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Data Access Object

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Disk At Once

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Defense Attaché Office

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Defense Accounting Office

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Database Access Object

Computing » Databases

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Does Anyone Own

Internet » Chat

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Departmental Administrative Order

Academic & Science » Ocean Science

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Digital Archival Object

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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Division Ammunition Officer

Governmental » Military

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Double Action Only

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Distributed Autonomous Organisation

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Decentralised Autonomous Organisation

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District Administrative Officer

Regional » Ghana

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Degree Added On

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Design around Objects

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Decentralized Autonomous Organization

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Dessin Assiste Par Ordinateur

Computing » IT

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Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

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Done After One

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Digital Asset Optimization

Internet

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Delivering as One

Governmental » United Nations

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Dragon Age Origins

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Department/ Agency/ Organization

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Distributed Autonomous Organization

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Dragon Age: Origins

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What does DAO mean?

Dao
Dao is a category of single-edge Chinese sword primarily used for slashing and chopping, often called a broadsword in English translation because some varieties have wide blades. In China, the dao is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the gun, qiang, and the jian (sword), and referred to as "The General of All Weapons". Dao is actually a generic word used to denote any member of a family of single-edged, broad-bladed cutting or slicing tools, but in common, everyday usage means knife. The weapon, also known as dan dao when just one is used, is thereby thought to be an adaptation of the kitchen knives common to Chinese cuisine. Dao also appears in the names of such polearms as the pudao and guan dao, due to the knife-like shape of their blades.

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  • Syed Gul Reza Gillani
    Syed Gul Reza Gillani
    Please add Divisional Accounts Officer (DAO)and District Accounts Officer (DAO)
    LikeReply 18 years ago
    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Thank you for your suggestions! we added them! Have a great day!
      LikeReply8 years ago

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