DAO

The word Dao or Dão may refer to:

• Tao (Chinese: "The Way"), a philosophical concept
• Taoism
• Dao (film), a film by Tsui Hark
• Dao (game), an abstract strategy game
• Dao (political) (Dào), historical political divisions in China translated as "circuits"
• Dao (sword), a type of Chinese sword
• Dracontomelon dao, a species of tropical canopy tree known as dao in Filipino
• Vinho do Dão, a wine made in Portugal
• Yao people, a minority ethnic group of Vietnam
• Dao (surname) (Đào), a Vietnamese surname
• Dao (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of genie in the game Dungeons & Dragons
• Dao (state), a historical state during the Zhou Dynasty
• DAO (album), an album by jazz saxophonist David S. Ware
• Data access object, an object that provides an abstract interface to some type of database or other persistence mechanism.

Places:

• Dao, Capiz, Philippines
• Dao County, in Yongzhou, Hunan, China
• Dão-Lafões, a region in Portugal
• Rio Dão, a river in Portugal
• Barangay Dau, a village in Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines

The acronym DAO or D.A.O. may refer to:

• D-amino acid oxidase, a peroxisomal enzyme
• 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
• De-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream
• Defence Acquisition Organisation, the former name of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation
• Defense Attaché Office (see military attaché), the office for military matters at embassies
• Diamine oxidase, an enzyme involved in the metabolism of histamine.
• Disk-at-Once, a recording mode for optical discs
• Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
• Double action only, a trigger mechanism for semi-automatic firearms
• Dragon Age: Origins, a video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts