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D
- daemon
- dangle
- dangle tolerance
- dangling arc
- dasymetric mapping
- data
- data capture
- data change message
- data conversion
- data definition language
- data dictionary
- data element
- data file
- data format
- data frame
- data integration
- data integrity
- data message
- data model
- data recorder
- data sharing
- data source
- data structure
- data synchronization
- data transfer
- data type
- data view
- database
- database administrator
- database connection
- database design
- database generalization
- database management system
- database role
- database statistics
- database support
- data-driven ring analysis
- dataflow
- dataset
- dataset precision
- datasnooping
- datum
- datum level
- datum points
- DBF file
- DCOM
- dead reckoning
- debug
- decimal degrees
- decision support system
- declination
- deeply stateful application
- default cadastral fabric
- default interface
- default junction type
- defined study area
- definition query
- deflection
- degree
- degree slope
- degrees/minutes/seconds
- Delaunay triangles
- Delaunay triangulation
- deletes table
- delimiter
- delta file
- delta table
- DEM
- demographics
- demography
- densify
- densitometer
- density
- density slicing
- dependent variable
- deployment
- depot
- depot visit
- depth contour
- derived data
- descending node
- descriptor
- desire-line analysis
- desktop GIS
- destination
- destination table
- Detail page
- determinate flow direction
- deterministic model
- detrending
- developable surface
- developer product
- developer sample
- development environment
- device context
- device coordinates
- DGIWG
- dialog box
- diazo process
- difference image
- differential correction
- diffusion
- DIGEST
- digital
- digital image
- digital image processing
- digital number
- digitizer
- digitizing
- digitizing mode
- Dijkstra's algorithm
- DIME
- dimension
- dimension construction method
- dimension feature
- dimension feature class
- dimension style
- Dimensioning toolbar
- direct connect
- directed link
- directed network flow
- direction
- direction field
- directional filter
- directional influences
- directory
- dirty areas
- disabled feature
- disconnected editing
- discrete data
- discrete digitizing
- discrete feature
- discrete raster
- disk
- disk cache
- DispID binding
- displacement link
- displacement vector
- display
- display projection
- display scale
- display type
- display unit
- dissolve
- dissolve route events
- distance
- distance decay
- distance field
- distance unit
- distortion
- distributed data
- distributed database
- distribution
- dithering
- diurnal
- diurnal arc
- DLG
- DLL
- DMA
- DNC
- DNS
- dockable window
- docking
- document
- documentation
- Documentation Editor
- domain
- domain name
- donut rings
- DOP
- Doppler shift
- Doppler-aided GPS
- DOQ
- DOQQ
- dot density map
- dot distribution map
- dot screen
- double precision
- Douglas-Peucker algorithm
- downstream
- dpi
- drafting
- drainage
- draped layer
- draping
- drawing priority
- DRG
- drift
- drive-time area
- drum scanner
- DTD
- DTED
- duplicate labels
- dynamic feature class
- dynamic HTML
- dynamic segmentation
