DG

See also: dg and dg'

Translingual

Symbol

DG

1. (international standards) Exceptionally reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Diego Garcia.

   Synonym: DGA (alpha-3)

Usage notes

This is an exceptionally reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the International Telecommunication Union for the purpose of recording the location of certain telecommunications installations, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO outside of that purpose.

English

Noun

DG (plural DGs)

1. Initialism of dirty girl.
2. Initialism of director-general.
3. Initialism of dangerous goods.
4. (grammar) Initialism of dependency grammar.
5. (military) Initialism of guided-missile destroyer, a type of destroyer warship.

Proper noun

DG

1. (computing, historical) Initialism of Data General.
   • 1985 May 28, Peter H. Lewis, “PERIPHERALS; NEW PORTABLE PRINTERS”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:

     The DG printer warns the user when the batteries get low, after six to eight hours of normal use, or when paper and ribbon are running out.

   • 2000 December 1, Evan Ratliff, “O, Engineers!”, in Wired‎^[2], San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 December 2015:

     At the time, DG was a player in the multibillion-dollar minicomputer market, part of the late-'70s "Massachusetts miracle" of high tech development.

   • 2010 June 18, Ernest von Simson, “Field Force and Counterforce: DEC, HP, and IBM in Battle Mode”, in The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 276:

     In the end, DG captured its share of commercial distributed-computing sales, partially through its aggressive selling approach and partially through its technical ability to attract high-profile designers of the most elegant minicomputer systems, like Southern Railway.

Derived terms

• DG/UX

Further reading

• DG on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• G-d, GD, g-d, gd

German

Noun

DG

1. (apartment listing) abbreviation of Dachgeschoss

   Coordinate terms: EG, OG, KG, UG

References

• DG on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de