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DAT

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. digital audiotape.


dat. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. dative.


DAT 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. digital audio tape

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dat. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. dative

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hyperliquid Strategies serves as a digital-asset treasury company, or DAT.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

DAT Solutions, a load board matching truckers and loads, said average spot prices for flatbed truck transport rose about 6% in December from a year earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Another significant finding of the study was the observation that a recent dose of caffeine, for example in the morning of the imaging session, temporarily increases the person's DAT binding values.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Baltimore police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said that in addition to conducting proactive patrols, DAT officers “focus on making strategic arrests of key individuals that are perpetuating violent crime.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2023

I’d almost asked her if she’d heard that they hardly ever made vinyl records anymore—that it was all CDs and MP3s and DAT files.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman