Drop D tuning, also known as DADGBE, is an alternate, or scordatura, form of guitar tuning — specifically, a dropped tuning — in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ("dropped") from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step / a tone (2 frets) to D.
Read more about Drop D Tuning: Uses of Drop D Tuning, Examples of Chords in Dropped D Tuning, Relation To Other Tunings
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