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DP

1. data processing.
2. displaced person.

dp

1. data processing.
2. Baseball. double play.

D/P

documents against payment.

D.P.

1. data processing.
2. displaced person.

d.p.

(in prescriptions) with a proper direction.

Origin:
< L dīrēctiōne prōpriā

displaced person

–noun
a person driven or expelled from his or her homeland by war, famine, tyranny, etc. Abbreviation: DP, D.P.

Origin:
1940–45
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dew point  
n.   Abbr. DP
The temperature at which air becomes saturated and produces dew.
double play  
n.   Baseball Abbr. DP
A play in which two players are put out.
DP  
abbr.  
  1. data processing

  2. dew point

  3. displaced person

  4. double play

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: DP
Function: abbreviation
1 doctor of pharmacy
2 doctor of podiatry
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

DP abbr.
Doctor of Podiatry

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Computing Dictionary

DP
1. data processing.
According to hackers, use of the term marks one immediately as a suit.
See DPer.
2. dot pitch.
3. Dissociated Press.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-07-22)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
dp
dot pitch
DP
  1. data processing

  2. demolition proceding

  3. development prototype

  4. dew point

  5. director of photography

  6. disabled person

  7. displaced person

  8. Doctor of Podiatry

  9. double penetration

  10. double play

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