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A dot is usually a small, round spot.

Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:

Typography

  • Full stop, a sentence terminator
  • decimal mark or point, in numbers
  • Dot (diacritic), above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.)
  • the dot operator U+22C5
  • the interpunct or middot ·

Arts and entertainment

  • The Dot (Toyism), a work of art in Emmen, the Netherlands
  • "Dot" (song), a single by the Los Angeles pop punk band ALL
  • "Dot", a song by Destiny's Child featured on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack
  • Dot, A Drama in Three Acts, an 1859 stage adaption of the book The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
  • The Dot, a 2003 children's picture book
  • Dot., a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series
  • Dot (film), a 2010 British animated short film
  • The Dot (restaurant), a fictional café in Degrassi: The Next Generation

Government agencies

Companies

Technology

  • Dot (dit), an element in Morse code
  • Dot (Unix)
  • DOT (graph description language), in computation, the plain-text format for describing graphs used by Graphviz software
  • ".", the DNS root zone, the root domain of the Domain Name System
  • Deep Offshore Technology
  • Designating Optical Tracker, in weapon systems
  • DNS over TLS
  • DOT code, an alphanumeric character sequence for purposes of tire identification
  • Damage over time, in computer and video games
  • Designated Order Turnaround or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders
  • Diffuse optical imaging, also known as diffuse optical tomography, a medical imaging technique
  • Directly observed treatment, a way to administer medicine
  • Dissolved oxygen tension (DOT)
  • Dutch Open Telescope
  • The Dot, an Office Assistant, one of several interactive animated characters in Microsoft Office

Places

  • Dot, Kentucky, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Lake Dot, Orlando, Florida, United States
  • Dot Cliff, Victoria Land, Antarctica
  • Dot Peak, Oates Land, Antarctica
  • Dot Island (disambiguation)
  • Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

People and fictional characters

  • Dot (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
  • Pedro Dot (1885–1976), Spanish rose breeder
  • Admiral Dot, stage name of Leopold S. Kahn (1859 or 1863–1918), a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum

Other uses

  • Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation), several tropical storms
  • Deed of trust (disambiguation), several meanings
  • Dictionary of Occupational Titles
  • Dot (mango), a cultivar from Florida
  • Epiphone Dot, a series of archtop guitars

See also

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