DP may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre Danny Phantom, an animated television series David Production, a Japanese animation studio Deepika Padukone, Indian film actress, often referred to by the acronym DP Digital Playground, an American pornographic movie studio Director of photography, a job in filmmaking Dixon Place, a theater organization in New York City D.P., a South Korean television series
Music Daft Punk, an electronic band Dead Poetic, a music group Deep Purple, a rock music group Dominant parallel, a type of chord dp (album), a 2005 album by Daniel Powter Drowning Pool, an American heavy metal music group
Other media The Daily Pennsylvanian, the University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper Dark Prince from Clash Royale Deadpool, a Marvel Comics comic book character Display picture or avatar, in gaming and online, a graphical representation of a user or their character Doom Patrol, a comic book series H. G. Wells, author; used "D. P." as a pseudonym Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, a video game Seasons of the Pokémon anime based on the video game: Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl: Sinnoh League Victors Dragon Punch, a move in many fighting video games
Businesses and organizations Political parties Democratic Party, a name shared by many political parties Democrazia Proletaria, a former left-wing political party in Italy Deutsche Partei, a German political party Labour Party (Lithuania) (), a political party in Lithuania
Other businesses and organizations
The Detroit Partnership, a service-learning organization at the University of Michigan Devon Preparatory School (Devon Prep), an American private school DigiPen Institute of Technology, a university in Redmond, Washington Distributed Proofreaders, an organisation related to Project Gutenberg Dorset Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Dorset, England DP World, a logistics company based in the United Arab Emirates First Choice Airways, formerly Air 2000 (IATA airline code DP 1987–2008) Paon DP, a Japanese video game developer Pobeda Airlines (IATA airline code DP since 2014)
Law Death penalty Due process
People Dan Patrick, an American sportscaster Deepika Padukone, Indian film actress, often referred to by the acronym DP H. G. Wells, author; used "D. P." as a pseudonym
Science, technology, and mathematics Computing and software DP (complexity), or difference polynomial time, a computational complexity class Data processing Software design pattern, a reusable solution to a common problem in software design Device-independent pixel, a unit representing an abstraction of a pixel for use by an application Digital Performer, an audio software package for the Apple Macintosh and Windows DisplayPort, a computer display interface specification Double Parity, as used in RAID-DP, a non-standard implementation of RAID Dual processors, a computing component with two independent processing units Dynamic positioning, a computer-controlled system to maintain a vessel's position and heading
Logic Disjunction property, a typical metalogical property of intuitionistic theories Drinker paradox, a theorem of classical predicate logic
Mathematics Davis–Putnam algorithm, for checking the validity of a first-order logic formula Decimal places, a particular number of digits in positional notation that convey a specific quantity Differential privacy, a system for publicly sharing information while withholding information about individuals in the dataset Dirichlet process, a stochastic process corresponding to an infinite generalization of the Dirichlet distribution Dynamic programming, a method for solving a complex problem by breaking it down into a collection of simpler subproblems, used in several fields
Medicine Delusional parasitosis, in which individuals incorrectly believe they are infested with parasites Depersonalization, a state of feeling detached and/or out of one's body Dermal papilla, a cluster of mesenchymal cells that lie at the base of a hair follicle Diphallia, in which a male is born with two penises Disopyramide, a chemical compound
Weapons Degtyaryov machine gun (Degtyarova pekhotnyi), a Soviet machine gun Drill purpose rifle, a rifle that has been altered so that it can be used for drill purposes only Dual-purpose gun, a naval artillery mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets
Other uses in science and technology Data point, a unit of measurement or observation Degree of polymerization, the number of units in an average polymer chain at a given time during a reaction Determiner phrase, in linguistics Diametral pitch, the ratio of the number of teeth in a gear to its pitch diameter Diffraction pattern, in wave mechanics Diffusion pump, a type of vacuum pump Diphosgene, a chemical warfare agent Discursive psychology, a form of discourse analysis Standard instrument departure procedure, a procedure for aircraft
In sport Dan Patrick, an American sportscaster Daytona Prototype, a type of racing car used in the Rolex Sports Car Series and United SportsCar Championship Deportivo Pereira, a Colombian soccer team Designated player, a softball batter Designated Player Rule, in Major League Soccer Detroit Pistons, National Basketball Association Double play, in baseball Dude Perfect, a trick shot conglomerate
Other uses Delegable proxy, a form of voting Delivery point, in postal systems Depok railway station, Indonesia, station code Depository participant, an agent of the depository, in Indian banking Dill pickle, a type of pickled cucumber Displaced person, WWII term for person forced to leave home region due to invasion Divine Principle, the main theological book of the Unification Church Donkey punch, slang for a sexual practice Double penetration, a variant of group sex Down payment Dr Pepper, a type of carbonated soft drink South Sulawesi (vehicle registration prefix DP)
See also DPS (disambiguation) Dawn patrol (disambiguation) ₯, symbol for currency Greek drachma ∂P, an abbreviation for differentiable programming