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*'''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
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