DAO
See also: Appendix:Variations of "dao"
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DAO (countable and uncountable, plural DAOs)
- (chemistry) Initialism of de-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
- (computing) Initialism of disk-at-once, an optical disk recording mode.
- (software engineering) Initialism of data access object, a design pattern.
- (firearms) Initialism of double action only, a trigger mechanism for semi-automatic firearms.
- (cryptocurrencies) Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.
- 2014 March 8, Primavera De Filippi, “Tomorrow's Apps Will Come From Brilliant (And Risky) Bitcoin Code”, in Wired[1], →ISSN:
- As the name suggests, DAOs are autonomous entities that subsist independently from any legal or moral entity. After they have been created and deployed onto the internet, they no longer need (nor heed) their creators.
Proper noun edit
DAO
- (fandom slang) Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins.
- Synonym: DA1