data format
         n 1: the organization of information according to preset
               specifications (usually for computer processing) [syn:
               {format}, {formatting}, {data format}, {data formatting}]

English Dictionary: dead person	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
data formatting n the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) Synonym(s): format, formatting, data format, data formatting
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data processing n (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information
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data processor n a machine for performing calculations automatically [syn: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system]
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date bar n fruit bar containing chopped dates
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date bread n bread containing chopped dates
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date from v belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years" Synonym(s): go back, date back, date from
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date of reference n (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded Synonym(s): epoch, date of reference
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dead person n someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" Synonym(s): dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed
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dedifferentiate v lose specialization in form or function [ant: differentiate]
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dedifferentiated adj having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function; "the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients"
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dedifferentiation n the loss of specialization in form or function
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deed over v transfer by deed; "grant land" Synonym(s): grant, deed over
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dita bark n evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally Synonym(s): dita, dita bark, devil tree, Alstonia scholaris
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dot printer n a printer that represents each character as a pattern of dots from a dot matrix Synonym(s): dot matrix printer, matrix printer, dot printer
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dot product n a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors Synonym(s): scalar product, inner product, dot product
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duty period n the time period during which you are at work [syn: shift, work shift, duty period]
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duty-free adj exempt from duty; "duty-free liquor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Friar \Fri"ar\, n. [OR. frere, F. fr[8a]re brother, friar, fr.       L. frater brother. See {Brother}.]       1. (R. C. Ch.) A brother or member of any religious order,             but especially of one of the four mendicant orders, viz:             {(a) Minors, Gray Friars, or Franciscans.} {(b)             Augustines}. {(c) Dominicans or Black Friars.} {(d) White             Friars or Carmelites.} See these names in the Vocabulary.          2. (Print.) A white or pale patch on a printed page.          3. (Zo[94]l.) An American fish; the silversides.          {Friar bird} (Zo[94]l.), an Australian bird ({Tropidorhynchus             corniculatus}), having the head destitute of feathers; --             called also {coldong}, {leatherhead}, {pimlico}; {poor             soldier}, and {four-o'clock}. The name is also applied to             several other species of the same genus.          {Friar's balsam} (Med.), a stimulating application for wounds             and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin,             styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of             benzoin. --Brande & C.          {Friar's cap} (Bot.), the monkshood.          {Friar's cowl} (Bot.), an arumlike plant ({Arisarum vulgare})             with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl.          {Friar's lantern}, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-wisp.             --Milton.          {Friar skate} (Zo[94]l.), the European white or sharpnosed             skate ({Raia alba}); -- called also {Burton skate},             {border ray}, {scad}, and {doctor}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Adversaria \[d8]Ad`ver*sa"ri*a\, n. pl. [L. adversaria (sc.       scripta), neut. pl. of adversarius.]       A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections;       a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.                   These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's                adversaria.                                             --Bp. Bull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Ottava rima \[d8]Ot*ta"va ri"ma\ [It. See {Octave}, and       {Rhyme}.] (Pros.)       A stanza of eight lines of heroic verse, with three rhymes,       the first six lines rhyming alternately and the last two       forming a couplet. It was used by Byron in [bd]Don Juan,[b8]       by Keats in [bd]Isabella,[b8] by Shelley in [bd]The Witch of       Atlas,[b8] etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dead \Dead\ (d[ecr]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[a0]d;       akin to OS. d[omac]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[edh]r,       Sw. & Dan. d[94]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb       meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.]       1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to {alive} and {living};             reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of             motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their             functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. [bd]The queen, my             lord, is dead.[b8] --Shak.                         The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.                                                                               --Arbuthnot.                         Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.                                                                               --Shak.          2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.          3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of             life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.          4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead             calm; a dead load or weight.          5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a             dead floor.          6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead             capital; dead stock in trade.          7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;             dead fire; dead color, etc.          8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead             wall. [bd]The ground is a dead flat.[b8] --C. Reade.          9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;             a dead certainty.                         I had them a dead bargain.                  --Goldsmith.          10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.          11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;             dead works. [bd]Dead in trespasses.[b8] --Eph. ii. 1.          12. (Paint.)             (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has                   been applied purposely to have this effect.             (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,                   as compared with crimson.          13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of             the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one             banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.          14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead             spindle of a lathe, etc. See {Spindle}.          {Dead ahead} (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or             any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point             toward which a vessel would go.          {Dead angle} (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen             or defended from behind the parapet.          {Dead block}, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to             serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.          {Dead calm} (Naut.), no wind at all.          {Dead center}, [or] {Dead point} (Mach.), either of two             points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and             connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the             end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank             mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,             the lever L.          {Dead color} (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.          {Dead coloring} (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the             preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this             is usually in monochrome.          {Dead door} (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the             outside of the quarter-gallery door.          {Dead flat} (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.          {Dead freight} (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person             who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full             cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.             --Abbott.          {Dead ground} (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there             is no ore.          {Dead hand}, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person             civilly dead. [bd]Serfs held in dead hand.[b8] --Morley.             See {Mortmain}.          {Dead head} (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor             buoy.          {Dead heat}, a heat or course between two or more race             horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,             so that neither wins.          {Dead horse}, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid             in advance. [Law]          {Dead language}, a language which is no longer spoken or in             common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as             the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deadborn \Dead"born`\, a.       Stillborn. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Death \Death\, n. [OE. deth, dea[?], AS. de[a0][?]; akin to OS.       d[?][?], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[?]i, Sw. & Dan. d[94]d,       Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i.,       and cf. {Dead}.]       1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of             resuscitation, either in animals or plants.          Note: Local death is going on at times and in all parts of                the living body, in which individual cells and elements                are being cast off and replaced by new; a process                essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death                of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and                death of the tissues. By the former is implied the                absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the                circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter                the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the                ultimate structural constituents of the body. When                death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the                death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until                after a considerable interval. --Huxley.          2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the             death of memory.                         The death of a language can not be exactly compared                      with the death of a plant.                  --J. Peile.          3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.                         A death that I abhor.                        --Shak.                         Let me die the death of the righteous. --Num. xxiii.                                                                               10.          4. Cause of loss of life.                         Swiftly flies the feathered death.      --Dryden.                         He caught his death the last county sessions.                                                                               --Addison.          5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally             represented as a skeleton with a scythe.                         Death! great proprietor of all.         --Young.                         And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name                      that at on him was Death.                  --Rev. vi. 8.          6. Danger of death. [bd]In deaths oft.[b8] --2 Cor. xi. 23.          7. Murder; murderous character.                         Not to suffer a man of death to live. --Bacon.          8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.                         To be [?][?][?][?][?][?][?] m[?][?][?][?][?] is                      death.                                                --Rom. viii.                                                                               6.          9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death.                         It was death to them to think of entertaining such                      doctrines.                                          --Atterbury.                         And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto                      death.                                                --Judg. xvi.                                                                               16.          Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of                a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to                death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or                death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.          {Black death}. See {Black death}, in the Vocabulary.          {Civil death}, the separation of a man from civil society, or             the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as             by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm,             entering a monastery, etc. --Blackstone.          {Death adder}. (Zo[94]l.)             (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis                   tortor}); -- so called from the virulence of its                   venom.             (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family                   {Elapid[91]}, of several species, as the                   {Hoplocephalus superbus} and {Acanthopis antarctica}.                            {Death bell}, a bell that announces a death.                         The death bell thrice was heard to ring. --Mickle.          {Death candle}, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the             superstitious as presaging death.          {Death damp}, a cold sweat at the coming on of death.          {Death fire}, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode             death.                         And round about in reel and rout, The death fires                      danced at night.                                 --Coleridge.          {Death grapple}, a grapple or struggle for life.          {Death in life}, a condition but little removed from death; a             living death. [Poetic] [bd]Lay lingering out a five years'             death in life.[b8] --Tennyson.          {Death knell}, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a             death.          {Death rate}, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths             to the population.                         At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than                      in rural districts.                           --Darwin.          {Death rattle}, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a             dying person.          {Death's door}, the boundary of life; the partition dividing             life from death.          {Death stroke}, a stroke causing death.          {Death throe}, the spasm of death.          {Death token}, the signal of approaching death.          {Death warrant}.             (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the                   execution of a criminal.             (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.                            {Death wound}.             (a) A fatal wound or injury.             (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak.          {Spiritual death} (Scripture), the corruption and perversion             of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God.          {The gates of death}, the grave.                         Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? --Job                                                                               xxxviii. 17.          {The second death}, condemnation to eternal separation from             God. --Rev. ii. 11.          {To be the death of}, to be the cause of death to; to make             die. [bd]It was one who should be the death of both his             parents.[b8] --Milton.          Syn: {Death}, {Decease}, {Demise}, {Departure}, {Release}.          Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of                   existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words                   only to the human race. Decease is the term used in                   law for the removal of a human being out of life in                   the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly                   confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes                   used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise                   of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly                   terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death                   is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a                   friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a                   deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deathbird \Death"bird`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl ({Nyctale Tengmalmi}); -- so       called from a superstition of the North American Indians that       its note presages death.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Didapper \Di"dap`per\, n. [For divedapper. See {Dive}, {Dap},       {Dip}, and cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Dabchick}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.       {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the       grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called       also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},       {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed       grebe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Didapper \Di"dap`per\, n. [For divedapper. See {Dive}, {Dap},       {Dip}, and cf. {Dabchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)       See {Dabchick}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dabchick \Dab"chick`\, n. [For dabchick. See {Dap}, {Dip}, cf.       {Dipchick}.] (Zo[94]l.)       A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the       grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called       also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},       {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed       grebe}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diet \Di"et\, n. Specifically:       Any of various national or local assemblies; as,       (a) Occasionally, the Reichstag of the German Empire,             Reichsrath of the Austrian Empire, the federal             legislature of Switzerland, etc.       (b) The legislature of Denmark, Sweden, Japan, or Hungary.       (c) The state assembly or any of various local assemblies in             the states of the German Empire, as the legislature             (Landtag) of the kingdom of Prussia, and the Diet of the             Circle (Kreistag) in its local government.       (d) The local legislature (Landtag) of an Austrian province.       (e) The federative assembly of the old Germanic Confederation             (1815 -- 66).       (f) In the old German or Holy Roman Empire, the great formal             assembly of counselors (the Imperial Diet or Reichstag)             or a small, local, or informal assembly of a similar kind             (the Court Diet, or Hoftag).          Note: The most celebrated Imperial Diets are the three                following, all held under Charles V.:          {Diet of Worms}, 1521, the object of which was to check the             Reformation and which condemned Luther as a heretic;          {D. of Spires, [or] Speyer}, 1529, which had the same object             and issued an edict against the further dissemination of             the new doctrines, against which edict Lutheran princes             and deputies protested (hence Protestants):          {D. of Augsburg}, 1530, the object of which was the             settlement of religious disputes, and at which the             Augsburg Confession was presented but was denounced by the             emperor, who put its adherents under the imperial ban.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data fork          {Macintosh file system}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data frame          {activation record}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification          (DOCSIS) {ITU}-approved interface       requirements for {cable modems} involved in high-speed data       distribution over a {cable television} network.   DOCSIS       compatible equipment uses a 6 MHz {carrier} band for       {downstream}, using 64 and 256 {QAM} (ITU Annex B), and {QPSK}       and 16 QAM for {upstream}, allowing up to 36 and 10 Mb/s,       respectively for downstream and upstream channels.          {CableLabs FAQ (http://www.cablemodem.com/FAQs.html)}.          (2001-07-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Over Cable Systems Interface Specifications          {Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Data Parallel Haskell          Adds Parallel Objects with arbitrary       Dimension (PODs) and POD comprehensions to Haskell.          {(ftp://redstar.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/cpc/jon_hill/dpGlue.ps.Z)}.          ["Data Parallel Haskell: Mixing Old and New Glue", J. Hill].          (1995-03-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
data processing          The input, verification, organisation, storage,       retrieval, transformation, and extraction of {information}       from {data}.   The term is normally associated with commercial       applications such as stock control or payroll.          (1995-03-30)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Dataparallel-C          {C} with {parallel} extensions by Hatcher       and Quinn of the University of New Hampshire.   Dataparallel-C       was based on an early version of {C*} and runs on the {Intel}       {iPSC-2} and {nCube}.