A dot is usually a small, round spot. Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:

Orthography

Full stop The full stop ( Commonwealth English), period ( North American English), or full point , is a punctuation mark. It is used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclam ...

or "period", a sentence terminator *

Dot (diacritic) When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot is usually reserved for the ''interpunct'' ( · ), or to the glyphs "combining dot above" ( ◌̇ ) and "combining dot below" ( ◌̣ ) which may be combined with some letters of th ...

, a mark above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.), usually to indicate sound mutation *

Interpunct An interpunct , also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot and centered dot or centred dot, is a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin script. (Word-separating spaces did no ...

() also known as an "interpoint", "middle dot", "middot", "centered dot" or "centred dot", a punctuation mark

Mathematics

* "Dot as decimal point", the form of

decimal separator A decimal separator is a symbol used to separate the integer part from the fractional part of a number written in decimal form (e.g., "." in 12.45). Different countries officially designate different symbols for use as the separator. The ch ...

generally used in anglophone countries, e.g., $24.99 * Dot operator, a notation used to signify multiplication *

Dot product In mathematics, the dot product or scalar productThe term ''scalar product'' means literally "product with a scalar as a result". It is also used sometimes for other symmetric bilinear forms, for example in a pseudo-Euclidean space. is an alg ...

, algebraic operation returning a single number from two equal-length sequences

Arts and entertainment

* The Dot (Toyism), a work of art in Emmen, the Netherlands * "Dot" (song), a single by the Los Angeles pop punk band ALL * "Dot", a song by Destiny's Child featured on the ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by ...

'' soundtrack * '' Dot, A Drama in Three Acts'', an 1859 stage adaption of the book ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' by Charles Dickens * ''The Dot'' (book), a 2003 children's picture book * The Dot (computer), a portable computer * '' Dot.,'' a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series * ''Dot'' (film), a 2010 British animated short film * The Dot (restaurant), a fictional café in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''

Government agencies

Department of Telecommunications The Department of Telecommunications, abbreviated to DoT, is a department of the Ministry of Communications of the executive branch of the Government of India. History Telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an important tool for ...

, India *

Department of Tourism (Philippines) The Department of Tourism ( fil, Kagawaran ng Turismo, DOT) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a tourist destination ...

Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The ...

, UK, formerly the Department of Transport (DoT) * In Australia: ** Department of Transport (1930–1932) ** Department of Transport (1941–1950) **

Department of Transport (1972–1982) The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and May 1982. It was the third so-named Australian Government Department to be established. Scope Information about the department ...

Department of Transport (1983–1987) The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between March 1983 and July 1987. It was announced by Prime Minister Bob Hawke as a new agency on his first day in the leadership position. The former ...

Department of Transport (1993–1996) The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between December 1993 and March 1996. It was the fifth department to be given the name. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or governm ...

** Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13) ** Department of Transport (Victoria) (current) ** Department of Transport (Western Australia) * Department of Transport (South Africa) *

Department of Transportation (New Brunswick) The Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet. The department was established in 1967 when ...

, Canada * Department of Transportation, USA * Departure Order Tracking, term used by

Citizenship and Immigration Canada Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; french: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada)Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program since 2015; the legal title is Departm ...

Taxation Administration The Taxation Administration (DOT; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Finance (Taiwan), Ministry of Finance of Taiwan, Taiwan (ROC) responsible for tax collections in Taiwan. History The Taxation Administration was originally established as Taxa ...

, Taiwan

Companies

* Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company, a British motorcycle manufacturing company established in 1903 *

Dot Foods Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States. Dot offers over 112,000 products from 830 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to dist ...

, the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States *

Dot Records Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood (record producer), Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978. The original headquarters of Dot Records were in Gallatin, Tennessee. In 1956, the company moved ...

, an American company

Technology

*Dot (dit), an element in

Morse code Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called ''dots'' and ''dashes'', or ''dits'' and ''dahs''. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, one ...

Dot (Unix) In a Unix shell, the full stop called the dot command (.) is a command that evaluates commands in a computer file in the current execution context. In C Shell, a similar functionality is provided as the source command, and this name is seen in ...

DOT (graph description language) DOT is a graph description language. DOT graphs are typically files with the filename extension ''gv'' or ''dot''. The extension ''gv'' is preferred, to avoid confusion with the extension ''dot'' used by versions of Microsoft Word before 2007. ...

, in computation, the plain-text format for describing graphs used by Graphviz software *".", the

DNS root zone The DNS root zone is the top-level DNS zone in the hierarchical namespace of the Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet. Before October 1, 2016, the root zone had been overseen by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN ...

, the root domain of the Domain Name System *DoT, DNS over TLS * DOT code, an alphanumeric character sequence for purposes of tire identification * Damage over time, in computer and video games * Designated Order Turnaround or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders *

Diffuse optical imaging Diffuse optical imaging (DOI) is a method of imaging using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) or fluorescence-based methods. When used to create 3D volumetric models of the imaged material DOI is referred to as diffuse optical tomography, whereas ...

, also known as diffuse optical tomography, a medical imaging technique *

Directly observed treatment Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization. According to WHO, "The most cost-effective way to stop the spread of T ...

, a way to administer medicine *Dissolved oxygen tension (DOT) *

Dutch Open Telescope The Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) is an optical solar telescope located on Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma (near the Swedish Solar Telescope, Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope). With a main mirror of 45 centimeters, it can reach an 0.2 arcsecon ...

*The Dot, an

Office Assistant The Office Assistant is a discontinued intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character which interfaced with the Office help content. It was included in Microsoft Office for Windo ...

, one of several interactive animated characters in Microsoft Office * Amazon Echo Dot, also called the Dot, part of a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon

Places

Dot, Kentucky Dot is an unincorporated community located in Logan County, Kentucky, United States. The origin of the name "Dot" is obscure. On February 24, 2018, the community was struck by an EF-2 Tornado. One person, an elderly woman, was killed. The torn ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * Dot, Michigan, ghost town *

Lake Dot Lake Dot or is a natural freshwater lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part ...

, Orlando, Florida, United States * Dot Cliff, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Dot Peak, Oates Land, Antarctica * Dot Island (disambiguation) *

Dorchester, Boston Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a Boston neighborhood comprising more than in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate town, founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester ...

, Massachusetts, United States

People, fictional characters, and mascots

Dot (given name) Dot is a given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the female name Dorothy, and a nickname. Notable people and characters with the name include: Women * Dot Allison (born 1969), Scottish singer and songwriter * Dot Bailey (1916–2009), New Z ...

, a list of people and fictional characters *

Pedro Dot Pedro Dot (1885–1976) was a Spanish rose breeder. Biography Pedro Dot (in Catalan, Pere Dot i Martínez) was born on 28 March 1885 outside Barcelona on the rose-growing Monistrol estate (now better known for sparkling wine) where his father ...

(1885–1976), Spanish rose breeder * Admiral Dot, stage name of Leopold S. Kahn (1859 or 1863–1918), a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum * Dot, the mascot of PBS Kids since 1999

Other uses

* Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation), several tropical storms * Deed of trust (disambiguation), several meanings *

Dictionary of Occupational Titles The ''Dictionary of Occupational Titles'' or D-O-T (DOT) refers to a publication produced by the United States Department of Labor The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. ...

* Dot (mango), a cultivar from Florida *

Epiphone Dot The Epiphone Dot is a semi-hollow archtop electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a subsidiary of Gibson. It was introduced in 1997Fynn CallumMy Love for the Epiphone Dot Red Dog Music, 5 February 2013 as a more affordable version of the Gibson ...

, a series of archtop guitars