the finger