DAC

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dac"

Translingual

Symbol

DAC

  1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, which serves Dhaka, Bangladesh.

English

Noun

DAC (countable and uncountable, plural DACs)

  1. (countable, electronics) Acronym of digital-to-analog converter.
  2. (countable, electronics) Initialism of direct attach connector.
  3. (countable, materials science) Initialism of diamond anvil cell.
  4. (uncountable, organic chemistry) Abbreviation of D-acetylcarnitine.
  5. (computer security) Initialism of discretionary access control.
  6. (uncountable, engineering) Initialism of direct air capture.
    • 2024 May 8, Laura Paddison, “The ‘world’s largest’ vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air just opened. Here’s how it works”, in CNN‎[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 21 August 2025:
      Next-gen climate solutions like DAC are gaining more attention from governments and private industry as humans continue to burn fossil fuels.
    • 2025 July 5, Kenza Bryan, “Meta’s AI climate tool raised false hope of carbon dioxide removal, scientists say”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12:
      Although DAC is not yet operating at scale, Microsoft is one of the sector's biggest investors while Meta has committed to buying credits from start-ups that are developing it.
  7. (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of deputy assistant commissioner, a police rank used in London's Metropolitan Police.
  8. (military) Department of the Army civilian.

Hypernyms

  • (digital-to-analogue converter): ADC (“analogue-to-digital converter”)
  • (diamond anvil cell): double-DAC
  • (D-acetylcarnitine): LAC (“L-acetylcarninite”)

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Turkish

Proper noun

DAC

  1. initialism of Demokratik Alman Cumhuriyetİ (German Democratic Republic).
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