Dao, Dão or DAO may refer to: Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people Look up dao, dão, or DAO in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yao people, a minority ethnic group of Vietnam Dao language (Papuan), Indonesia Dao language (China) Dao (surname) (Đào), a Vietnamese surname Dao (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of genie in the game Dungeons & Dragons Dão (footballer) (born 1984), Brazilian football defender Dao (country subdivision) (Dào), historical political divisions in China translated as "circuits" Dao (state), a historical state during the Zhou dynasty Dao, Capiz, Philippines Dao County, in Yongzhou, Hunan, China Dão DOC, a wine region in Portugal Dão River, a river in Portugal Biology D-amino acid oxidase, a peroxisomal enzyme Diamine oxidase, an enzyme, also known as histaminase, involved in the metabolism of histamine D-aspartate oxidase, in enzymology Dracontomelon dao, a species of tropical canopy tree known as dao in Filipino Computing Data access object, a design pattern used in object-oriented software engineering Jet Data Access Objects, a general programming interface for database access on Microsoft Windows systems Disk-at-Once, an optical disc recording mode Decentralized autonomous organization, an organization that is run through rules encoded as computer programs called smart contracts Other De-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream Double-action only, a type of trigger mechanism for handguns Decentralized autonomous organization, a type of organization The DAO (organization), a former digital organization established in 2016 Defence Acquisition Organisation, the former name of the Australian Defence Materiel Organisation Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada Daallo Airlines (ICAO code) Dao (film), a film by Tsui Hark Dao (game), an abstract strategy game DAO (album), a 1996 album by jazz saxophonist David S. Ware Defense Attaché Office, the office for military matters at embassies; for example see Embassy of the United States, Tel Aviv Search for "dao" , "da-o", "d-ao", or "d-a-o" on Wikipedia. Dão-Lafões, a region in Portugal Taoism Dau (disambiguation) Tao (disambiguation) All pages with titles beginning with DAO All pages with titles beginning with Dao All pages with titles containing daos All pages with titles containing dao This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dao.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.