DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)

The central research and development

organization of the United States Department of Defense (DoD). DARPA manages and directs selected basis and applied science projects and pursues research and technology considered high in risk and payoff and that hold the potential for dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions. DARPA was formed in 1958 in response to the Soviet launching of the Sputnik satellite. See also DARPANET.

• DOD (Direct Outward Dial)
• domain
• domain name
• Domain Name Resolver (DNR)
• Domain Name System (DNS)
• Domsat Decision (Domestic satellite Decision)
• dongle
• do-not-call registry
• do not disturb (DND)
• dopant
• doping
• Doppler effect
• DOS (Disk Operating System)
• dot
• dots per inch (dpi)
• dotted decimal notation
• dotted decimal notation
• dotted quad
• dotted quad
• double sideband modulation (DSB)
• downlink
• download
• downstream
• downtime
• DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation)