Dad (disambiguation)

Dad is a synonym for father in English.

Dad, DAD, or Dads may also refer to:

Placenames

• Dad, Hungary, a village

People

• Dad (nickname), a list of people
• Sameer Dad (born 1978), Indian field hockey player
• Sher Mian Dad (born 1968), Pakistani singer
• Dad Mohammad Khan (died 2009), Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Afghanistan

Acronyms

Computer science

• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
• Disciplined agile delivery, a decision-making framework for large-scale Agile software development projects
• Drag-and-drop, or DaD
• Duplicate Address Detection, a component of the IPv6 electronic communications protocol

Medicine

• Delayed Afterdepolarization, a type of cardiac dysrhythmia
• Diffuse Alveolar Damage, a histological pattern of lung disease seen in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia
• Disinhibited attachment disorder, a psychological disorder in the ICD-10

Other

• Designated Advisor for Disclosure, an investment banker or a securities attorney knowledgeable in U.S. securities laws and OTCQX compliance rules
• Diallyl disulfide, a garlic oil constituent
• Dilbilim Araştırmaları, linguistic journal published in Turkey
• Diode array detector, a type of detector in chromatographic methods
• Dry Alternator Drive System, on Kawasaki motorcycles
• Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)

Art, entertainment, and media

Film

• Dad (film), a 1989 comedy-drama starring Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson
• Dad (2005 film), a British television film

Music

Groups

• D-A-D, a Danish rock band formerly known as "Disneyland After Dark"
• Dads (band) an American indie rock/math rock/emo band

Albums

• Dad (A Band Called Bud album) (1989)
• Dad (Breakfast with Amy album) (1991)

Television

Series

• Dad (TV series), a former British television sitcom
• Dads (1986 TV series), an ABC series
• Dads (2013 TV series), a Fox Broadcasting Company series

Episodes

• "Dad" (Angel), a 2001 episode of the American television series Angel
• "Dad" (Red Dwarf), an unmade episode of the British television series Red Dwarf

Brands

• Dad, a Beanie Baby teddy bear made by Ty, Inc. in 2004
• Dad's Root Beer

Codes

• DAD, IATA airport code for Da Nang International Airport
• dad, ISO 639 code for the Marik language, spoken in Papua New Guinea

Other uses

• Ḍād (ﺽ), a letter of the Arabic alphabet