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{{wiktionary|D}}
'''[[D]]''' is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet. It can also refer to the following:

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== Business and economy ==
* D, denoting the [[Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland]] in the serial numbers of United States dollars
* D, [[Mitsubishi Electric]]'s mobile phones in Japan
* D, the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for [[Dominion Resources|Dominion]]
* [[D- All Things Digital|D: All Things Digital]], an annual technology conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, produced and hosted by columnist Walter Mossberg

== Computing ==
* D, the name of various programming languages:
** [[D (programming language)]], a C++-like programming language developed by Walter Bright
** D, a programming language designed to be used with the [[DTrace]] dynamic tracing framework
** [[Tutorial D]], a database query language
*** [[D (data language specification)]], the basis for Tutorial D and others
** Filetab-D / [[Filetab]] a language based on decision tables
* D, the "[[Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria#D — Minimal protection|Minimal Protection]]" security division in the TCSEC
* d (short for [[daemon (computing)|daemon]]), a suffix often added to the name of a computer program that runs as a background process
* </tt>.d</tt>, a common pathname component suffix for a directory for a program or subsystem on [[POSIX]] and POSIX-like systems; for example "<tt>/etc/init.d</tt>" would be a directory which contains files associated with the [[init]] program.
* .d, a file format used for Agilent [[MassHunter]] mass spectrometry software

== Entertainment and film ==
* [[D (film)|''D'' (film)]], a 2005 Bollywood film
* ''[[D Magazine]]'', a magazine for the city of Dallas, Texas
* ''D'', a weekly supplement to the Italian newspaper ''[[la Repubblica]]''
* [[D (series)|''D'' (series)]], a video game series
** [[D (video game)|''D'' (video game)]], a game released in 1995 for the PC, 3DO, PlayStation and Sega Saturn
* Count D, a character in the anime/manga series ''[[Pet Shop of Horrors]]''
* [[Vampire Hunter D]], the title character in a series of novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi
* D, one of the characters in ''[[Another Code: Two Memories]]'' (''Trace Memory'')
* ''[[Initial D]]'', a 1995 Japanese manga and anime about mountain drifting that has spawned several arcade and console games
* Substance D, a fictional recreational drug in the novel and film ''[[A Scanner Darkly]]''

== Music ==
* [[D (musical note)]]
* The [[D major]] scale or chord
* The [[D minor]] scale or chord
* The prefix "D." to a piece of music by Franz Schubert, indicating its number in the catalogue of [[Otto Deutsch]]
* [[Steinway D-274|D (or D-274)]], a concert grand piano manufactured by Steinway & Sons
* [[D (band)]], a Japanese rock/metal band
* "The D", one of the names of comedy rock band [[Tenacious D]]
* "d:" or "d:?", often used to refer to the Christian rock band [[Delirious?]]
* "D!" or "Dee!", names of [[Detlef Soost]], a German dancer and choreographer
* [[D (Os Paralamas do Sucesso album)|''D'' (Os Paralamas do Sucesso album)]], 1987
* [[D (White Denim album)|''D'' (White Denim album)]], 2011
* [[D (Deuter album)|''D'' (Deuter album)]], 1971
* D, the bass player for Australian band [[Testeagles]]
* [[D Records]], a former record label in Houston, Texas
* ''[[Substance D]]'', a drum and bass compilation album by Dieselboy

== Science ==
=== Astronomy ===
* D, the [[stellar classification#White dwarf classifications|white dwarf stellar classification]]
* D/, for "destroyed/disappeared" in [[comet#Comet nomenclature|comet nomenclature]]
* D, a February 16 through 29 discovery in the [[provisional designation]] of a comet or asteroid

=== Chemistry and biology ===
* D, the symbol for [[aspartic acid]] in biochemistry
* D, the symbol of [[deuterium]], an isotope of hydrogen, in chemistry
* [[Vitamin D]]
* [[ATC code D]] ''Dermatologicals'', a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System

=== Genetics ===
* [[Haplogroup D (mtDNA)]], a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
* [[Haplogroup_D-M174_(Y-DNA)]], a Y-chromosomal DNA (Y-DNA) haplogroup

=== Places ===
* D (for ''Deutschland''), the [[international license plate code]] of Germany
* The [[D River]], in Oregon, USA
* A nickname for [[Detroit]]

=== Mathematics ===
* ''d'', the symbol for the total [[differential operator]] (partial differentials use ∂)
* D, often used as a digit meaning ''thirteen'' in hexadecimal and other positional [[numeral system]]s with a radix of 14 or greater
* Blackboard bold <math>\mathbb{D}</math>, representing the unit disk in the complex plane, or the decimal fractions (see [[number]])
* ''d'', often a variable for the [[diameter]] of a circle in geometry
* ''D'' and ''d'', the [[derivative]] operators
* D, the number five hundred in [[Roman numerals]]

=== Physics ===
* <math>\mathbf{D}</math>, the recommended symbol for [[electric displacement field]]
* ''d'', the recommended symbol for: thickness, diameter, relative density (mechanics), lattice plane spacing (solid state physics), and degeneracy of vibrational mode, in molecular [[spectroscopy]]
* d, the symbol of the [[deuteron]] in particle physics
* D, the symbol for [[debye]], a unit of electrical dipole moment
* [[D battery]], a standard size dry cell battery in electronics
* D, the name of [[mesons]] containing charm quarks in particle physics
* ''D'', the recommended symbol for diffusion coefficient in [[molecular physics]]
* In solid state physics:
** ''D'', the recommended symbol for the [[Debye–Waller factor]]
** D as a function of energy, D(E), or wavenumber, D(k), a symbol for the [[density of states]]
* D, the standard abbreviation for an electronic [[Electronic component#Standard abbreviations|diode]], used e.g. in circuit diagrams

=== Other science ===
* [[D region]], part of the ionosphere in earth science
* D, standing for [[demand]] in economics
* d ([[deci-]]), the SI prefix meaning one tenth, 10<sup>-1</sup>
* d, the symbol for day in [[metrology]]
* [[d']], psychophysical discriminability

==Other uses==
* D, in American politics, often used as an abbreviation for a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] (member of the Democratic Party)
* D, a [[brassiere cup size]]
* d, used in [[role-playing games]] to denote the number of sides of dice
* d (from the Latin ''denarius''), an abbreviation for the [[British one penny coin (pre-decimal)|British one penny coin]]
* d, the common US measurement of the penny size (an approximation of length), of a [[Nail (fastener)|nail]] (derived from ''denarius''- as above)
* D, in [[calendar]]s an abbreviation for the month December
* [[D (grade)]], a below average grade in education
* D (drive), the forward cruising gears in an [[automatic transmission]]
* [[D (New York City Subway service)]]
* [[D (Los Angeles Railway)]], a line operated by the Los Angeles Railway
* [[D band]], in radio, the NATO band ranging from 1 to 2 GHz
* D, often used in sports as an abbreviation for [[Defense (sports)|defense]]
* D/, used to denote the dominant person in a [[Domination and submission (BDSM)|BDSM relation]]
* superscript <sup>D</sup>, the abbreviation for [[Dingir]], the Sumerian sign for "deity"
* D's, colloquial term for [[Dayton Wire Wheels]]
* d., [[death|died]]
* d, [[daughter]]
* [[D-Company]]
* D, [[diarrhea]]
* '''d'', a [[contraction (grammar)]] of the English words ''had'' and ''would''

==See also==
* {{lookfrom|D}}
* {{intitle|D}}

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