Dai 347991 225598077 2008-07-14T14:10:27Z UnitedStatesian 3461395 /* Acronyms */ update per [[WP:STYLE]] '''Dai''' can mean: * [[Dai people]], one of the 56 recognized ethnic minorities of China * [[Dai (midwife)]], a traditional midwife in India, belonging to a lower caste * [[Da'i]] (Arabic: "missionary") refers to a person who engages in [[Dawah]], the act of inviting people to Islam * [[State of Dai]] was a Xianbei state during the Sixteen Kingdoms era of history of China * Dai ([[wikt:大|大]]) is also a [[Sino-Japanese vocabulary|Sino-Japanese]] morpheme for "big," appearing in a number of Japanese words and names (and even a few pseudo-Japanese words, such as [[Daikatana (sword)|Daikatana]]) * Dai is the greeting, and farewell, used by the wizards in [[Diane Duane]]'s [[Young Wizards]] series. *[[Dai County]], a county in [[Shanxi]], China. ===Acronyms=== * The [[DAI Personal Computer]], an early ([[1980]]) [[home computer]] from Belgium. * the [[New York Stock Exchange]] and [[Frankfurt Stock Exchange]] [[Ticker symbol|stock symbol]] for [[automaker]] '''[[Daimler AG]]''' (maker of [[Mercedes-Benz]]). * Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference refers to changes in the Earth's climate system, resulting from human activity, which are considered to be dangerous to human communities and to ecosystems. * [[List of airports by IATA code: D#DA|Darjeeling Airport IATA]] code of Darjeeling airport in India * [[De Administrando Imperio]], a Byzantine historical compilation written by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos * DAI (''Derzhavna Avtomobyl'na Inspektsiya''), the traffic police branch of the Ukrainian militsiya. * [[German Archaeological Institute]], an archaeological institute operated by the German ministry of foreign affairs * the [[Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut]] (German-American Institute) * [[Diffuse axonal injury]], a type of traumatic brain injury * [[Hearing Aid#DAI|Direct Audio Input]], a port used in hearing aids and hearing instruments * [[Distributed artificial intelligence]], a subfield of artificial intelligence * [[Do As Infinity]], a Japanese band * [[Doctor's Associates, Inc.]], a U.S.-based restaurant company which owns the Subway restaurant name. * [[DHCP_snooping#Preventing_ARP_Spoofing|Dynamic ARP Inspection]], an ARP Spoofing or ARP Poison/Routing (APR) protection method developed by Cisco. ===Names=== * Dai is the Welsh diminutive form of [[David]] or its Welsh equivalent [[Dafydd]] * Dai ([[wikt:戴|戴]]) is a [[Chinese surname]]. * [[Dai Davies (footballer)]] * [[Dai Davies (politician)]] * [[Dai Young (Rugby)]], rugby coach {{disambig}} [[Category:Japanese surnames]] [[Category:Chinese family names]] [[de:Dai]] [[eo:DAI]] [[fr:Dai]] [[ko:DAI]] [[it:DAI]] [[nl:Dai]] [[no:Dai]] [[pl:Dai]] [[ru:Дай (значения)]]