A dot is usually a small, round spot.
Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:
Orthography
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Full stop
The full stop ( Commonwealth English), period (North American English), or full point is a punctuation mark used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclamation).
A ...
or "period", a sentence terminator
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Dot (diacritic)
When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot refers to the glyphs "combining dot above" (, and "combining dot below" (
which may be combined with some letters of the extended Latin alphabets in use in
a variety of languages. Similar marks are ...
, a mark above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.), usually to indicate sound mutation
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Interpunct
An interpunct , also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot, centered dot or centred dot, is a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation in Classical Latin. ( Word-separating spaces did not appe ...
() 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
FIle:Decimal separators.svg, alt=Four types of separating decimals: a) 1,234.56. b) 1.234,56. c) 1'234,56. d) ١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦., Both a comma and a full stop (or period) are generally accepted decimal separators for international use. The apost ...
generally used in anglophone countries, e.g., $24.99
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Dot operator
Multiplication is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition, subtraction, and division. The result of a multiplication operation is called a '' product''. Multiplication is often de ...
, a notation used to signify multiplication
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Dot product
In mathematics, the dot product or scalar productThe term ''scalar product'' means literally "product with a Scalar (mathematics), scalar as a result". It is also used for other symmetric bilinear forms, for example in a pseudo-Euclidean space. N ...
, algebraic operation returning a single number from two equal-length sequences
Arts and entertainment
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''The Dot'' (Toyism), a work of art in Emmen, the Netherlands
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"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 created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produ ...
'' soundtrack
* ''
Dot, A Drama in Three Acts'', an 1859 stage adaption of the book ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' by Charles Dickens
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''The Dot'' (book), a 2003 children's picture book
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The Dot (computer)
The Dot was a portable computer released by Computer Devices, Inc. (CDI) in April 1983. It featured an Intel 8088 processor and up to 704 KB of RAM, while its screen was capable of producing graphics at a resolution of up to 1024 by  ...
, a portable computer
* ''
Dot.,'' a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series
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''Dot'' (film), a 2010 British animated short film
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Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker. His performances in '' Apollo 13'' (1995), '' The Truman Show'' (1998), '' Pollock'' (2000), and '' The Hours'' (2002) earned him critical acclaim and Academy Awa ...
, first released in 2015
* The Dot (restaurant), a fictional café in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
* WTTK, A local television station broadcasting as "The Dot"
Government agencies
* Department of Telecommunications, India
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Department of Tourism (Philippines)
The Department of Tourism (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.
History
Started as a ...
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Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport ...
, UK, formerly the Department of Transport (DoT)
* In Australia:
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Department of Transport (1930–1932)
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Department of Transport (1941–1950)
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Department of Transport (1972–1982)
The Department of Transport was an Government of Australia, Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and May 1982. It was the third so-named Australian Government Department to be established.
Scope
Informat ...
**
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 D ...
**
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 government ...
**
Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13)
A ministry of transport or transportation is a Ministry (government department), ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the D ...
**
Department of Transport (Victoria)
The Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) is a government department in Victoria, Australia. Commencing operation on 1 January 2019 as the Department of Transport (DOT), the DOT was formed in machinery of government changes made by Premi ...
(current)
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Department of Transport (Western Australia)
The Department of Transport is a department of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's vehicle licensing, maritime safety, taxi, ports, transport policies. It was formed on 1 July 2009.
It is one of ...
*
Department of Transport (South Africa)
The Department of Transport is the department of the South African government concerned with transport. The political head of the department is the Minister of Transport, currently Barbara Creecy; her deputy is Mkhuleko Hlengwa.
Responsibili ...
*
Department of Transportation (New Brunswick) The Ministry (government department), 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 depart ...
, Canada
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United States Department of Transportation
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation, who reports directly to the president of the United States a ...
**
Department of transportation, a general list of local and state departments of transportation in the US
* Departure Order Tracking, term used by
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; )Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program since 2015; the legal title is Department of Citizenship and Immigration (). is the depart ...
*
Taxation Administration
The Taxation Administration (DOT; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Finance of Taiwan (ROC) responsible for tax collections in Taiwan.
History
The Taxation Administration was originally established as Taxation Agency in May 1950.
Responsibil ...
, Taiwan
Companies
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Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company, a British motorcycle manufacturing company established in 1903
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Dot Foods, the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States
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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 its early years, Dot sp ...
, an American company
Technology
*Dot (dit), an element in
Morse code
Morse code is a telecommunications method which Character encoding, encodes Written language, text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called ''dots'' and ''dashes'', or ''dits'' and ''dahs''. Morse code i ...
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Dot (Unix)
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DOT (graph description language)
DOT is a Graph (discrete mathematics), graph description language, developed as a part of the Graphviz project. DOT graphs are typically stored as Computer file, files with the .gv or .dot filename extension — .gv is preferred, to avoid confusi ...
, 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
DNS over TLS (DoT) is a network security protocol for encrypting and wrapping Domain Name System (DNS) queries and answers via the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. The goal of the method is to increase user privacy and security by prevent ...
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DOT code, an alphanumeric character sequence for purposes of tire identification
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Damage over time
Since the origin of video games in the early 1970s, the video game industry, the players, and surrounding culture have spawned a wide range of technical and slang terms.
0–9
A
...
, in computer and video games
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Designated Order Turnaround or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders
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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
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Directly observed treatment, a way to administer medicine
*Dissolved
oxygen tension
Blood gas tension refers to the partial pressure of gases in blood. There are several significant purposes for measuring gas tension. The most common gas tensions measured are oxygen tension (PxO2), carbon dioxide tension (PxCO2) and carbon monoxi ...
(DOT)
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Dutch Open Telescope
*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 user interface, interfaced with the Office help content. It was included in Microsoft Off ...
, one of several interactive animated characters in Microsoft Office
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Amazon Echo Dot, also called the Dot, part of a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon
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DOT (mileage system)
DOT, known in Hungary as TAP, in Germany as Dotwin and in New Zealand as TellyDOTS, was a German-developed television mileage system created by Thomas Hohenacker (who also created earthTV) and Andrej Henkler for the former's TV Miles Internation ...
, a German-invented television mileage system
Places
Antarctica
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Dot Cliff, Victoria Land
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Dot Peak
The Cook Mountains () is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock Glacier, Mulock and Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Darwin glaciers in Antarctica.
They are south of the Worcester Range and north of the Darwin Mountains and the Britannia Range (A ...
, Oates Land
United States
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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 tor ...
, an unincorporated community
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Dot, Michigan, ghost town
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Lake Dot, in Orlando, Florida
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Dot Island (disambiguation)
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Dorchester, Boston
Dorchester () is a Neighborhoods in 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, Dorset, E ...
, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
People, fictional characters, and mascots
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Dot (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
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Pedro Dot (1885–1976), Spanish rose breeder
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Admiral Dot, stage name of Leopold S. Kahn (1859 or 1863–1918), a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum
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Aditi Saigal or Dot (born 1998), Indian singer and actress
* Dot, one of the mascots of
PBS Kids
PBS Kids (stylized as PBS KIDS) is the branding used for nationally distributed children's programming carried by the U.S. public television network PBS. The brand encompasses a daytime block of children's programming carried daily by most PBS ...
since 1999
Other uses
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Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation) The name Dot was used for fourteen tropical cyclones in Pacific Ocean: two in the central Pacific and twelve in the northwest Pacific.
In the central Pacific:
*Hurricane Dot (1959) – peaked as Category 4 hurricane prior to making landfall on ...
, several tropical storms
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Davao Occidental Tigers
The Davao Occidental Tigers (also known as Davao Occidental Tigers – Cocolife due to sponsorship reasons) are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the Davao metropolitan area and representing the province of Davao Occidental. The ...
, a Filipino basketball team
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Deed of trust (disambiguation)
Trust deed or deed of trust may refer to:
* Deed of trust (real estate), as distinguished from the general concept of a deed
* Trust instrument
In trust law, a trust instrument (also sometimes called a deed of trust, where executed by way of deed ...
, 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 which helped employers, government officials, and workforce development professionals to define over 13,000 differen ...
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Dot (mango), a cultivar from Florida
* DOT, the cryptocurrency native to
Polkadot (blockchain platform)
Polkadot is a decentralized, nominated proof-of-stake blockchain with smart contract functionality. The cryptocurrency native to the blockchain is the DOT.
It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange messages and perform transactions with eac ...
*
Epiphone Dot, a series of archtop guitars
See also
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.dot (disambiguation)
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Dots (disambiguation)
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Dot notation (disambiguation) Dot notation may refer to:
* Newton's notation for differentiation (see also Notation for differentiation)
* Lewis dot notation also known as Electron dot notation
* Dot-decimal notation
* Kepatihan notation
* Dotted note
* DOT language
Dot notati ...
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Dotted note
In Western musical notation, a dotted note is a Musical note, note with a small dot written after it. In modern practice, the first dot increases the duration (music), duration of the original note by half of its note value, value. This makes a ...
, in music notation ( 𝅭 )
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Dot dot dot (disambiguation)
Dot dot dot may refer to:
* DOT DOT DOT (artist), Norwegian artist
* ''Dot Dot Dot'' (magazine)
* Ellipsis (…), a punctuation symbol
* Morse code
Morse code is a telecommunications method which Character encoding, encodes Written langu ...
*
Two dots (disambiguation)
The term two dots or double dot may refer to:
Orthography
* Colon (punctuation), the punctuation mark ()
* Two dots (diacritic), a mark used with a base letter to indicate that its pronunciation is somehow modified ()
** Diaeresis (diacritic), th ...
*
Three dots (disambiguation)
Three dots can refer to:
* '' 3 Dots'', a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film
* Because sign (∵), a shorthand form of the word "because"
** Three dots (Freemasonry) describes the same symbol being used in Freemasonry for a different purpose
* ...
*
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Bullet (typography)
In typography, a bullet or bullet point, , is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. For example:
* Monica
* Erica
* Rita
* Tina
* Sandra
* Mary
* Jessica
The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, s ...
(
•
)
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. (disambiguation)
. or ''similar'', may refer to:
* a grapheme of a point or dot
* decimal point ("" or ""), a character used in forming numbers with whole and partial value parts
* full stop, full point, or, period (""), a punctuation character
* interpunct, middo ...
*
Point (disambiguation)
A point is a small dot or the sharp tip of something. Point or points may refer to:
Mathematics
* Point (geometry), an entity that has a location in space or on a plane, but has no extent; more generally, an element of some abstract topologica ...
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Period (disambiguation)
Period may refer to:
Common uses
* Period (punctuation)
* Era, a length or span of time
*Menstruation, commonly referred to as a "period"
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Period (music), a concept in musical composition
* Periodic sentence (or r ...
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