DIT or dit may refer to:

People

Dit name The ''dit'' name (french: nom-dit ) was a common French-Canadian custom by which families often adopted an alternate surname. They were also used in France, Italy, and Scotland. The practice lasted until the 19th century, and in a few cases into ...

, an alternative family name, e.g., in French Canadian historical traditions *

Dit Clapper Aubrey Victor "Dit" Clapper (February 9, 1907 – January 20, 1978) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Clapper played his entire professional career for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was inducted into the Ha ...

(1907–1978), Canadian ice hockey player

Information technology

* Directory information tree *

dit (unit) The hartley (symbol Hart), also called a ban, or a dit (short for decimal digit), is a logarithmic unit that measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10. One hartley is the information content of an event if th ...

, a contraction for "decimal digit" * "." or dot, the shorter of the two symbols used in

Morse code Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called ''dots'' and ''dashes'', or ''dits'' and ''dahs''. Morse code is named after Samuel Morse, one of ...

Doctor of Information Technology The Doctor of Information Technology (DIT) is a research-oriented professional doctoral degree offered by some universities. It is of the same academic level as traditional PhD; however, DIT research focuses more on industry practice than on theo ...

, a degree

Educational institutions

Dehradun Institute of Technology DIT University, erstwhile Dehradun Institute of Technology, is a private university in Dehradun, India. History DIT University was founded by Naveen Agarwal in 1998. In 2012, UGC conferred the Autonomous Status to DIT, further in 2013 the ...

, in India *

Delhi Institute of Technology Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), formerly Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT) is a state university located in Dwarka, Delhi, India. In 2018, the institute was granted University status, changing its name to Netaji Subha ...

, in India *

Detroit Institute of Technology The Detroit Institute of Technology was a private four-year technical college in Detroit, Michigan that closed operations in 1981. History First called the Association Institute, the private school was founded in 1891 as a YMCA evening school ...

, in the US *

DigiPen Institute of Technology DigiPen Institute of Technology is a private, for-profit university in Redmond, Washington. It also has campuses in Singapore and Bilbao, Spain. DigiPen offers bachelor's and master's degree programs in Computer Science, Animation, Video Game D ...

, in the US *

Dublin Institute of Technology Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT, ga, Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Bhaile Átha Cliath) was a major third-level institution in Dublin, Ireland. On 1 January 2019 DIT was dissolved and its functions were transferred to the Technological Un ...

, in Ireland

Sports

DIT FC Dili Institute of Technology FC or DIT FC is a football club of East Timor based in Dili. The team plays in the Liga Futebol Amadora. They reached the 2016 Taça 12 de Novembro semi-finals before they lost 1-2 by the champions AS Ponta Leste. F ...

, Dili, East Timor, a soccer team *

DIT GAA DIT GAA or Dublin Institute of Technology GAA was a Gaelic Athletic Association University Club in Dublin Institute of Technology County Dublin, Ireland. DIT's men's Gaelic football team compete in the Sigerson Cup and the O'Byrne Cup. DIT won i ...

, Dublin, Ireland, a Gaelic football team

Science

Defining Issues Test The Defining Issues Test is a component model of moral development devised by James Rest in 1974. The University of Minnesota formally established the Center for the Study of Ethical Development as a vehicle for research around this test in 1982. T ...

DIT-2, of moral reasoning *

Dietary induced thermogenesis Specific dynamic action (SDA), also known as thermic effect of food (TEF) or dietary induced thermogenesis (DIT), is the amount of energy expenditure above the basal metabolic rate due to the cost of processing food for use and storage. Heat produc ...

Diiodotyrosine Diiodotyrosine (DIT) is a precursor in the production of thyroid hormone, and results from iodization of monoiodotyrosine at the other meta- position on the phenol ring. Function DIT is a modulator of the enzyme thyroid peroxidase (which is invol ...

, a chemical compound *

Dual inheritance theory Dual inheritance theory (DIT), also known as gene–culture coevolution or biocultural evolution, was developed in the 1960s through early 1980s to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: gen ...

Digital ion trap The digital ion trap (DIT) is an quadrupole ion trap driven by digital signals, typically in a rectangular waveform, generated by switching rapidly between discrete DC voltage levels. The digital ion trap has been mainly developed as a mass analy ...

Other uses

Department for Infrastructure and Transport The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), formerly the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI), is a large department of the government of South Australia. The website was renamed , but without a formal announce ...

, South Australian government department *

Department for International Trade The Department for International Trade (DIT) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of Government of the United Kingdom, His Majesty's Government responsible for striking and extending trade agreements between the U ...

, UK *

Digital imaging technician A digital imaging technician chief (DIT) works in the motion picture industry. The DIT position was created in response to the transition from the long established film movie camera medium into the current digital cinema era. The DIT is the came ...

, in the film industry * Dit, a French narrative poetic form of the Middle Ages (see

Medieval French literature Medieval French literature is, for the purpose of this article, Medieval literature written in Oïl languages (particularly Old French and early Middle French) during the period from the eleventh century to the end of the fifteenth century. The ...

) *

Diyari language Diyari () or Dieri () is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Diyari people in the far north of South Australia, to the east of Lake Eyre. It was studied by German Lutheran missionaries who translated Christian works into the language ...