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Definition: DP |
DPNoun1. A person forced to flee from home or country. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | DP /D-P/ n. 1. Data Processing. Listed here because, according to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a suit. See DPer. 2. Common abbrev for Dissociated Press. Source: Jargon File. |
Census | (Data Processing) The transformation of collected data into useful information by electronic equipment; sometimes referred to as ADP (Automated Data Processing) or EDP (Electronic Data Processing). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DP | Dutch | Diametrale steek | Mechanical Engineering |
DP | English | Dew Point | N/A |
DP | French | Detection de Porteuse | Computing |
DP | German | Taupunkt | Transportation |
DP | Greek | παλμός επιλογής | Computing |
DP | Italian | Posizionamento Dinamico | Mining, Transportation |
DP | Portuguese | Dotações de pagamento | European Union, Finance |
| Dp. | English | Deep | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DPSynonyms: displaced person (n), stateless person (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: DP |
| English words defined with "DP": Decipium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DP": Deadmen, DPer, Drive Casing, Drive Point Profiler ♦ FLOW-MATIC or FLOWMATIC ♦ Hollow Stem Auger Drilling ♦ Information Algebra ♦ Met-English. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DP" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (payment appropriations). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Bootylicious: DP Blacks (1995) DP (1982) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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High Tech |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | DP. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Um richtege We mat der DP. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | DP Informatioun. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In 1986, HCL, DCM DP and Zenith accounted for 87 percent of the total PC market share. (references) | |
Today, they make up less than 15 percent with DCM DP being an insignificant player in the PC market. (references) | ||
Erstwhile important market players such as DCM DP, Usha, PCL Computers and Sterling have become history. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Albania | However, the DP charged that it was their supporters who were attacked by the police. (references) |
Albania | In June the SP held a major election rally in Tirana that was met with a counterrally by the DP. The police detained more than a dozen DP supporters after they allegedly began attacking the police. (references) | |
Kenya | On May 20, youths, reportedly acting on behalf of KANU, disrupted a rally by hurling gasoline bombs at the stage on which the leader of the official opposition, Mwai Kibaki of the DP, and several other M.P.'s were sitting. (references) | |
Economic History | Seychelles | The DP, headed by Mr. Mancham, did not take part in the elections. (references) |
Luxembourg | The DP is a center party, drawing support from the professions, merchants, and urban middle class. (references) | |
Luxembourg | In the opposition since 1984, the DP had been a partner in the three previous consecutive coalition governments. (references) | |
Human Rights | Albania | A group of government medical and legal experts confirmed that Gjonaj's death was by suicide; however, his family members and the DP dismissed this explanation. (references) |
Albania | For example, in January during the arrest of Azgan Haklaj, the local head of the Tropoja DP, police violated procedures to obtain entry into his residence to arrest him. (references) | |
Albania | In March police arrested Gjon Gjonaj, a resident of Lezhe and a DP supporter, and detained him for verification purposes in the Rreshen police station predetention center; Gjonaj later was found dead in his prison cell. (references) | |
Minorities | Kenya | Chenge Mbitiru, DP M.P. from Laikipia West, has called Asians "the greatest economic enemies" of the country and in 2000 called for "Kenyans" to isolate "Asians" unless the government acts to constrain them. (references) |
Political Economy | Kenya | DP, the next-largest party, has 38 seats. (references) |
Ecuador | Jose Cordero, a DP Congressman from Azuay, is the current President of Congress. (references) | |
Political Rights | South Africa | As a result of the 1999 national elections, the DP replaced the NNP as the official opposition in the National Assembly. (references) |
Kenya | In July KANU lost a seat in a by-election for the first time when a DP candidate won the seat in Taveta, Coast Province. (references) | |
Uganda | The number of opposition M.P.'s increased to 35 from 12, including 9 UPC (former President Milton Obote's party) M.P.'s and at least 6 M.P.'s from the Democratic Party (DP). Others are affiliated loosely with the DP, and the affiliations of several other M.P.'s are unclear. (references) | |
Trade | Sri Lanka | All shipping documents in relation to imports made on LC, DP or DA terms should be forwarded by supplier's bank or by the supplier to a commercial bank in Sri Lanka for release to the importer of goods. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DP" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.83% of the time. "DP" is used about 192 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95.83% | 184 | 22,714 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.08% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 2.08% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 192 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "DP": special contract terms for the transfer of DP programs. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DP": dp-controlled, DP-programs, Dp-se. | |
Ending with "DP": non-dp, Tcl-DP. | |
Containing "DP": HLA-DP Antigens. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "DP"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
French | conditions contractuelles particulières pour la cession des programmes informatiques (special contract terms for the licence of DP-programs, special contract terms for the transfer of DP programs), BVB-cession (special contract terms for the licence of DP-programs, special contract terms for the transfer of DP programs). (various references) | |
German | BVB-Überlassung (BVB-license, BVB-transfer, special contract terms for the licence of DP-programs, special contract terms for the transfer of DP programs), besondere Vertragsbedingungen für die Überlassung von DV-Programmen (BVB-license, BVB-transfer, special contract terms for the licence of DP-programs, special contract terms for the transfer of DP programs). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | dpay.(various references) | |
Russian | обр. данных. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words containing "DP": baldpate, baldpates, bedpan, bedpans, bedplate, bedplates, bedpost, bedposts, cardplayer, cardplayers, childproof, childproofed, childproofing, childproofs, clodpate, clodpates, clodpole, clodpoles, clodpoll, clodpolls, codpiece, codpieces, deadpan, deadpanned, deadpanner, deadpanners, deadpanning, deadpans, endpaper, endpapers, endplate, endplates, endpoint, endpoints, fieldpiece, fieldpieces, floodplain, floodplains, godparent, godparents, grandpa, grandparent, grandparental, grandparenthood, grandparenthoods, grandparents, grandpas, handpick, handpicked, handpicking, handpicks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "d-p" | |
+1 letter: dap, dip, dup, pad, ped, pod, pud. | |
+2 letters: aped, apod, damp, daps, deep, dips, dipt, dopa, dope, dopy, dorp, drip, drop, dump, dupe, dups, oped, padi, pads, paid, pard, peds, peed, pend, pied, pled, plod, pods, pond, pood, prod, puds, sped, spud, updo. | |
+3 letters: adapt, adept, adopt, aphid, apods, biped, bipod, caped, coped, cupid, damps, deeps, depot, depth, dippy, dipso, dopas, doped, doper, dopes, dopey, dorps, drape, drips, dript, droop, drops, dropt, drupe, dumps, dumpy, duped, duper, dupes, duple, ephod, epode, gaped, hoped, hyped, imped, japed, lipid, loped, moped, opted, paced, paddy, padis, padle, padre, padri, paged, pagod, paled, panda, pandy, paned, pardi, pards, pardy, pared, pated, paved, pavid, pawed, payed, pedal, pedes, pedro, pends, perdu, perdy, piked, piled, pined, piped, plaid, plead, plied, plods, podgy, podia, poind, poked, poled, ponds, poods, pored, posed, pound, poxed, preed, pride, pried, prods, proud, prude, pseud, pudgy, pudic, puked, puled, purda, pyoid, raped, rapid, redip, riped, roped, sapid, siped, spade, spado, spaed, speed, spend, spied, spode, spuds, spued, taped, tepid, toped, typed, umped, updos, updry, upend, upped, vapid, wiped. | |
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