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db/db mouse
The db/db mouse is a laboratory mouse with an autosomal recessive mutation in the leptin receptor gene, making it obese and diabetic, and the most widely used animal model of type 2 diabetes.
DBA/1
DBA/1 is an inbred laboratory mouse strain generated in 1929 and 1930 from crosses between DBA substrains, the oldest inbred mouse strain, established in 1909.
DBA/1J
DBA/1J (D1, DBA1) is an inbred laboratory mouse strain, a Jackson Laboratory substrain of the DBA strain founded by Little in 1909. H-2q, highly susceptible to collagen-induced arthritis, unlike resistant DBA/2J.
DBA/2
DBA/2 (D2, DBA/2J) is an inbred laboratory mouse strain descended from the first inbred strain, DBA, begun by Clarence Little in 1909; dilute brown coat, H2d haplotype, C5 deficiency, early hearing loss, glaucoma model, ethanol aversion, and progenitor of BXD recombinant inbred strains.
DBA/2J
DBA/2J (D2) is a Jackson Laboratory inbred mouse strain descended from the first inbred line, DBA, begun by Clarence Little in 1909; named for dilute, brown, non-agouti coat genes; prone to early hearing loss, audiogenic seizures, and glaucoma-like eye disease.
Dbag
DBAG Fund VI, VII, and VIII are private equity funds of Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, a Frankfurt-listed German firm making mid-market buyouts in the DACH region and Italy.
DBAR study
DBAR study: Diamond Blackfan Anemia Registry of North America (NCT00106015), a Northwell Health patient registry since 1991 with over 850 DBA patients, known for quantifying elevated cancer risk in DBA.
DBeaver
DBeaver is a free, Java-based database tool and SQL client for developers, administrators, and analysts, supporting any database with a JDBC or ODBC driver; a free Community edition and paid PRO editions are available.
DBH (king of Aksum)
DBH, vocalized Adhebah or Azeba, was a king of the Ethiopian kingdom of Aksum who reigned around AD 230–240; his son Garmat commanded Aksumite troops against the Sabaeans.
Dbl Partners
Dbl Partners is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that pioneers "double bottom line" investing. It seeks top financial returns and meaningful social, environmental, and economic impact.
DBm
dBm (decibel-milliwatt) is a logarithmic unit of absolute power referenced to one milliwatt, with 0 dBm exactly 1 mW, standard for stating signal power in RF engineering, wireless networking, and optical systems.
DBoW2
DBoW2 is an open source C++ library for converting images into bag-of-words representations, used for fast place recognition and loop-closure detection in visual SLAM systems.
DBpedia
DBpedia is a knowledge graph that extracts structured information from Wikipedia as RDF data. Launched in 2007, it serves as a hub for linked open data on the Web.
Dbpr-108
DBPR108 (prusogliptin) is a once-daily DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes, developed by Taiwan's NHRI and approved by China's NMPA in January 2025; phase 3 trials showed HbA1c reductions of about 0.6-0.7%, non-inferior to sitagliptin.
Dbrand
Dbrand is a Canadian accessories company based in Toronto, founded in 2011 and led by CEO Adam Ijaz, known for vinyl skins, phone cases, and its 2023 Casetify copyright lawsuit.
DBRX
DBRX is an open-weight mixture-of-experts large language model released by Databricks on March 27, 2024, with 132 billion total parameters and 36 billion active per input.
DBS
DBS, also known as Danpullo Broadcasting System, is a private Cameroonian television channel owned by businessman Baba Ahmadou Danpullo, who entered broadcasting with it in 2009.
DBS Bank
DBS Bank, founded in 1968 by the government of Singapore as the Development Bank of Singapore, is a universal bank and the largest in Southeast Asia by assets, with Temasek as its largest shareholder.
DBSCAN
DBSCAN (Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise) is a density-based clustering algorithm that finds clusters of arbitrary shape and labels points in low-density regions as noise.
DbSNP
DbSNP, the Database of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, is a public archive maintained by NCBI since 1999 that catalogs SNPs and other short genetic variations, each with a stable rs identifier.
dbt (software)
dbt, originally the data build tool, is a SQL transformation framework with an Apache 2.0 open-source core (dbt OSS, formerly dbt Core), launched in 2016 by Fishtown Analytics (now dbt Labs, merged with Fivetran in 2026) that builds DAGs of warehouse models, tests, and docs; its Rust-based v2 ships as dbt and the Apache 2.0 dbt OSS.
dbt Labs
dbt Labs, a Philadelphia company founded in 2016 as Fishtown Analytics, develops dbt, a SQL transformation framework with an Apache 2.0 open-source core (dbt OSS, formerly dbt Core), and the dbt platform (formerly dbt Cloud); valued at $4.2B in 2022 with $100M ARR, it merged with Fivetran in June 2026.
dbx (noise reduction)
dbx is a companding noise-reduction system for analog audio recording, developed by David E. Blackmer in the early 1970s and competing with Dolby in professional and consumer markets.
DBZ (meteorology)
DBZ, or decibels relative to Z, is a logarithmic unit used in weather radar to measure radar reflectivity from precipitation, with values above about 50 dBZ indicating hail.
DC (film)
DC (2026) is a Tamil romantic action drama directed by Arun Matheswaran, starring Lokesh Kanagaraj in his acting debut as Devadas opposite Wamiqa Gabbi's Chandra; a Sun Pictures release that crossed ₹100 crore worldwide and streams on Sun NXT and SonyLIV.
DC (soundtrack)
DC (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is a 2026 Tamil film soundtrack composed by Anirudh Ravichander, released on July 24, 2026 by Sun Pictures for the film DC.
DC All In
DC All In is DC Comics' October 2024 line-wide publishing initiative, launched with a flipbook one-shot by Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson, that introduced the Absolute Universe (Absolute Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman) and a refreshed core DC line.
DC Animated Movie Universe
DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU): shared DC animated film continuity, 2013-2020, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, based on the New 52. Starts with Flashpoint Paradox, ends with Apokolips War, 15-16 films, succeeded by the Tomorrowverse.
DC Animated Universe
DC Animated Universe (DCAU), also called Timmverse or Diniverse: shared continuity of DC animated series from Batman: The Animated Series (1992) to Justice League Unlimited (2006), created under Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, distinct from the later DCAMU and Tomorrowverse.
DC Black Label
DC Black Label is a DC Comics imprint announced March 8, 2018 for standalone, out-of-continuity, mature-reader (Ages 17+) stories of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, launched with Batman: Damned, absorbing Vertigo's role in 2020, and now distinct from the revived Vertigo line.