DAO

Dao or Dão may refer to:

• Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept (cf. Taoism)
  • Dao (state), a historical state during the Zhou Dynasty
  • Dao (political) (Dào), historical political divisions in China translated as "circuits"
  • Dao (game), an abstract strategy game
  • DAO (album), a 1996 album by jazz saxophonist David S. Ware

• Dao (sword) 刀, a type of Chinese sword
  • Dao (film), a film by Tsui Hark

• Dracontomelon dao, a species of tropical canopy tree known as dao in Filipino
• 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
• Dão (footballer) (born 1984), Brazilian football defender

Places

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

DAO or D.A.O. may stand for:

• 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
• Decentralized Autonomous Organization, an organization that makes use of automation for decision-making
• 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 2009 video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts