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Universities and education
- Deakin UniversityDeakin UniversityDeakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
, in Australia - Delhi University, centrally located in Delhi, India
- Disney UniversityDisney UniversityDisney University is the global entity under which Disney Cast Members receive a range of opportunities including Disney heritage and traditions, personal and professional development, and on the job training. Although Disney University is not an accredited institution, courses are primarily...
, a job training location at Walt Disney World, Florida, USA - Doshisha UniversityDoshisha University, or is a prestigious private university in Kyoto, Japan. The university has approximately 27,000 students on three campuses, in faculties of theology, letters, law, commerce, economics, policy, and engineering...
, in Kyoto, Japan - Drexel UniversityDrexel UniversityDrexel University is a private research university with the main campus located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a noted financier and philanthropist. Drexel offers 70 full-time undergraduate programs and accelerated degrees...
, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, in Durham, North Carolina, USA - Duquesne UniversityDuquesne UniversityDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Durham UniversityDurham UniversityThe University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
in Durham, England - University of DenverUniversity of DenverThe University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....
in Colorado, USA - Doctor of the University, an academic honorary degree
- Dhaka University, in Bangladesh
- Dublin University, in Ireland
Computing
- Dial-up, a form of Internet access via telephone lines
- du (Unix)Du (Unix)du is a standard Unix program used to estimate file space usage—space used under a particular directory or files on a file system.- Specification :...
, a standard Unix program used to estimate the file space usage
Companies
- du (telco)Du (telco)The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company is a telecommunications company in the United Arab Emirates. Although Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company is its legal name, it was commercially rebranded as du in February 2006...
, a United Arab Emirates telecommunication company - Hemus AirHemus AirHemus Air was an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operated scheduled domestic and international services from Sofia and Varna, as well as charter, cargo and air ambulance services. Its main base was Sofia Airport, with a hub at Varna Airport...
(IATA airline designator), based in Sofia, Bulgaria
Names
- Du (surname)Du (surname)Du is a Chinese family name. The name is spelled Tu in Taiwan. In Hong Kong it is translated as To, the pronunciation of 杜 in Cantonese. The Vietnamese equivalent surname is Đỗ....
, transliteration of the Chinese family name 杜 - the WelshWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
and BretonBreton languageBreton is a Celtic language spoken in Brittany , France. Breton is a Brythonic language, descended from the Celtic British language brought from Great Britain to Armorica by migrating Britons during the Early Middle Ages. Like the other Brythonic languages, Welsh and Cornish, it is classified as...
words meaning black (Duff in Mid Breton, Dubh in gaelicWelsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
)- Deio ab Ieuan DuDeio ab Ieuan DuDeio ab Ieuan Du was a Welsh language poet from Ceredigion, west Wales.Deio composed eulogies to the nobility of the area, including Gruffydd Fychan, a supporter of Jasper Tudor....
, Welsh prince - Louis Le Duff, Breton head of La Brioche Dorée and la MadeleineLa Madeleine (restaurant chain)La Madeleine de Corps, Inc., operating as La Madeleine, is a restaurant chain of over 60 locations across the Southern United States extending as far north as Washington, D.C. Its headquarters is in Dallas, Texas.-Overview:...
- Deio ab Ieuan Du
Miscellaneous
- The informal second person singular pronoun in DanishDanish languageDanish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
, GermanGerman languageGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, NorwegianNorwegian languageNorwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
and SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
. - Mount DuMount DuMount Du , which means Lonely Hill in Chinese, is a small mountain near Nanyang City, Henan province, China.- Mine :The hill is rich in jade...
, in Nanyang, Henan, China - Dobson unitDobson unitThe Dobson unit is a unit of measurement of atmospheric ozone columnar density, which is dominated by ozone in the stratospheric ozone layer. One Dobson unit refers to a layer of ozone that would be 10 µm thick under standard temperature and pressure. For example, 300 DU of ozone brought...
, a unit of measurement of atmospheric ozone - Ducks UnlimitedDucks UnlimitedDucks Unlimited is an international non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. It currently has approximately 780,000 members, mostly in the United States and Canada.-Introduction:Ducks Unlimited was...
, an international organization for the conservation of wetlands habitats - DuisburgDuisburg- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
(city code plate prefix), Germany - Duodenal ulcer, a type of ulcer
- Depleted uraniumDepleted uraniumDepleted uranium is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium . Uses of DU take advantage of its very high density of 19.1 g/cm3...
, a type of uranium primarily composed of the isotope uranium-238 - Delta UpsilonDelta UpsilonDelta Upsilon is the sixth oldest international, all-male, college Greek-letter organization, and is the oldest non-secret fraternity in North America...
, a social fraternity - Democratic UndergroundDemocratic UndergroundDemocratic Underground, also known as DU, is an online community for U.S. Democrats and progressives. Its membership is restricted by policy to those who are generally supportive of progressive ideals and support Democratic candidates for political office. DU was established on January 20, 2001,...
, an online community for US Democrats and other progressives - Du, a romanization of the dakuten form of Tsu (kana)Tsu (kana)つ, in hiragana, or ツ in katakana, and the variant form ㋡, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are phonemically although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is...
- Du, Kanthararom, Sisaket Province, Thailand