Wikipedia / Dao (disambiguation)
Wikipedia / Dao (disambiguation)
Dao, Dão or DAO may refer to:
Chinese philosophy
Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept
Arts and entertainment
Dao (1995 film), a Hong Kong wuxia film by Tsui Hark
Dao (2026 film), a French/Senegalese/Guinea-Bissau drama film by Alain Gomis
Dao (game), an abstract strategy game
DAO (album), a 1996 album by jazz saxophonist David S. Ware
People and language
Yao people (Asia), a minority ethnic group of Vietnam
Dao language (Papuan), Indonesia
Dao (surname) (Đào), a Vietnamese surname
Dao (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of genie in the game Dungeons & Dragons
Dão (footballer) (born 1984), Brazilian football defender
Places
Dao (country subdivision) (Dào), historical political divisions in China translated as "circuits"
Dao (state), a historical state during the Zhou dynasty
Dao, Capiz, Philippines
Dao County, in Yongzhou, Hunan, China
Dão DOC, a wine region in Portugal
Dão River, a river in Portugal
Science and technology
Biology
D-amino acid oxidase, a peroxisomal enzyme
Diamine oxidase, an enzyme, also known as histaminase, involved in the metabolism of histamine
D-aspartate oxidase, in enzymology
Dracontomelon dao, a species of tropical canopy tree known as dao in Filipino
Computing
Data access object, a design pattern used in object-oriented software engineering
Jet Data Access Objects, a general programming interface for database access on Microsoft Windows systems
Disk-at-Once, an optical disc recording mode
Decentralized autonomous organization, an organization that is run through rules encoded as computer programs called smart contracts
Other
De-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream
Double-action only, a type of trigger mechanism for handguns
Organizations
Daallo Airlines (ICAO code)
Dansk Avis Omdeling, a postal service in Denmark
The DAO, a former digital organization established in 2016
Decentralized autonomous organization, a type of organization
Defence Acquisition Organisation, the former name of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
Weapons
Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword
Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people
Other uses
Defense Attaché Office, the office for military matters at embassies; for example see Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv
See also
Dão-Lafões, a region in Portugal