Dao (disambiguation) explained

Dao, Dão or DAO may refer to:

• Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept
• Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword
• Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people

People and language

• Yao people, a minority ethnic group of Vietnam
• Dao language (Papuan), Indonesia
• Dao language (China)
• Dao (surname) (Đào), a Vietnamese surname
• Dao (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of genie in the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Dão (footballer) (born 1984), Brazilian football defender

Places

• Dao (country subdivision) (Dào), historical political divisions in China translated as "circuits"
• Dao (state), a historical state during the Zhou dynasty
• Dao, Capiz, Philippines
• Dao County, in Yongzhou, Hunan, China
• Dão DOC, a wine region in Portugal
• Dão River, a river in Portugal

Science and technology

Biology

• D-amino acid oxidase, a peroxisomal enzyme
• Diamine oxidase, an enzyme, also known as histaminase, involved in the metabolism of histamine
• D-aspartate oxidase, in enzymology
• Dracontomelon dao, a species of tropical canopy tree known as dao in Filipino

Computing

• Data access object, a design pattern used in object-oriented software engineering
• Jet Data Access Objects, a general programming interface for database access on Microsoft Windows systems
• Disk-at-Once, an optical disc recording mode
• Decentralized autonomous organization, an organization that is run through rules encoded as computer programs called smart contracts

Other

• De-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream
• Double-action only, a type of trigger mechanism for handguns

Organizations

• Decentralized autonomous organization, a type of organization
• The DAO (organization), a former digital organization established in 2016
• Defence Acquisition Organisation, the former name of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation
• Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
• Daallo Airlines (ICAO code)

Arts and entertainment

• Dao (film), a film by Tsui Hark
• Dao (game), an abstract strategy game
• DAO (album), a 1996 album by jazz saxophonist David S. Ware

Other uses

• Defense Attaché Office, the office for military matters at embassies; for example see Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv

See also

• Dão-Lafões, a region in Portugal
• Taoism
• Dau (disambiguation)
• Tao (disambiguation)