Dad (disambiguation)
# Dad (disambiguation)

Dad is a synonym for father in English.

Dad, DAD, or Dads may also refer to:

## Places

* Dad, Hungary, a village
* Dad, Wyoming, a ghost town

## People

* Dad (nickname), a list of people
* Sameer Dad (born 1978), Indian field hockey player
* Sher Mian Dad (born 1968), a Pakistani singer
* Dad Mohammad Khan (1???–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

### Chemistry

* Diallyl disulfide, a constituent of garlic oil
* 1,4-Diazabutadiene, a class of diimines

### Other

* Dilbilim Araştırmaları, a linguistic journal published in Turkey
* Diode array detector, a type of detector in chromatographic methods
* Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS)
* Deutscher Aufbaudienst

## Film and television

* Dad (1989 film), a 1989 comedy-drama starring Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson
* Dad (2005 film), a British television film
* Dad (TV series), a former British television sitcom
* Dads (1986 TV series), an ABC series
* Dads (2013 TV series), a Fox Broadcasting Company series
* "Dad" (Angel), a 2001 episode of the American television series Angel
* "Dad" (Red Dwarf), an unmade episode of the British television series Red Dwarf
* Dad, a shortened title of the American web series Dad Feels
* Abbreviation for Die Another Day.

## Music

* D-A-D, a Danish rock band formerly known as "Disneyland After Dark"
* Dads (band), an American indie rock/math rock/emo band
* Dad (A Band Called Bud album) (1989)
* Dad (Breakfast with Amy album) (1991)
* "Dad", by Meghan Trainor from the album Meghan Trainor

## Brands

* Dad, a Beanie Baby teddy bear made by Ty, Inc. in 2004
* Dad's Root Beer, an American root beer

## Codes

* DAD, IATA airport code for Da Nang International Airport
* dad, ISO 639-3 code for the Marik language, spoken in Papua New Guinea

## Other uses

* Ḍād (ﺽ), a letter of the Arabic alphabet
* Dad (novel), a novel by William Wharton and the basis for the 1989 film of the same name
