DI
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DI, the two-letter abbreviation, has a number of meanings:
Natural Sciences
Technology
Companies/Organisations
Police/Military
Publications
Music
Other
Natural Sciences
- Band 3Band 3Anion Exchanger 1 or Band 3 is a phylogenetically preserved transport protein responsible for mediating the exchange of chloride for bicarbonate across a plasma membrane. Functionally similar members of the AE clade are AE2 and AE3.It is ubiquitous throughout the vertebrates...
, a protein - Deionized water (DI water), a type of water deprived of the dissolved impurities of ionic nature
- Discovery InvestigationsDiscovery InvestigationsThe Discovery Investigations were a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean. They were funded by the British Colonial Office and organised by the Discovery Committee in London, which was formed in 1918...
, a series of scientific cruises and shore-based investigations into the biology of whales in the Southern Ocean - Diabetes insipidusDiabetes insipidusDiabetes insipidus is a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, with reduction of fluid intake having no effect on the concentration of the urine. There are several different types of DI, each with a different cause...
, a disease
Technology
- Digital intermediateDigital intermediateDigital intermediate is a motion picture finishing process which classically involves digitizing a motion picture and manipulating the color and other image characteristics. It often replaces or augments the photochemical timing process and is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie...
, a filmmaking post-production process - Damage indicator, a parameter used to assess damages
- Dependency InjectionDependency injectionDependency injection is a design pattern in object-oriented computer programming whose purpose is to improve testability of, and simplify deployment of components in very large software systems....
, a method of decoupling components in software - DI unitDI unitA DI unit, DI box, Direct Box, or simply DI , is a device typically used in recording studios to connect a high-impedance, line level, unbalanced output signal to a low-impedance microphone level balanced input, usually via XLR connector...
or Direct Input box, an audio device used with PA systems and in sound recording studios - Digitally ImportedDigitally ImportedDigitally Imported is an Internet radio broadcaster playing various types of electronic dance music including trance, progressive techno, eurodance and house across 38 separate streaming channels. It was founded in 1999 as a hobby project by Ari Shohat and was one of the first internet radio...
, an internet radio service - DI register, or destination index, in X86 computer architecture
- Direction Indicator, an instrument in aviation also known as a Heading indicatorHeading indicatorThe heading indicator is a flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of the aircraft's heading. It is sometimes referred to by its older names, the directional gyro or DG, and also direction indicator or DI.- Use :The primary means of establishing the heading in most small...
- Direct Injection, a type of fuel injectionFuel injectionFuel injection is a system for admitting fuel into an internal combustion engine. It has become the primary fuel delivery system used in automotive petrol engines, having almost completely replaced carburetors in the late 1980s....
Companies/Organisations
- Deseret IndustriesDeseret IndustriesDeseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of the Welfare Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects operated by the program. Deseret Industries thrift stores are similar to the well-known Goodwill...
, an LDS thrift store - Defensa InteriorDefensa InteriorDefensa Interior was a militant anarchist organisation, founded in September 1961 by the congress of the Movimiento Libertario Español...
, an anti-Franco militant anarchist group in 1960s Spain - DynCorp InternationalDynCorp InternationalDynCorp International is a United States-based private military contractor. Begun as an aviation company, the company now also provides air operations support, training and mentoring, international development, intelligence training and support, contingency operations, security, and operations and...
, a major United States defense contractor - Dimensional InsightDimensional InsightDimensional Insight is a software company specializing in the development and marketing of business intelligence software. Their flagship product, The Diver Solution, delivers information in the form of reports, charts, and analytical applications....
, a business intelligence company - Discovery InstituteDiscovery InstituteThe Discovery Institute is a non-profit public policy think tank based in Seattle, Washington, best known for its advocacy of intelligent design...
, an intelligent design advocacy group - Death Incorporated, a gaming clan
Police/Military
- Detective InspectorInspectorInspector is both a police rank and an administrative position, both used in a number of contexts. However, it is not an equivalent rank in each police force.- Australia :...
, a police rank - Drill instructorDrill instructorA drill instructor is a non-commissioned officer or Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in the armed forces or police forces with specific duties that vary by country. In the U.S. armed forces, they are assigned the duty of indoctrinating new recruits entering the military into the customs and...
, a non-commissioned officer or Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in the armed forces or police forces with specific duties that vary by country - The D.I.The D.I. (film)The D.I. is a black-and-white military drama film starring, produced and directed by Jack Webb. The film was produced by Jack Webb's production company Mark VII Limited and distributed by Warner Brothers....
, 1957 military film by Jack WebbJack WebbJohn Randolph "Jack" Webb , also known by the pseudonym John Randolph, was an American actor, television producer, director and screenwriter, who is most famous for his role as Sergeant Joe Friday in the radio and television series Dragnet... - Direct ImpingementDirect impingementDirect impingement is a type of gas operation for a firearm that directs gas from a fired cartridge directly to the bolt carrier or slide assembly to cycle the action.- Evaluation :...
, a class of firearm gas operation mechanism
Publications
- Dagens Industri, a Swedish financial newspaper
- The Daily IowanThe Daily IowanThe Daily Iowan is an independent, 19,500-circulation daily student newspaper serving Iowa City and the University of Iowa community. It has consistently won a number of collegiate journalism awards, including multiple National Pacemaker Awards, and is generally regarded as one of the finest...
, a student newspaper for the University of IowaUniversity of IowaThe University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...
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Music
- D.I. (band), a punk band from Southern California
- D.I. (EP), a 1983 EP by the same band above
- Despised IconDespised IconDespised Icon was a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is notable for the use of two vocalists; Alexandre Erian, takes use of a mid-range screaming technique, and Steve Marois for the low growling vocals, and high pitched screamed vocals...
, a Canadian deathcore band
Other
- 501 (number)501 (number)501 is the natural number following 500 and followed by 502.501 is the sum of the first eighteen primes....
in Roman numerals - Destination ImagiNationDestination ImagiNationDestination ImagiNation Inc. or DI is a creative problem solving organization for youth and adults. Destination ImagiNation's educational goals are to foster creative and critical thinking, to develop teamwork, collaboration and leadership skills, and to nurture research and inquiry skills...
, an international children's problem-solving competition - DHARMA InitiativeDHARMA InitiativeThe Dharma Initiative, also written DHARMA , was a fictional research project featured in the television series Lost. It was introduced in the second season episode "Orientation". In 2008, the Dharma Initiative website was launched. Dharma's interests were directly connected with fringe science...
, a fictional research project - Digital IntermediateDigital intermediateDigital intermediate is a motion picture finishing process which classically involves digitizing a motion picture and manipulating the color and other image characteristics. It often replaces or augments the photochemical timing process and is usually the final creative adjustment to a movie...
, the digital equivalent of intermediate film prints - Diplomi-insinööriDiplomi-insinööriDiplomi-insinööri is a Finnish Master's level academic degree with a nominal length of 300 ECTS credits. The official English translation of the degree is Master of Science in Engineering, Master of Science and Master of Science in Technology. The Finnish name derives from the old German degree...
, a Finnish 6-year engineering degree - Direct Ignition, see Distributor#Direct ignition
- Direct InstructionDirect instructionDirect Instruction is an instructional method that is focused on systematic curriculum design and skillful implementation of a prescribed behavioral script....
, an instructional method focused on a systematic curriculum design - Disposable Income, total personal income minus personal current taxes
- Document of IdentityDocument of IdentityThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Document of Identity for Visa Purposes is a biometric travel document issued by the Hong Kong Immigration Department to residents of Hong Kong who are unable obtain national passports...
issued by the Hong Kong Immigration Department - DiameterDiameterIn geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...
, the distance across the middle of a circle