DAD is an abbreviation that may refer to:
- D-A-D, a Danish rock band formerly known as "Disneyland After Dark"
- Diode array detector, a type of detector in HPLC
- Da Nang International Airport IATA airport code
- Die Another Day, a 2002 motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
- Digital Audio Disc
- Disinhibited attachment disorder, a psychological disorder in the ICD-10
- Duplicate Address Detection, a component of the IPv6 electronic communications protocol, part of the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
- Designated Advisor for Disclosure, an investment banker or a securities attorney knowledgeable in U.S. securities laws and OTCQX compliance rules
- Dark Armed Dragon, a very powerful and sought after card from the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game
- Diffuse Alveolar Damage, a histological pattern of lung disease seen in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
- Delayed Afterdepolarization, a type of cardiac dysrhythmia
Famous quotes containing the word dad:
“You know, he wanted to shoot the Royal Family, abolish marriage, and put everybody who’d been to public school in a chain gang. Yeah, he was a idealist, your dad was.”
—David Mercer, British screenwriter, and Karel Reisz. Mrs. Dell (Irene Handl)
“All you’ve got is the word of a fool dog. It’s been my experience that a bloodhound is the foolishest dog that is. I don’t remember of anybody ever keeping a bloodhound for a yard dog. They’re such dad blasted fools.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)
“It was palpable, all that wanting: Mother wanting something more, Dad wanting something more, everyone wanting something more. This wasn’t going to do for us fifties girls; we were going to have to change the equation even if it meant . . . abstaining from motherhood, because clearly that was where Mother got caught.”
—Anne Taylor Fleming (20th century)