Dis 85217 223791740 2008-07-05T20:48:00Z 87.194.181.22 /* Computer topics */ {{wiktionarypar|dis}} *'''Dis''' is short for Mandisa *'''Dis''' is usually a proper name that may refer to a number of mythological people and places. *'''dis-''' (also di-, dif-), a prefix that first appeared in English words in the Middle English period in words borrowed from French ==Religion, mythology, and fiction== * ''[[Dis (Divine Comedy)|Dis]]'', the fictional city in [[The Divine Comedy#Inferno|''The Divine Comedy'']] that contains the lower circles of hell; also an alternate name for [[Lucifer]] in the same work * [[Dis Pater]], predecessor of Pluto in Roman Mythology and ancestor of the Gauls according to Roman thought * ''Dís'', singular of [[dísir]], a group of minor goddesses in Norse mythology * [[Pluto (god)|Pluto]], as the alternative name "Dīs" * [[Dís (Middle-earth)]], a female Dwarf from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe * Dis (Humanx Commonwealth planet), a planet in [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s [[Humanx Commonwealth]] milieu, known for extremely large waves. A [[surfing|surfer]] can ride a single "monster" for several hours. (Short story, "Surfeit".) * [[Dis Astranagant]], a mecha from the [[Super Robot Wars]] series. * Dis is a fictional planet where most of the action of [[Harry Harrison]]'s novel ''Planet of the Damned'' takes place. * Dis is a city in [[The_Dark_Tower_%28series%29|The Dark Tower]] series by Stephen King. It is the last known location of [[Wizard's_Rainbow#The_Orange_Bend|The Orange Bend of the Rainbow]]. ==Music== * "dis–", the opening theme song of the anime series [[Infinite Ryvius]], performed by Mika Arisaka * Dis-, a rock trio from [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] * ''[[Drowned In Sound]]'', a webzine concentrating on new music *''Dís'', a soundtrack album by Icelandic composer [[Johann Johannsson]] *"Chambers of Dis", a song by Florida death metal band [[Morbid Angel]] from their 1998 release ''Formulas Fatal to the Flesh'' *The musical note [[D♯ (musical note)|D{{music|sharp}}]], in German nomenclature *''Dis'', an album by Norwegian jazz musician [[Jan Garbarek]] ==Computer topics== * "Dis", an interpreted programming language derived from [[Malbolge]] * "Dis" (see [[Limbo programming language]]), the virtual machine in the [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]] operating system * "DIS", [[Distributed Interactive Simulation]] * DIS, [http://dis.ijs.si Department of Intelligent Systems], [[Jozef_Stefan_Institute|Jožef Stefan Institute]], [[Slovenia]] *Dis, the alias of a very skilled, experienced and well known web developer. ==Games== * "Dis", the name of the [[final boss]] level, in mission eight of episode three (Inferno) in the original ''[[Doom (game)|Doom]]'' video game. * "Dis" (see [[Baator]]), the second of the Nine Hells in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game universe * "Dis," a fictional city in the ''[[Altered Beast]]'' video game * "Dis", an ally in the RPG [[Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne]]. ==Military== * The [[Defence Intelligence Staff]], an element of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] ==Acronyms and slang== * [[Distributed Interactive Simulation]], a standard for conducting real-time platform-level wargaming across multiple host computers * [[Deep inelastic scattering]], which occurs when two particles scatter and one break up into its constiutents * [[wikt:diss|to dis]], African American Vernacular English slang meaning "to disrespect" * [[Denmark's International Study Program]], a study abroad program located in Copenhagen * [[The Walt Disney Company]], "DIS" is the company's NYSE symbol {{disambig}} [[de:Dis]] [[fr:Dis]] [[is:Dís]] [[nl:Dis]] [[no:Dis (andre betydninger)]] [[pl:Dis]] [[sv:Dis (olika betydelser)]]