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DASD

"DASD" is a common misspelling or typo for: dad, dads.


Specialty Definition: DASD

DomainDefinition

Computing

DASD Direct-Access Storage Device. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Census

(Direct Access Storage Device) A unit of computer equipment that allows direct, quick access to storage for entry or retrieval of information. (references)

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

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Specialty Definition: DASD

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In the United States Government, any of the several Deputy Assistant Secretaries of Defense, each of which specialize in a particular set of defense issues; e.g., the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Civilian Personnel Policy) -- DASD(CPP), the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I Acquisition) DASD(C3IA), and so on.

In information technology, a direct access storage device.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "DASD."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: DASD

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

DASD

EnglishDirect Access Storage DeviceComputing

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

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Commercial Usage: DASD

DomainTitle

Books

  • DASD Saver: A How-to Guide to Reclaiming AS/400 Disk Space--3rd Edition (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: DASD

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

dasd

127

dasd ibm

8

as 400 dasd

3

dasd management

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DASD

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

Danish

  

fælles direkte tilgangsenhed (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gemeenschappelijk direct toegankelijke geheugeneenheid (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

yhteinen suorasaantilaite (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

French

  

MAS, mémoire accès sélectif. (various references)

   

German

  

gemeinsam benutzter Direktzugriffspeicher (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διαμοιρασμένη συσκευή κατ'ευθείαν προσπέλασης (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Italian

  

unit di memoria ad accesso diretto in comune (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asdday

   

Portuguese

  

opção de dispositivo de acesso directo compartilhado (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

unidad de acceso directo compartido (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gemensamt direktminne (shared DASD, shared direct access device). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DASD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: adds, dads.

Words within the letters "a-d-d-s"

-1 letter: add, ads, dad, sad.

-2 letters: ad, as.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-s"
 

+1 letter: dadas, dados, deads, duads, dyads.

 

+2 letters: adders, addles, audads, caddis, dadoes, dashed, dedans, desand, dorsad, dreads, dryads, gaddis, gadids, hodads, misadd, readds, sadden, sadder, saddhu, saddle, sanded, shaded, spaded.

 

+3 letters: addaxes, addends, addicts, address, addrest, adduces, adducts, advised, alidads, aoudads, baddest, baddies, caddies, caddish, candids, dadaism, dadaist, daddies, daddles, daisied, daledhs, danders, dandies, dandles, dastard, dawdles, daybeds, dayside, deadens, deadest, deashed, debased, decades, deleads, demands, deodars, desands, diacids, diadems, diapsid, didacts, disband, discard, disdain, doodads, dorados, dotards, dryades, dyadics, faddish, faddism, faddist, gadders, gadoids, goddams, haddest, kaddish, keddahs, ladders, laddies, maddens, madders, maddest, maddish, middays, misadds, ogdoads, outadds, padders, paddies, paddles, raddles, saddens, saddest, saddhus, saddled, saddler, saddles, sanddab, scalded, sedated, sraddha, staddle, steaded, swaddle, swarded, wadders, waddies, waddles.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Abbreviations
6. Acronyms
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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