A dot is usually a small, round spot.
Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:
Orthography
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Full stop or "period", a sentence terminator
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Dot (diacritic), a mark above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.), usually to indicate sound mutation
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Interpunct () also known as an "interpoint", "middle dot", "middot", "centered dot" or "centred dot", a punctuation mark
Mathematics
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"Dot as decimal point", the form of decimal separator generally used in anglophone countries, e.g., $24.99
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Dot operator, a notation used to signify multiplication
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Dot product, algebraic operation returning a single number from two equal-length sequences
Arts and entertainment
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The Dot (Toyism), a work of art in Emmen, the Netherlands
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"Dot" (song), a single by the Los Angeles pop punk band ALL
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"Dot", a song by Destiny's Child featured on the Charlie's Angels soundtrack
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Dot, A Drama in Three Acts, an 1859 stage adaption of the book The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
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The Dot (book), a 2003 children's picture book
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Dot (computer), a portable computer
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Dot., a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series
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Dot (film), a 2010 British animated short film
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[ Dot, British radio series written by Ed Harris, first released in 2015
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The Dot (restaurant), a fictional café in Degrassi: The Next Generation
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WTTK, A local television station broadcasting as "The Dot"
Government agencies
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Department of Telecommunications, India
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Department of Tourism (Philippines)
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Department for Transport, UK, formerly the Department of Transport (DoT)
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In Australia:
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Department of Transport (1930–1932)
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Department of Transport (1941–1950)
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Department of Transport (1972–1982)
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Department of Transport (1983–1987)
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Department of Transport (1993–1996)
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Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13)
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Department of Transport (Victoria) (current)
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Department of Transport (Western Australia)
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Department of Transport (South Africa)
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Department of Transportation (New Brunswick), Canada
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United States Department of Transportation
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Department of transportation, a general list of local and state departments of transportation in the US
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Departure Order Tracking, term used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada
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Taxation Administration, Taiwan
Companies
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Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company, a British motorcycle manufacturing company established in 1903
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Dot Foods, the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States
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Dot Records, an American company
Technology
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Dot (dit), an element in Morse code
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Dot (Unix)
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DOT (graph description language), in computation, the plain-text format for describing graphs used by Graphviz software
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".", the DNS root zone, the root domain of the Domain Name System
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DoT, DNS over TLS
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DOT code, an alphanumeric character sequence for purposes of tire identification
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Damage over time, in computer and video games
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Designated Order Turnaround or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders
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Diffuse optical imaging, also known as diffuse optical tomography, a medical imaging technique
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Directly observed treatment, a way to administer medicine
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Dissolved oxygen tension (DOT)
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Dutch Open Telescope
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The Dot, an Office Assistant, one of several interactive animated characters in Microsoft Office
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Amazon Echo Dot, also called the Dot, part of a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon
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DOT (mileage system), a German-invented television mileage system
Places
Antarctica
United States
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Dot, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
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Dot, Michigan, ghost town
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Lake Dot, in Orlando, Florida
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Dot Island (disambiguation)
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Dorchester, Boston, a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
People, fictional characters, and mascots
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Dot (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
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Pedro Dot (1885–1976), Spanish rose breeder
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Admiral Dot, stage name of Leopold S. Kahn (1859 or 1863–1918), a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum
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Aditi Saigal or Dot (born 1998), Indian singer and actress
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Dot, one of the mascots of PBS Kids since 1999
Other uses
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Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation), several tropical storms
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Davao Occidental Tigers, a Filipino basketball team
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Deed of trust (disambiguation), several meanings
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Dictionary of Occupational Titles
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Dot (mango), a cultivar from Florida
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DOT, the cryptocurrency native to Polkadot (blockchain platform)
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Epiphone Dot, a series of archtop guitars
See also
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.dot (disambiguation)
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Dots (disambiguation)
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Dot notation (disambiguation)
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Dotted note, in music notation ( 𝅭 )
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Dot dot dot (disambiguation)
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Two dots (disambiguation)
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Three dots (disambiguation)
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Bullet (typography) (•)
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. (disambiguation)
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Point (disambiguation)
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Period (disambiguation)