DDP may refer to:

Commerce

* Delivered Duty Paid, an international shipping method *

Devil's Due Publishing Devil's Due Publishing (often abbreviated as DDP) is an independent comic book publisher in the United States. Based in Chicago, Illinois, DDP is best known for its wide selection of genres, including licensed and original creator-owned proper ...

, a comic book publisher * Disability and Development Partners, a UK international organisation *

Double Dragon Publishing Double Dragon Publishing was a Canadian-based publisher specializing in e-book format publication. Founded by Deron Douglas in 2000, the company claimed the largest collection of titles in the science fiction and fantasy categories in print, wit ...

, a science-fiction and fantasy publisher

Computing

Datagram Delivery Protocol Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP) is a member of the AppleTalk networking protocol suite. Its main responsibility is for socket-to-socket delivery of datagrams A datagram is a basic transfer unit associated with a packet-switched network. Datagra ...

, a networking protocol in the AppleTalk suite * DDP-316, family of minicomputer systems, including DDP-116, DDP-516, DDP-716. *

Differential dynamic programming Differential dynamic programming (DDP) is an optimal control algorithm of the trajectory optimization class. The algorithm was introduced in 1966 by Mayne and subsequently analysed in Jacobson and Mayne's eponymous book. The algorithm uses locall ...

, a second-order algorithm for trajectory optimization * Digital DawgPound, a hacker group *

Disc Description Protocol Disc Description Protocol (DDP) is a format for specifying the content of optical discs, including CDs and DVDs. DDP is commonly used for delivery of disc premasters for duplication. DDP is a proprietary format and is the property of DCA. The f ...

, a generic disc image file format * Distributed Data Processing, a 1970s term referring to one of IBM's combined offerings *

Distributed Data Protocol Meteor, or MeteorJS, is a free and open-source isomorphic JavaScript web framework written using Node.js. Meteor allows for rapid prototyping and produces cross-platform ( Android, iOS, Web) code. The server-side MongoDB program is the only pro ...

, a client-server protocol for querying and updating a database *

Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Digital Plus, also known as Enhanced AC-3 (and commonly abbreviated as DDP, DD+, E-AC-3 or EC-3), is a digital audio compression scheme developed by Dolby Labs for the transport and storage of multi-channel digital audio. It is a successo ...

, a multichannel audio compression technology

Medicine and science

* Deafness dystonia polypeptide, a protein/gene also known as TIMM8A *

DNA Doe Project DNA Doe Project (also DNA Doe Project, Inc. or DDP) is an American nonprofit volunteer organization formed to identify unidentified deceased persons (commonly known as John Doe or Jane Doe) using forensic genealogy. Volunteers identify victims ...

, a non-profit, volunteer group that identifies John and Jane Does using genetic genealogy techniques * Dyadic developmental psychotherapy, for children with serious emotional disorders

Politics and government

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Deutsche Demokratische Partei The German Democratic Party (, DDP) was a liberal political party in the Weimar Republic, considered centrist or centre-left. Along with the right-liberal German People's Party (, DVP), it represented political liberalism in Germany between 191 ...

'' (German Democratic Party), a 1918–1930 political party in the German Weimar Republic *

Deputy Director for Plans The deputy director of the CIA for operations is a senior United States government official in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency who serves as head of the Directorate of Operations. The position was established December 1, 1950 and from Janua ...

, former name of the Deputy Director of CIA for Operations * Direct Democracy Party of New Zealand, a 2005–2009 political party *

Doordarshi Party The Doordarshi Party (Hindi: दूरदर्शी; also written as ''Door Darshi Party'') was a political party in India. It was founded in Ahmedabad on 24 March 1980 by religious leader Baba Jai Gurudev on a platform of social reform and spi ...

, a 1980–1997 Indian political party

Other uses

Diamond Dallas Page } Dallas Page (born Page Joseph Falkinburg Jr., April 5, 1956), is an American fitness instructor, actor, and retired Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE under a Legends contract, under the ring name Di ...

, a professional wrestler * Disney Dining Plan, a meal package for Walt Disney World hotel guests * Doctors for Disaster Preparedness, a non-profit organization on fringe-science topics, mainly advocating global warming denial * ''

DoDonPachi is a Vertically scrolling shooter, vertically scrolling bullet hell video game developed by Cave (company), Cave and published by Atlus in 1997. It was the second game developed by Cave, and the sixth on Cave's first-generation arcade hardware. ...

'', a 1997 video game *

Dominicans Don't Play Dominicans Don't Play (143) is a Dominican-American street gang started in Manhattan, New York in 1991. They are known for primarily using machetes and knives as weapons. DDP is located across New York City, particularly in the Bronx, Harlem and ...

, a New York-based street gang of Latino youths whose heritage is traced to the Dominican Republic *

Dongdaemun Design Plaza Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP; ) is a major urban development landmark in Seoul, South Korea, designed by Zaha Hadid and Samoo, with a distinctively neofuturistic design characterized by the "powerful, curving forms of elongated structures." Th ...

, a Seoul landmark *

Dricus du Plessis Dricus du Plessis (born 14 January 1994), also known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting ...

, a South African professional mixed martial artist *

Dublin Death Patrol Dublin Death Patrol (DDP) is an American thrash metal band formed in 2006 by Testament singer Chuck Billy and Exodus singer Steve Souza. The band began as a seven-piece with Souza and Billy on vocals, Billy's brother Andy, Greg Bustamante a ...

, an American thrash metal band * Dudley Port railway station (station code), in Tipton, England, United Kingdom {{disambig