Dots or The Dots may refer to:
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Dots (candy)
Dots, or Mason Dots (trademarked DOTS), is an American brand of gum drops marketed by Tootsie Roll Industries. According to advertisements, more than four billion Dots are produced from the Tootsie Roll Industries Chicago plant each year. Do ...
, produced by Tootsie Roll Industries
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''Dots'' (game), a pencil-and-paper game
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''Dots'' (video game), a 2013 mobile game produced by Betaworks
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''Dots'' (film), a 1940 short animated film by
Norman McLaren
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish-Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).Rosenthal, Alan. ''The new documentary in action: a caseb ...
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''The Dots'' (TV series), a 2003–2004 Iranian sitcom
*"Dots" or "Dot Dot Dot",
Singlish
Singlish (a portmanteau of ''Singapore'' and '' English''), formally known as Colloquial Singaporean English, is an English-based creole language originating in Singapore. Singlish arose out of a situation of prolonged language contact betwe ...
slangs denoting speechlessness, from Japanese manga
*Paul Kelly and the Dots (1978–1982), an Australian rock band fronted by
Paul Kelly
*The Dots, a New York City pop punk band fronted by
Jimi Quidd
Jimi Quidd, born Jim Hatzidimitriou (December 1, 1953 – August 15, 1990) was a Greek-American performer and music producer. He was the lead singer of the New York pop punk band the Dots and also discovered and produced the hardcore band Bad ...
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Dots Miller
John Barney "Dots" Miller (September 9, 1886 – September 5, 1923) was an American professional baseball first baseman and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1909 through 1921 for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Card ...
(1886-1923), American Major League Baseball player
DOTS may be an acronym for:
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Directly observed treatment, short-course
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 ...
, a tuberculosis control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization
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Damage over time
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, a term used in some popular MMORPG games
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Descendants of the Sun
''Descendants of the Sun'' () is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Song Joong-ki, Song Hye-kyo, Jin Goo, and Kim Ji-won. It aired on KBS2 from February 24 to April 14, 2016, for 16 episodes. KBS then aired three additional spec ...
'', a 2016 South Korean television series
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Descendants of the Sun (Philippine TV series)
''Descendants of the Sun: The Philippine Adaptation'' is a 2020 Philippine television drama romance action series broadcast by GMA Network. The series is based on a 2016 South Korean television drama series of the same title. Directed by Domi ...
'', a 2020 Philippine television series based on the South Korean series
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Difference of two squares
In elementary algebra, a difference of two squares is one squared number (the number multiplied by itself) subtracted from another squared number. Every difference of squares may be factored as the product of the sum of the two numbers and the ...
, a mathematical term
See also
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Dot-S
Dot-S (ドッツ, styled as .S) also known as Dot-Pin is a toy, similar to a Lite-Brite, created in 2005 by Japanese company Tomytec. The toys allow for the creation of pictures by placing colored pegs into holes in one or more boards. Many set ...
, a toy released in Japan
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Dot (disambiguation)
A dot is usually a small, round spot.
Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:
Orthography
* Full stop or "period", a sentence terminator
* Dot (diacritic), a mark above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.), usually to indicate sou ...
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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 ...
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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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Ellipsis
The ellipsis (, plural ellipses; from , , ), rendered , alternatively described as suspension points/dots, points/periods of ellipsis, or ellipsis points, or colloquially, dot-dot-dot,. According to Toner it is difficult to establish when t ...
, a punctuation mark in a form of a series of (usually three) dots
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