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'''DP''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==In arts and entertainment== ===Film, television, and theatre=== * ''Danny Phantom'', an animated television series * David Production, a Japanese animation studio * 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 <!--Do not add entries that are not commonly known by these letters -->
===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 <!--Do not add entries that are not commonly known by these letters -->
===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 <!--Do not add entries that are not commonly known by these letters -->
==Businesses and organizations== * Democratic Party, a name shared by many political parties * Democrazia Proletaria, a former left-wing political party in Italy * The Detroit Partnership, a service-learning organization at the University of Michigan * Deutsche Partei, a German political party * Devon Preparatory School (Devon Prep), an American private school<!--From https://www.devonprep.com/ - see the heading "Support DP" which means "Devon Prep" --> * 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) * Labour Party ({{Lang|lt|Darbo Partija}}), a political party in Lithuania * Paon DP, a Japanese video game developer * Pobeda Airlines (IATA airline code DP since 2014)
==Law== * Death penalty * Due process
==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
===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
===Logic=== * Disjunction property, a typical metalogical property of intuitionistic theories * Drinker paradox, a theorem of classical predicate logic
===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, also called as DP for a chemical warfare agent * Discursive psychology, a form of discourse analysis * Standard instrument departure procedure, an outbound 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== * Deepika Padukone, Indian film actress, often referred to by the acronym DP * 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
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