DDA
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DDA may stand for:
- Danish Design AwardDanish Design AwardThe Danish Design Award is an annual international design prize awarded by the Danish Design Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark. The aim of the award is to acknowledge innovative products and outstanding graphic design solutions characterised by a high aesthetic and technical quality that helps...
- Data Dump & Analysis
- Delhi Development AuthorityDelhi Development AuthorityThe Delhi Development Authority was created in 1955 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act "to promote and secure the development of Delhi".-History:...
, the Planning Agency for Delhi, the capital of India. - Dda (DNA-dependent ATPase)Dda (DNA-dependent ATPase)Dda is the 439-amino acid 49,897-atomic mass unit protein coded by the Dda gene of the bacteriophage T4 phage, a virus that infects enterobacteria....
, a DNA helicase. - Demand deposit account, the classification that checking accounts fall into.
- Depletion DepreciationDepreciationDepreciation refers to two very different but related concepts:# the decrease in value of assets , and# the allocation of the cost of assets to periods in which the assets are used ....
AmortizationAmortizationAmortization is the process of decreasing, or accounting for, an amount over a period. The word comes from Middle English amortisen to kill, alienate in mortmain, from Anglo-French amorteser, alteration of amortir, from Vulgar Latin admortire to kill, from Latin ad- + mort-, mors death.When used...
, components of the financial report known as Income StatementIncome statementIncome statement is a company's financial statement that indicates how the revenue Income statement (also referred to as profit and loss statement (P&L), statement of financial performance, earnings statement, operating statement or statement of operations) is a company's financial statement that...
; often combined & summarized on a single line labelled as DDA - MTU Detroit Diesel Australia, a diesel engine manufacturer in Australia and joint venture between TognumTognumTognum AG is the name of a German industrial concern, formed when private equity fund EQT IV acquired several divisions of DaimlerChrysler. All units are to assume the corporate brand, but will otherwise operate independently....
and Daimler AG. - Deputy District AttorneyDistrict attorneyIn many jurisdictions in the United States, a District Attorney is an elected or appointed government official who represents the government in the prosecution of criminal offenses. The district attorney is the highest officeholder in the jurisdiction's legal department and supervises a staff of...
- Disability Discrimination Act 1992Disability Discrimination Act 1992The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 was an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1992 to promote the rights of people with disabilities in certain areas such as housing, education and provision of goods and services...
, Australian legislation relating to disability discrimination. - Disability Discrimination Act 1995Disability Discrimination Act 1995The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010 , except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies...
, UK legislation relating to disability discrimination. - Discontinuous Deformation AnalysisDiscontinuous Deformation AnalysisDiscontinuous Deformation Analysis is a type of discrete element method originally proposed by Shi in 1988. DDA is somewhat similar to the finite element method for solving stress-displacement problems, but accounts for the interaction of independent particles along discontinuities in fractured...
, an analysis procedure used in physics and engineering. - Discrete Dipole ApproximationDiscrete dipole approximationThe discrete dipole approximation is a method for computing scattering of radiation by particles of arbitrary shape and by periodic structures. Given a target of arbitrary geometry, one seeks to calculate its scattering and absorption properties...
, method for computing scattering of radiation by particles of arbitrary shape. - Digital Differential AnalyzerDigital Differential Analyzer (graphics algorithm)In computer graphics, a hardware or software implementation of a digital differential analyzer is used for linear interpolation of variables over an interval between start and end point. DDAs are used for rasterization of lines, triangles and polygons...
, a method of drawing lines on a computer screen, such as Bresenham's line algorithmBresenham's line algorithmThe Bresenham line algorithm is an algorithm which determines which points in an n-dimensional raster should be plotted in order to form a close approximation to a straight line between two given points...
. Also used in CNC (Computer Numerical Control) systems for manufacturing. - Digital Differential AnalyzerDigital Differential AnalyzerA digital differential analyzer , also sometimes called a digital integrating computer, is a digital implementation of a differential analyzer...
, a digital implementation of a Differential Analyzer. - The Division on Dynamical AstronomyDivision on Dynamical AstronomyThe Division on Dynamical Astronomy is a branch of the American Astronomical Society that focuses on the advancement of all aspects of dynamical astronomy, including celestial mechanics, solar system dynamics, stellar dynamics, as well as the dynamics of the interstellar medium and galactic...
, a branch of the American Astronomical SocietyAmerican Astronomical SocietyThe American Astronomical Society is an American society of professional astronomers and other interested individuals, headquartered in Washington, DC... - Defence Diversification Agency, an executive agencyExecutive agencyAn executive agency, also known as a next-step agency, is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate in order to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Assembly or Northern Ireland...
of the UK Ministry of DefenceMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom)The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
. - Dog Day AfternoonDog Day AfternoonDog Day Afternoon is a 1975 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Frank Pierson, and produced by Martin Bregman. The film stars Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, Penny Allen, James Broderick, and Carol Kane. The title refers to the "dog days of summer".The film was...
, a 1975 film starring Al Pacino. - Doha Development Agenda of the World Trade Organization
- Downtown Development Authority in the United States; see Main Street Programs in the United StatesMain Street Programs in the United StatesOver the past several decades a national movement of Main Street Programs has emerged. These may be statewide or regional "coordinating programs" or "local programs." Programs determined to be "Designated" follow best-practices established by the National Main Street Center and/or statewide or...
- Dutch Dakota AssociationDutch Dakota AssociationThe Dutch Dakota Association or DDA Classic Airlines, known by many just as the DDA, is a small foundation dedicated to the preservation and operation of classic aircraft, especially the Douglas DC-3 Dakota...
, a Dutch organisation dedicated to preserving and operating classic aircraft. - Dynamic game difficulty balancingDynamic game difficulty balancingDynamic game difficulty balancing, also known as dynamic difficulty adjustment or dynamic game balancing , is the process of automatically changing parameters, scenarios and behaviors in a video game in real-time, based on the player's ability, in order to avoid them becoming bored or frustrated...
, also known as Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment, the method of automatically adjusting video game difficulty based on player ability. - Don't Do Anything in the game N.