Dart or DART may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

* Dart, the equipment in the game of

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* Dart (comics), an Image Comics superhero * Dart, a character from ''G.I. Joe'' * Dart, a ''Thomas & Friends'' railway engine character * Dart Feld, protagonist in the video game '' The Legend of Dragoon'' * ''Dart'' (poetry collection), a 2002 collection by British poet Alice Oswald *

Dart (sewing) Darts are folds (tucks coming to a point) sewn into fabric to take in ease and provide shape to a garment, especially for a woman's bust. They are used frequently in all sorts of clothing to tailor the garment to the wearer's shape, or to make ...

, a fold sewn into the fabric of a garment

Businesses and organizations

* Dart (commercial vehicle), a former manufacturer of commercial vehicles in Iowa *

Dart Container Dart Container Corporation is an American manufacturer of disposable food containers. Based in Mason, Michigan, Dart is the world's largest manufacturer of foam cups and containers, producing about as many as all competitors combined. Dart Cont ...

, a US cup and container manufacturer * Dart Container Line, a shipping consortium that operated from 1969 to 1981 *

Dart Drug Dart Drug was a chain of discount drug stores in the metropolitan Washington, DC region. It was founded in 1955, by Herbert Haft and his wife Gloria in Adams Morgan. The chain expanded to over 100 stores, and became a vehicle (as Dart Group) by wh ...

, a former US drug-store chain *

Dart Group Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England. Its head office is listed as Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head offic ...

, a British airline and industrial holding company * Dart Industries, a US drug-store group founded by Justin Whitlock Dart * Dart Music, a digital music aggregator based in Tennessee * Dart National Bank, a private bank in Michigan *

Direct Action and Research Training Center The Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART) is a national network of 23 local Faith-based organization, faith-based community organizing groups across nine states. DART provides training and consultation for local leaders and professional ...

, a community organizing network in several states of the US * Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team, a Singapore Civil Defence Force team *

Disaster Assistance Response Team The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) (French: ''Équipe d'intervention en cas de catastrophe (EICC)'') is a rapidly deployable team of 200 Canadian Forces personnel. It provides assistance to disaster-affected regions for up to 40 days. ...

, a Canadian Forces team

Places

* Cape Dart, a cape on Siple Island, Marie Byrd Land * Dart Island, an island off the coast of Tasmania * Dart River (disambiguation) *

Dart, Ohio Dart is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania ...

, an unincorporated community

Science and technology

Biology

Love dart A love dart (also known as a gypsobelum, shooting darts, or just as darts) is a sharp, calcium carbonate, calcareous or chitinous Dart (missile), dart which some hermaphroditic land snails and slugs create. Love darts are both formed and stor ...

, an object created by hermaphroditic snails and slugs during courtship * Dart, some moth species in the family

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

* ''

Potanthus ''Potanthus'' is a large genus of skipper butterflies. They are commonly known as darts. They are found from South Asia to East Asia, and down to maritime Southeast Asia (though not extending towards New Guinea). It includes about 35 species, ...

'', a genus of skipper butterflies commonly known as darts

Computing

Dart (programming language) Dart is a programming language designed by Lars Bak and Kasper Lund and developed by Google. It can be used to develop web and mobile apps as well as server and desktop applications. Dart is an object-oriented, class-based, garbage-colle ...

, a client-focused programming language from Google targeting multiple platforms *

Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) is a suite of utilities for Microsoft Windows customers who have subscribed to Microsoft Software Assurance program. It aims at bringing easier manageability and monitoring of enterprise desktops, emerg ...

(DaRT), a suite of diagnosis and recovery software *

Dynamic Analysis and Replanning Tool The Dynamic Analysis and Replanning Tool, commonly abbreviated to DART, is an artificial intelligence program used by the U.S. military to optimize and schedule the transportation of supplies or personnel and solve other logistical problems. DAR ...

(DART), a U.S. military artificial intelligence program * DART for Publishers, now

Google Ad Manager Google Ad Manager is an ad management platform introduced by Google on June 27, 2018. for large publishers who have significant direct sales. It combines the features of two former services from Google's DoubleClick subsidiary A subsidiary, sub ...

Mathematics

* Dart, a concave

kite A kite is a tethered heavier than air flight, heavier-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create Lift (force), lift and Drag (physics), drag forces. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. Kites often have ...

in geometry

Space

DART (satellite) DART, or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, was a NASA spacecraft with the goal to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability. At the time of the DART mission, only the Roscosmos and JAXA had ...

, a former NASA spacecraft launched 2005 *

Double Asteroid Redirection Test The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its trans ...

, a NASA planetary defense mission that intentionally impacted a space probe onto an asteroid in 2022

Technology

* DART radiative transfer model, a 3D radiative transfer model used in remote sensing *

Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) is a component of an enhanced tsunami warning system. By logging changes in seafloor temperature and pressure, and transmitting the data via a surface buoy to a ground station by satellit ...

, a component of an enhanced tsunami warning system * Direct analysis in real time (DART), an ion source used in mass spectrometry * Diversity arrays technology (DArT), a technology used in molecular genetics

Transport

* ''Dart'' (ship), a list of ships with the name ''Dart'' * ''Dart'', an 1863 South Devon Railway ''Eagle'' class locomotive * Dart charge, the charging system for the

Dartford Crossing The Dartford–Thurrock River Crossing, commonly known as the Dartford Crossing and until 1991 the Dartford Tunnel, is a major road crossing of the River Thames in England, carrying the A282 road between Dartford in Kent in the south and Thurr ...

of the River Thames near London

Aircraft

Convair F-106 Delta Dart The Convair F-106 Delta Dart is an all-weather interceptor aircraft designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Convair. The F-106 was designed in response to the 1954 interceptor program. Envisioned as an imagined "Ultimate I ...

, American interceptor fighter jet * Dart (rocketry), a free-flying top of a sounding rocket * Dart Aircraft, a 1930s British aircraft manufacturer * Culver Dart, a 1930s American light aircraft *

Blackburn Dart The Blackburn Dart was a carrier-based torpedo bomber biplane aircraft, designed and manufactured by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It was the standard single-seat torpedo bomber operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) between 192 ...

, a 1920s British biplane * Paraavis Dart, a Russian paraglider * Rolls-Royce Dart, a turboprop engine

Missiles and weapons

Dart (missile) Darts are airborne ranged weapons. They are designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by the presence of fletching (feathers on the tail) and a shaft that is shorter or m ...

, a projectile weapon with pointed tip *

SSM-A-23 Dart The XSSM-A-23 Dart was an anti-tank-guided missile developed for the United States Army in the 1950s. After protracted development, the missile, similar in design to the French SS.10, was cancelled in favor of purchasing the SS.11 missile. Desig ...

, a 1950s American anti-tank missile * Sea Dart, a modern British surface-to-air missile * Paper dart, another name for a paper plane * Dart gun (disambiguation)

Public transport

* Bucks County Transport DART, a bus transit system in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, US *

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had a r ...

, a Texas transit agency * Dar Rapid Transit Agency, a bus rapid transit system in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania *

DART First State The Delaware Transit Corporation, operating as DART First State, is the only public transportation system that operates throughout the U.S. state of Delaware. DART First State provides local and inter-county bus service throughout the state and al ...

, a transit system in Delaware, US * Des Moines Area Regional Transit, Iowa, US * Dial-a-Ride Transit, a form of public transport in the UK * Dixie Area Rapid Transit, the former name of SunTran in Utah, US * Doncaster Area Rapid Transit, a section of

SmartBus SmartBus is a network of bus services in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Overseen by Public Transport Victoria, the network comprises nine key cross-town and orbital bus routes around Melbourne. Key aspects of the service include more freque ...

routes in Melbourne, Australia *

Dublin Area Rapid Transit The Dublin Area Rapid Transit system (stylised as DART) is an electrified commuter rail railway network serving the coastline and city of Dublin, Ireland. The service makes up the core of Dublin's suburban railway network, stretching from Gre ...

, a railway network in Ireland * Luton DART, a rail shuttle serving Luton Airport, United Kingdom

Road vehicles

* Daimler Dart, a British sports car produced 1959–1964 *

Dennis Dart The Dennis Dart is a Rear-engine design, rear-engined single-decker bus, single-decker midibus chassis that was introduced by Dennis Specialist Vehicles, Dennis of Guildford, England, in 1989, replacing the Dennis Domino. Initially built as a ...

, a bus chassis model *

Dodge Dart The Dodge Dart is a line of passenger cars produced by Dodge from the 1959 to 1976 model years in North America, with production extended to later years in various other markets. The production Dodge Dart was introduced as a lower-priced full-si ...

, an American car produced 1960–1976 * Dodge Dart (PF), an American car produced 2013–2016 * Goggomobil Dart, an Australian microcar produced 1959–1961

Other

* Dart (surname) (people named Dart)