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DoD

Definition: DoD

DoD

Noun

1. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; created in 1947.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "DoD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)


Specialty Definition: DoD

DomainDefinition

Computing

DoD 1. Department of Defense. 2. Dial on Demand. (2000-03-25). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Census

Designation for the (Department of Defense). (references)

Health

United States Department of Defense. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DoD

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.
EntrySourceExpressionField

DOD

EnglishDomestic Operations DivisionN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: DoD

Synonyms: Defense (n), Defense Department (n), Department of Defense (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: DoD

English words defined with "DoD": Dodd. (references)
Specialty definitions using "DoD": Ada, Asset Source for Software Engineering TechnologyC/ATLAS, CALS, COmmon Business Oriented Language, Content Data Model, CycDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DOD-STD-2167A, DoD-STD-2168Federal Networking CouncilIronmanOPERATIONAL FACILITY INSTRUMENT, operational testing, Orange BookPebbleman, Project Guardian, Public Key InfrastructureReal Programmers Don't Use Pascal, RLFStonemanTCOL.Ada, TCPIPVHDLWoodenman. (references)
Non-English Usage: "DoD" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Scottish (a tantrum), Welsh (become, come).

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Modern Usage: DoD

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Två levende og en dod (1936)

Dashteryata na poslanika Dod (1985)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: DoD

DomainTitle

Books

  • Comparing the Costs of Dod Military and Civil Service Personnel(MR-980) (reference)

  • Defense Depot Maintenance: Uncertainties and Challenges Dod Faces in Restructuring Its Depot Maintenance Program (reference)

  • Dod Presents 100 Superstar Guitar Sounds on a Stompbox Budget (reference)

  • Exploration of Selection Bias Issues for the Dod Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Demonstration (reference)

  • Keeping the Nation's Secrets: A Report of Defense by the Commission to Review Dod Security Policies and Practices (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Dod Directives - Microfiche (reference)

  • Dod Directives On Cd-rom (reference)

  • Historical Dod Standardization Service - Cd-Rom - Historical 1990 Forward (reference)

  • Dod Hazardous Materials Information Systems (reference)

  • Dod Statistical Report On The Military Retirement System (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: DoD

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

[Classroom instruction in parasitology] / DOD p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Eric Larson (USUHS/AV)..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: DoD

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Contractors must ask the DOD Defense Security Service to verify clearances to the ODC in Denmark before scheduling any visits to Materiel Commands or military installations in Denmark. (references)

KAL 's participation would certainly provide enhanced viability to the KAI business plan. KAL, unlike the KAI members, has sufficient commercial aerospace activities (manufacturing, maintenance, overhaul) and military production (Sikorsky Black Hawk co-production program, repair work for DOD) to be very attractive to KAI. KAL considered the offer to join KAI but declined. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

DOD periodically reviews Egyptian compliance with this MOU. (references)

Russia

DoD is providing design assistance, construction support and equipment, and facility equipment. (references)

Russia

DOE took over the program from DOD and is seeking to enhance the security of weapons-grade fissile materials at more than 40 sites in Russia. (references)

Travel

Latvia

For information regarding the DOD policy on specific carriers, travelers may contact the DOD at (618) 229-4801. (references)

Egypt

For international information regarding the DOD policy on specific carriers, travelers may contact the Pentagon at telephone (703) 697-7288. (references)

Ecuador

In addition, DOD does not permit its personnel to use air carriers from Category 2 countries for official business except for flights originating from or terminating in the U.S. For information regarding the DOD policy on specific carriers, travelers may contact DOD at telephone (618) 229-4801. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: DoD

"DoD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.35% of the time. "DoD" is used about 43 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)95.35%4153,521
Noun (singular)2.33%1339,140
Noun (common)2.33%1339,140
                    Total100.00%43N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: DoD

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "DoD": DoD-1, DOD-STD-2167A, DoD-STD-2168.

Ending with "DoD": water-dod.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DoD

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dod

1,342

dod script

26

b death dod fx86 metal

245

diem dod per

26

dod form

148

dod zzounds.com

26

dod map

139

dod server

26

dod job

102

censorship censorship coup coup covering d d dod etat etat evidence fbi nsa up

25

dod emall

70

clans dod

24

dod sbir

57

dod 5000

23

dod skin

57

dod per diem rate

23

dod school

51

dod financial management regulation

22

directive dod

51

dod security clearance

21

bots dod

48

dod update

21

dod police

42

dod instructions

20

dod mod

41

dod merderet

20

dod publication

40

dod job search

18

dod download

38

1348.33 dod m

18

dod regulation

34

dod contract

17

1.0 dod

33

bot dod

17

dod half life

32

dod patch

16

dod v10.exe

27

dod site

15

cert dod

27

dod dog eat

15
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DoD

Language Translations for "DoD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

Nemzetvédelmi Minisztérium (department of defense, ministry of defense, mod). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

odday

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: DoD

Derivations

Words beginning with "DoD": dodder, doddered, dodderer, dodderers, doddering, dodders, doddery, dodecagon, dodecagons, dodecahedra, dodecahedral, dodecahedron, dodecahedrons, dodecaphonic, dodecaphonically, dodecaphonies, dodecaphonist, dodecaphonists, dodecaphony, dodge, dodgeball, dodgeballs, dodged, dodgem, dodgems, dodger, dodgeries, dodgers, dodgery, dodges, dodgier, dodgiest, dodginess, dodginesses, dodging, dodgy, dodo, dodoes, dodoism, dodoisms, dodos. (additional references)

Words containing "DoD": cladode, cladodes, cladodial, endoderm, endodermal, endodermis, endodermises, endoderms, endodontic, endodontically, endodontics, endodontist, endodontists, outdodge, outdodged, outdodges, outdodging, rhododendron, rhododendrons. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: DoD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: odd.

Words within the letters "d-d-o"

-1 letter: do, od.

 Words containing the letters "d-d-o"
 

+1 letter: dado, dido, dodo, eddo, odds.

 

+2 letters: boded, coded, dados, didos, dildo, diode, dodge, dodgy, dodos, doled, domed, doped, dosed, doted, dowdy, dowed, dozed, droid, hodad, iodid, kiddo, noddy, odder, oddly, soddy, toddy.

 

+3 letters: aboded, adored, aoudad, bodied, bonded, cloddy, codded, codder, coddle, corded, dadoed, dadoes, decode, demode, demoed, deodar, devoid, didoes, dildoe, dildos, diodes, dioxid, dipody, doated, docked, dodder, dodged, dodgem, dodger, dodges, dodoes, doffed, dogdom, dogged, doiled, doited, dolled, donned, doodad, doodle, doomed, dorado, dorsad, dossed, dotard, dotted, doused, downed, dowsed, droids, droned, droved, drownd, dynode, eddoes, eroded, fodder, folded, fonded, forded, fordid, gadoid, goaded, goddam, godded, hodads, hodden, hoddin, hooded, horded, iodide, iodids, ixodid, kiddos, loaded, lodged, lorded, molded, nodded, nodder, noddle, oddest, oddish, oddity, odored, ogdoad, outadd, outdid, podded, ponded, rodded, shoddy, sodded, sodden, sordid, toddle, voided, woaded, wooded, worded, yodled.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DoD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 6F 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    ---    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01101111 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#111 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 006F 0044

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

388138

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Abbreviations
13. Acronyms
14. Derivations
15. Anagrams
16. Orthography
17. Bibliography


  

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