DPA

DPA is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, including:

Companies and associations

• Danish Pro Audio, the predecessor company of DPA Microphones, a manufacturer of microphones
• Dominique Perrault Architecture French architecture agency http://www.perraultarchitecte.com/
• Dartmoor Preservation Association, a group which monitors development on Dartmoor in South West England
• Data Publishers Association, industry body for the directory and data publishing and search sector
• Defence Procurement Agency, an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
• Dental Professionals Association, a trade union supporting and representing primary dental care in the UK
• Department of Political Affairs of the United Nations
• Deutsche Presse-Agentur (German News Agency), founded 1949 in Germany, a major worldwide media service
• Drug Policy Alliance, the biggest anti-drug war advocacy group in the United States
• Dubai Ports Authority, now merged to Dubai Ports World
• The Association for Promotion of Digital Broadcasting (Dpa in short) in Japan
• Deaf Pilots Association (DPA), an organization of deaf aviators in the United States

Computers and data processing

• Data Path Array is a Data Path Unit array as used e. g. for Reconfigurable computing
• Differential power analysis, a cryptographic attack
• Distributed Password Authentication
• Dynamic Parallel Application
• Digital Publication App, a means of branded content distribution for computer and tablet platforms

Entertainment

• Down Peninsula Audio, a record label
• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
• Shen Yun Performing Arts, formerly known as "Divine Performing Arts"
• Drag Point Average, the grading system used on the television show RuPaul's Drag U. Also stands for the three scoring areas Drag Transformation, Performance, and Attitude Adjustment

Finance

• Down Payment Assistance, special type of home loan

Government

• Data Protection Act 1998, a United Kingdom Act of Parliament to regulate the processing of information relating to individuals
• Directorate of Public Affairs
• Doctor of Public Administration, a terminal research degree in government

Medical

• Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration, a surgical investigation to assess abdominal bleeding
• Durable Power of Attorney

Political parties

• Democratic Party of Albanians, an ethnic Albanian political party in the Republic of Macedonia

Science and technology

• Destructive physical analysis, an analysis performed to verify the fabrication standards of high reliability electrical components
• Diphenylamine, a chemical stabiliser used in homogeneous propellants to absorb the catalyst produced by the autocatalytic decomposition of propellants
• Dipicolinic acid, a chemical compound found in bacterial spores
• Docosapentaenoic acid, a group of fatty acids
• 9,10-Diphenylanthracene, an organic compound
• Displacements per atom (dpa), a quantitative measure of the irradiation a material has undergone

Transport

• IATA code for DuPage Airport, located in West Chicago, Illinois

Marine

• Designated Person Ashore, The person that ensures the safe operation of each ship and to provide a link between the Company and those on board.

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