A dot is usually a small, round spot. Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:

Orthography

Full stop The full stop (Commonwealth English), period (North American English), or full point , is a punctuation mark. It is used for several purposes, most often to mark the end of a declarative sentence (as distinguished from a question or exclamation ...

or "period", a sentence terminator * Dot (diacritic), a mark above or below a character (e.g. ȧ, ạ, İ, Ċ, ċ, etc.), usually to indicate sound mutation *

Interpunct An interpunct , also known as an interpoint, middle dot, middot and centered dot or centred dot, is a punctuation mark consisting of a vertically centered dot used for interword separation in ancient Latin script. (Word-separating spaces did no ...

() also known as an "interpoint", "middle dot", "middot", "centered dot" or "centred dot", a punctuation mark

Mathematics

* "Dot as decimal point", the form of decimal separator generally used in anglophone countries, e.g., $24.99 *

Dot operator Multiplication (often denoted by the cross symbol , by the mid-line dot operator , by juxtaposition, or, on computers, by an asterisk ) is one of the four elementary mathematical operations of arithmetic, with the other ones being addition ...

, a notation used to signify multiplication * Dot product, algebraic operation returning a single number from two equal-length sequences

Arts and entertainment

* The Dot (Toyism), a work of art in Emmen, the Netherlands * "Dot" (song), a single by the Los Angeles pop punk band ALL * "Dot", a song by Destiny's Child featured on the ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, producing five seasons and 115 episodes. The series was created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts and was produced by Aa ...

'' soundtrack * '' Dot, A Drama in Three Acts'', an 1859 stage adaption of the book ''The Cricket on the Hearth'' by Charles Dickens * ''The Dot'' (book), a 2003 children's picture book * The Dot (computer), a portable computer * ''

Dot. ''Dot.'' is an animated children's television series based on the book by Randi Zuckerberg. The series debuted on CBC Kids in Canada on September 6, 2016. The series later premiered on Universal Kids (then known as Sprout) in the United States o ...

,'' a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series * ''Dot'' (film), a 2010 British animated short film * The Dot (restaurant), a fictional café in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''

Government agencies

* Department of Telecommunications, India * Department of Tourism (Philippines) *

Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The d ...

, UK, formerly the Department of Transport (DoT) * In Australia: ** Department of Transport (1930–1932) ** Department of Transport (1941–1950) **

Department of Transport (1972–1982) The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between December 1972 and May 1982. It was the third so-named Australian Government Department to be established. Scope Information about the department ...

** Department of Transport (1983–1987) **

Department of Transport (1993–1996) The Department of Transport was an Australian government department that existed between December 1993 and March 1996. It was the fifth department to be given the name. Scope Information about the department's functions and/or governm ...

Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13) The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The ...

** Department of Transport (Victoria) (current) **

Department of Transport (Western Australia) The Department of Transport is a department of the Government of Western Australia that is responsible for implementing the state's vehicle licensing, maritime safety, taxi, ports, transport policies. It was formed on 1 July 2009. It is one of t ...

* Department of Transport (South Africa) *

Department of Transportation (New Brunswick) The Ministry (government department), Department of Transportation is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the maintenance of the provincial highway network and the management of the province's automobile fleet. The depart ...

, Canada * Department of Transportation, USA * Departure Order Tracking, term used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada *

Taxation Administration The Taxation Administration (DOT; ) is the agency of the Ministry of Finance (Taiwan), Ministry of Finance of Taiwan, Taiwan (ROC) responsible for tax collections in Taiwan. History The Taxation Administration was originally established as Taxa ...

, Taiwan

Companies

Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company The Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company was established by Harry Reed in Salford, Lancashire, a city near Manchester, England, in 1903. By 1906 they had built their first motorcycle, using a Peugeot engine. Harry Reed years (1903–192 ...

, a British motorcycle manufacturing company established in 1903 *

Dot Foods Dot Foods is the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States. Dot offers over 112,000 products from 830 food industry manufacturers. Dot consolidates those products and delivers in less-than-truckload (LTL) quantities to dist ...

, the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States * Dot Records, an American company

Technology

*Dot (dit), an element 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 ...

Dot (Unix) In a Unix shell, the full stop called the dot command (.) is a command that evaluates commands in a computer file in the current execution context. In C Shell, a similar functionality is provided as the source command, and this name is seen in "ex ...

* DOT (graph description language), in computation, the plain-text format for describing graphs used by Graphviz software *".", the DNS root zone, the root domain of the Domain Name System *DoT, DNS over TLS * DOT code, an alphanumeric character sequence for purposes of tire identification *

Damage over time This list includes terms used in video games and the video game industry, as well as slang used by players. 0–9 A ...

, in computer and video games *

Designated Order Turnaround SuperDot was the electronic system used by the New York Stock Exchange to route market orders and limit orders from investors or their agents to a specialist located on the floor of the exchange. SuperDot was the upgraded form of the previous ele ...

or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders *

Diffuse optical imaging Diffuse optical imaging (DOI) is a method of imaging using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) or fluorescence-based methods. When used to create 3D volumetric models of the imaged material DOI is referred to as diffuse optical tomography, whereas ...

, also known as diffuse optical tomography, a medical imaging technique *

Directly observed treatment Directly observed treatment, short-course (DOTS, also known as TB-DOTS) is the name given to the tuberculosis (TB) control strategy recommended by the World Health Organization. According to WHO, "The most cost-effective way to stop the spread of T ...

, a way to administer medicine *Dissolved oxygen tension (DOT) *

Dutch Open Telescope The Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) is an optical solar telescope located on Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, La Palma (near the Swedish Solar Telescope, Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope). With a main mirror of 45 centimeters, it can reach an 0.2 arcsecon ...

*The Dot, an

Office Assistant The Office Assistant is a discontinued intelligent user interface for Microsoft Office that assisted users by way of an interactive animated character which user interface, interfaced with the Office help content. It was included in Microsoft Off ...

, one of several interactive animated characters in Microsoft Office * Amazon Echo Dot, also called the Dot, part of a brand of smart speakers developed by Amazon

Places

Dot, Kentucky Dot is an unincorporated community located in Logan County, Kentucky, United States. The origin of the name "Dot" is obscure. On February 24, 2018, the community was struck by an EF-2 Tornado. One person, an elderly woman, was killed. The torn ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * Dot, Michigan, ghost town *

Lake Dot Lake Dot or is a natural freshwater lake A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part ...

, Orlando, Florida, United States * Dot Cliff, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Dot Peak, Oates Land, Antarctica * Dot Island (disambiguation) * Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

People, fictional characters, and mascots

* Dot (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *

Pedro Dot Pedro Dot (1885–1976) was a Spanish rose breeder. Biography Pedro Dot (in Catalan, Pere Dot i Martínez) was born on 28 March 1885 outside Barcelona on the rose-growing Monistrol estate (now better known for sparkling wine) where his father ...

(1885–1976), Spanish rose breeder *

Admiral Dot Admiral Dot (1859 or 1863 – October 28, 1918), born Leopold S. Kahn, was a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum. Biography He was born in 1859 or 1863 in San Francisco to Gabriel Kahn and his wife Caroline. His mother had given birth to ten child ...

, stage name of Leopold S. Kahn (1859 or 1863–1918), a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum * Dot, the mascot of

PBS Kids PBS Kids is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Instead, ...

since 1999

Other uses

* Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation), several tropical storms * Deed of trust (disambiguation), several meanings * Dictionary of Occupational Titles *

Dot (mango) The 'Dot' mango is a mango cultivar that originated in South Florida. The cultivar has limited to no commercial plantings but is sold as nursery stock for home use in Florida. History Dot was originally developed by nurseryman Laurence Zill of ...

, a cultivar from Florida *

Epiphone Dot The Epiphone Dot is a semi-hollow archtop electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a subsidiary of Gibson. It was introduced in 1997Fynn CallumMy Love for the Epiphone Dot Red Dog Music, 5 February 2013 as a more affordable version of the Gibson ...

, a series of archtop guitars