Acronyms

• Detroit International Riverfront
  Detroit International Riverfront
  The Detroit International Riverfront is an area of Detroit, Michigan that borders the Detroit River. The International Riverfront area extends from the Ambassador Bridge in the west to Belle Isle in the east, extending a total of 5½-miles and encompassing a multitude of parks, restaurants, retail...
  
  , an area of Detroit, Michigan that borders the Detroit River
• Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based approach, a developmental intervention to autism developed by Stanley Greenspan
  Stanley Greenspan
  Stanley Greenspan was a clinical professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School and a practicing child psychiatrist...
  
   and Serena Weider.
• Digitally Imported Radio, an internet radio station.
• Digital Instrumentation Recorder
  Digital Instrumentation Recorder
  Digital Instrumentation Recorder is a magnetic tape data storage format developed by Sony. It uses a ¾" wide tape, in a cassette with two reels, which is written and read with a helical scan process.-External links:*...
  
  , a magnetic tape format by Sony.
• Department of Information Resources, an area of government or business that manages information and communications technology
• Division of Intramural Research
  Division of Intramural Research
  A Division of Intramural Research is a branch of any one of the National Institutes of Health which funds research done on NIH campuses, the largest of which is located in Bethesda, Maryland...
  
  , a division of the National Institutes of Health.
• Doing It Right
  Doing It Right
  Doing It Right is a holistic approach to scuba diving. According to the DIR approach fundamental skills, teamwork, environmental and situational awareness, and the use of a highly optimized and streamlined equipment configuration are the fundamentals of DIR diving...
  
  , a methodology for scuba diving
  Scuba diving
  Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
  
  .

In computing

• An abbreviation for directory (file systems)
  Directory (file systems)
  In computing, a folder, directory, catalog, or drawer, is a virtual container originally derived from an earlier Object-oriented programming concept by the same name within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other folders can be kept and organized.A typical file system may...
  
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• dir (command), a shell command.
• directory (OpenVMS command)
  Directory (OpenVMS command)
  In computer software, specifically the command line interface of the OpenVMS operating system, the DIRECTORY command is used to list the files inside a directory...
  
  , an operating system command.

Places and areas

• Dir, Pakistan
  Dir, Pakistan
  Dir is a town in Upper Dir District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is sometimes known as Dir Proper or Khas Dir to distinguish it from the district. It lies at the foot of the Lowarai Pass, the main motor road to Chitral, on the Dir River, a tributary of the Panjkora River.Dir was...
  
  , a town in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
• Dir (princely state), a former princely state in the North-West Frontier Province, incorporated into Pakistan in 1969.
• Dir District
  Dir District
  Dir District was a district of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan between 1970 and 1996. It was part of Malakand Division.Dir District was created in 1970 after the princely state of Dir was abolished the year before. Dir District was 5,280 square kilometres in area and lay along the...
  
   in the North West Frontier Province, in 1996 split into two districts:
  • Upper Dir, with its headquarters in Dir city, and
  • Lower Dir, with its headquarters in Timargara.

People

• Dir (clan)
  Dir (clan)
  The Dir , or Theyr bin Abdalla as mentioned in the book "Futuh al-Habasha", is a Somali clan. Its members mostly live in northwestern Somalia and Djibouti, in addition to southern and central Somalia and the Ogaden....
  
  , one the five major Somali clans.
• Askold and Dir
  Askold and Dir
  Askold and Dir are semi-legendary rulers of Kiev who, according to the Primary Chronicle, were two of Rurik's voivodes in 870s...
  
  , Viking rulers of Kiev.
• Paul di Resta
  Paul di Resta
  Paul di Resta is a British racing driver from Scotland, currently competing in Formula One with Force India. He is also a former DTM champion.-Personal life:...
  
  , a Formula 1 racing driver
• An abbreviation for executive director
  Executive director
  Executive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
  
  , the head of and organization or business.