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See also: dac, daC, DAc, đác, đạc, dąć, đặc, and dać

Translingual

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DAC

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

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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:
      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, 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.

Hypernyms

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

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Proper noun

DAC

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

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