DAT or Dat may refer to:

Biology

Direct agglutination test A direct agglutination test (DAT) is any test that uses whole organisms as a means of looking for Blood serum, serum antibodies. The abbreviation, DAT, is most frequently used for the serological test for visceral leishmaniasis. References

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, any test that uses whole organisms as a means of looking for serum antibody * Direct antiglobulin test, one of two

Coombs test The direct and indirect Coombs tests, also known as antiglobulin test (AGT), are blood tests used in immunohematology. The direct Coombs test detects antibodies that are stuck to the surface of the red blood cells. Since these antibodies sometimes ...

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Dopamine transporter The dopamine transporter (DAT, also sodium-dependent dopamine transporter) is a membrane-spanning protein coded for in humans by the ''SLC6A3'' gene (also known as ''DAT1''), that pumps the neurotransmitter dopamine out of the synaptic cleft ba ...

or dopamine active transporter, a membrane-spanning protein

Education

Dental Admission Test The Dental Admission Test (abbreviated DAT) is a multiple-choice standardized exam taken by potential dental school students in the United States and Canada (although there is a separate Canadian version with differing sections, both American and ...

, taken by dental school candidates the US and Canada *

Design and Technology Design and Technology (D&T) is a school subject taught in the United Kingdom to pupils in primary and secondary schools. It first appeared as a titled subject in the first National Curriculum for England in 1990. It has undergone several reviews w ...

, school subject in primary and secondary school

Technology

* .dat, computer filename extension, typically for a file considered to contain data *

dat (software) Dat () is a data distribution tool with a version control feature for tracking changes and publishing data sets. It is primarily used for data-driven science, but it can be used to keep track of changes in any data set. As a distributed re ...

, a decentralized data tool for distributing data small and large. *

DAT Solutions DAT Freight & Analytics, formerly known as Dial-a-Truck, is a US-based freight exchange service ("load board") and provider of transportation information serving North America. Freight exchange services are used to match material ("loads") tha ...

, or ''Dial-A-Truck'', provider of electronic transportation information *

Digital Audio Tape Digital Audio Tape (DAT or R-DAT) is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introduced in 1987. In appearance it is similar to a Compact Cassette, using 3.81 mm / 0.15" (commonly referred to as 4 mm) magnetic t ...

, an audio recording and playback medium * Double acting tanker, a type of icebreaking tanker ship * Dynamic Acceleration Technology, increases single-threaded performance on multi-core processors * Dynamic Address Translation, IBM's term for virtual memory mapping: Virtual memory#History

Transport

* DAT Danish Air Transport, an airline based in Vamdrup, Denmark * Datong Yungang International Airport, an airport with the IATA code of DAT in Shanxi Province, China * DAT, the ICAO code for Canadian airline

Lynx Air Lynx Air, legally incorporated as 1263343 Alberta Inc., was a Canadian ultra-low-cost carrier based in Calgary, Alberta. It previously operated as Enerjet and was rebranded as Lynx Air on November 16, 2021. The first flight under the Lynx Air ...

* DAT, the National Rail code for

Datchet railway station Datchet railway station serves the village of Datchet in Berkshire, England. It is down the line from , on the Staines to Windsor & Eton Line. The station has two side platforms linked by a pedestrian footbridge, and the principal station bu ...

in the county of Berkshire, UK * Delta Air Transport, former Belgian airline * Delivered at Terminal, a former

Incoterms The Incoterms or International Commercial Terms are a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating to international commercial law. Incoterms define the responsibilities of exporters and ...

term whereby the seller pays all transport costs

Media and entertainment

Day After Tomorrow (band) Day After Tomorrow (also known as dat) was a 3-member Japanese Pop music, pop band under the Avex Records, Avex label. History Due to their music being produced by former Every Little Thing (band), Every Little Thing member Mitsuru Igarashi, D ...

, a 3-member J-pop band under the Avex label *

Dat (song) "Dat" is a song by Jamaican singer Pluto Shervington, released as a single by him, on the Opal Records record label, in 1976. The single reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart on 6 March 1976, staying in the charts for a total of eight weeks. ...

, a song written and recorded by Pluto Shervington *

DAT (newspaper) ''DAT'' is a Kazakh newspaper. Along with '' Altyn Tamyr'' and '' Tortinshi Bilik'', it is an opposition news source. The newspaper fell into difficulties during the November 2012 case against media sources in Kazakhstan; its website dat.kz as of D ...

, a Kazakh news source

Other

* Abbreviation for grammatical

dative case In grammar, the dative case ( abbreviated , or sometimes when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the recipient or beneficiary of an action, as in "", Latin for "Maria gave Jacob a drink". In this examp ...

Desk appearance ticket In New York City, a desk appearance ticket (DAT) is an order to appear in the New York City Criminal Court for an arraignment. Details A person who receives a DAT has been arrested. The DAT is simply one of two alternative means by which a per ...

, a New York order to appear in criminal court *

Disaster Action Team A Disaster Action Team is the local disaster response unit in chapters of the American Red Cross. American Red Cross chapters have Disaster Action Teams (commonly called "DATs"), which provide disaster relief services on an on-call basis. They m ...

, the local disaster response unit of the American Red Cross *

Drug action team Drug Action Teams ("DAT") are multi-agency partnerships created by the 1995 United Kingdom national drug strategy. DATs are responsible for coordinating local initiatives and programmes on drug and alcohol use, and reporting how said programmes ...

s, involved in applying UK drugs policy *

Dolphin-assisted therapy The popularity of swimming with dolphins increased in the 1980s and 1990s, occurring in over 65 countries, both as a form of therapy as well as a tourist activity. Proponents of dolphin-assisted therapy (DAT) say that interacting with dolphins can ...

, swimming with dolphins as a therapy *

DAT (chemotherapy) DAT in the context of chemotherapy is an acronym that means a chemotherapy regimen most often used as an induction regimen in acute myelogenous leukemia, usually for those who are refractory to the standard " 7+3" induction regimen or who has relap ...

is a regimen that consists of Daunorubicin, Ara-C (cytarabine) and Thioguanine * Divergent Association Test (DAT) is a psychological creativity test * DAT (), a type of Ukrainian