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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

Created by study co-author Jay Olson, the DAT asks participants, whether human or AI, to list ten words that are as unrelated in meaning as possible.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 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

The group said DAT officers treat them with disdain and routinely initiate negative interactions.

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

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