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dau

[dou]
–noun
dhow.

dau.

dhow

[dou]
–noun
any of various types of sailing vessels used by Arabs on the east African, Arabian, and Indian coasts, generally lateen-rigged on two or three masts.
Also, dau, dow.


Origin:
1795–1805; < Ar dāwa
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Main Entry: dau
Function: abbreviation
daughter
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Computing Dictionary

DAU
/dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially 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, loser and weasel.
[The Jargon File]
(1994-12-06)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
dau
daughter
DAU
  1. decryption authentication unit

  2. Defense Acquisition University

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