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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | DAU /dow/ n. [German FidoNet] German acronym for Du"mmster Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user). From the engineering-slang GAU for Gro"sster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst assumable accident, esp. of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See cretin, fool, loser and weasel. Source: Jargon File. |
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 |
DAU | English | Data adapter unit | Computing |
DAU | French | Document Administratif Unique | European Union |
DAU | Italian | Documento amministrativo unico | European Union, Finance |
DAU | Portuguese | Documento administrativo único | European Union, Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: DAU |
| Specialty definitions using "DAU": TLAs. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DAU" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Frisian (dew), Portuguese (bagac, Moulmein teak, Single Administrative Document, yang), Romanian (I give), Welsh (two). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mak dau goo si (2001) Wong Fei-hung chi tit gai dau neung gung (1993) Tai cheung lo dau (1985) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Vietnam | Among the many others believed to be imprisoned at year's end for peaceful political and religious activities are political activist Nguyen Dinh Huy, journalist Pham Thai, and religious persons Truong Van Thuc, Nguyen Chau Lan, Le Van Nhuom, Vo Van Buu, Ha Hai, Nguyen Duy Tam, Le Minh Triet, Le Van Tinh, Le Van Son, Nguyen Van Dau, Thich Nhu Dat, Thich Hai Tang, Thich Phuc Vien, Thich Thien Minh, Thich Tien Tan, Thich Hue Dang, Thich Thanh Tinh, Thich Tri Tuu, Pham Minh Tri, Nguyen Thien Phung, Nguyen Minh Bao, Nguyen Van Ly, and Ly A Cho. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DAU" is generally used as an unclassified items -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "DAU" is used about 4 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 |
| Unclassified Items | 75% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DAU" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Dau | Last name | 300 | 26,671 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dau | 280 |
dau 9p | 14 |
ba dan dau nguoi tien | 6 |
dau father | 5 |
dau tieng | 4 |
campus dau virtual | 3 |
dau now register | 3 |
dau nam tieng viet | 3 |
dau furniture | 3 |
chan dau nhan tinh | 3 |
dau m.net | 3 |
course dau | 3 |
dau university | 3 |
dau dau.fedworld.gov | 2 |
nokia dau 9p | 2 |
dau so tu vi | 2 |
dau tab | 2 |
9p cabo dau | 2 |
center continuous dau learning | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DAU": daub, daube, daubed, dauber, dauberies, daubers, daubery, daubes, daubier, daubiest, daubing, daubries, daubry, daubs, dauby, daughter, daughterless, daughters, daunder, daundered, daundering, daunders, daunomycin, daunomycins, daunorubicin, daunorubicins, daunt, daunted, daunter, daunters, daunting, dauntingly, dauntless, dauntlessly, dauntlessness, dauntlessnesses, daunts, dauphin, dauphine, dauphines, dauphins, daut, dauted, dautie, dauties, dauting, dauts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "DAU": eisteddfodau, landau. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DAU": bedaub, bedaubed, bedaubing, bedaubs, goddaughter, goddaughters, grandaunt, grandaunts, granddaughter, granddaughters, landaulet, landaulets, landaus, padauk, padauks, stepdaughter, stepdaughters, undauntable, undaunted, undauntedly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-u" | |
-1 letter: ad. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-u" | |
+1 letter: auld, baud, daub, daut, duad, dual, duma, dura, gaud, laud, maud, quad, yaud. | |
+2 letters: adieu, adult, adunc, adust, almud, aloud, audad, audio, audit, bauds, cauld, datum, daube, daubs, dauby, daunt, dauts, douma, doura, duads, duals, ducal, ducat, dulia, dumas, dumka, dunam, dural, duras, durra, fauld, fraud, gauds, gaudy, guard, judas, lauds, mauds, maund, mudra, purda, quads, sadhu, squad, ulnad, yauds, yauld. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 41 55 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .- ..- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000001 01010101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D A U |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0041 0055 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)383555 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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