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dBFS
A dB reference level equal to "Full Scale" or "Full Code." It is used in specifying A/D and D/A audio data converters, but also increasingly used to refer to signal levels in the digital domain since they are almost always referenced to the full code value. Full scale refers to the maximum voltage level possible before "digital clipping," or digital overload of the data converter. The actual Full Scale voltage is fixed by the internal data converter design, and varies from model to model. In digital metering a level of 0 dB is ostensibly equal to 0 dBFS, but in reality there may be some "fudge factor" built in either by design or by accident. Nevertheless the two can be thought of as the same thing at a practical level.

D'Appolito

D-Sub

Distribution Amplifier

D/A Converter (DAC)

Da Capo

DAE

Daisy Chain

Dalbergia

Damp

Damper

Damping

Damping Factor

DARS

DASH

Dashboard

Digital Audio Tape

Data

Data Bytes

Data Spanning

DAW

dB

DB-25

DB-9

dBFS

dBm

dBu (a.k.a. dBv (lower case v))

dBV (upper case V)

dbx

dbx Type 1

dbx Type 2

Direct Current (DC)

DC-coupled

DCA

DCF

DCO

DC Offset

DDL

DDP

DDR

DDS

De-Esser

Decay

Decay Time

Decca Tree

Decibel

Decimation

Decorrelation

Decoupling

Decrescendo

Default

Delamination

Delay

Delay Compensation

Delta Conversion On-Line UPS

Demagnetizer

Demodulation

Descant

Desktop

Destructive Editing

Destructive Recording

Detector

Detent

DFD

DI

Diads

Dial-up

Dialog

Diapason

Diaphragm

Diatonic Scales

Dielectric

 Difference Tone

Differential

Diffraction

Diffusion/Diffuser

Digital

Digital Synthesizer

Digital Black

Digital Keyboards Synergy

Dilruba

Diminished Interval

Diminuendo

DIMM

DIN

Din Stereo

DIN Sync

Diode

Dipole

DIP Switch

Direct Box

Direct Connect

Direct Drive

Direct Field

Direct I/O

Directional

Direct Out

Direct Radiator

DirectSound

DirectX

Dirt Box

Disc

Disc-At-Once

Disc Image

Discrete

Discrete

Discrete Surround

Disk

Dispersion

Display

Dissolve

Dissonance

Distant-miking

Distortion

Dither

Divergence

Diversity Receiver

Divided Pickup

Divisi

DJ

Dynamically Linked Library

DLS

DLT

DMA

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Dobro

Dog ear

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Dolby Digital

Dolby E

Dolby HX Pro

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Dolby SR

Dolby Stereo

Dolby Surround

Dolby Virtual Speaker

Dominant

Dongle

Doppler

 DOS

Dot Neck

Double Bar

Double Bussing

Double Conversion On-Line UPS

Double Fast

Double Neck

Double Precision

Double Stopping

Double System Sound

Double Tracking

Double Wide

Doubling

Dovetail

Download

Downsample

Drag and Drop

Drain

Drawbar

Dreadnought

Drive

Driver

Driver

Drop D Tuning

Drop Frame Time Code

Dropout

Drum n' Bass

Dry

DSD™ (Direct Stream Digital™)

Digi System Init

DSL

DSP

Digital Tape Recording System

DTS

DTV

Dual-Layer DVD

Dual Concentric

Dual Core Processor

DualDisc

Dual Rectifier

Dual Wire

Dub

Dubbing Session/Dubbing Stage

Dub Plate (Dubplate)

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Duet

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Dulcimer

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Duple Meter

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DV

DVD

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DVD-R

DVD-RAM

DVD-ROM

DVI

DXi

Dynamic Allocation

Dynamic Automation

Dynamic (Microphone)

Dynamic Range

Dynamics

Dynamics Processor

DynaSonic Pickup

     
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