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A '''dot''' is usually a small, round spot.

'''Dot''', '''DoT''' or '''DOT''' may also refer to:
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== Orthography ==
* [[Full stop]] 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]] ({{char|·}}) 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]], 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)|''The Dot'' (Toyism)]], a work of art in Emmen, the Netherlands
* [[Dot (song)|"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 (2000 film)|Charlie's Angels]]'' 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)|''The Dot'' (book)]], a 2003 children's picture book
* [[The Dot (computer)]], a portable computer
* ''[[Dot.]],'' a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series
* [[Dot (film)|''Dot'' (film)]], a 2010 British animated short film
* [''Dot'', British radio series written by [[Ed Harris (playwright)|Ed Harris]], first released in 2015
* [[The Dot (restaurant)]], a fictional café in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
* [[WTTK]], A local television station broadcasting as "The Dot"

== Government agencies ==
* [[Department of Telecommunications]], India
* [[Department of Tourism (Philippines)]]
* [[Department for Transport]], UK, formerly the Department of Transport (DoT)
* In Australia:
** [[Department of Transport (1930–1932)]]
** [[Department of Transport (1941–1950)]]
** [[Department of Transport (1972–1982)]]
** [[Department of Transport (1983–1987)]]
** [[Department of Transport (1993–1996)]]
** [[Department of Transport (Victoria, 2008–13)]]
** [[Department of Transport (Victoria)]] (current)
** [[Department of Transport (Western Australia)]]
* [[Department of Transport (South Africa)]]
* [[Department of Transportation (New Brunswick)]], Canada
* [[United States Department of Transportation]]
** [[Department of transportation]], a general list of local and state departments of transportation in the US
* Departure Order Tracking, term used by [[Citizenship and Immigration Canada]]
* [[Taxation Administration]], Taiwan

== Companies ==
* [[Dot Cycle and Motor Manufacturing Company]], a British motorcycle manufacturing company established in 1903
* [[Dot Foods]], the largest foodservice redistribution company in the United States
* [[Dot Records]], an American company

==Technology==
*Dot (dit), an element in [[Morse code]]
*[[Dot (Unix)]]
*[[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]]
*[[Tire#Markings|DOT code]], an alphanumeric character sequence for purposes of tire identification
*[[Damage over time]], in computer and video games
*[[Designated Order Turnaround]] or SuperDot, an electronic system used by NYSE to route market orders
*[[Diffuse optical imaging]], also known as diffuse optical tomography, a medical imaging technique
*[[Directly observed treatment]], a way to administer medicine
*Dissolved [[oxygen tension]] (DOT)
*[[Dutch Open Telescope]]
*The Dot, an [[Office Assistant]], 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
* [[DOT (mileage system)]], a German-invented television mileage system

== Places ==

=== Antarctica ===

*[[Dot Cliff]], Victoria Land
* [[Dot Peak]], Oates Land

=== United States ===
* [[Dot, Kentucky]], an unincorporated community
* [[Dot, Michigan]], ghost town
* [[Lake Dot]], in Orlando, Florida
* [[Dot Island (disambiguation)]]
* [[Dorchester, Boston]], a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts

== People, fictional characters, and mascots ==
* [[Dot (given name)]], a list of people and fictional characters
* [[Pedro Dot]] (1885–1976), Spanish rose breeder
* [[Admiral Dot]], stage name of Leopold S. Kahn (1859 or 1863–1918), a dwarf performer for P. T. Barnum
* [[Aditi Saigal]] or Dot (born 1998), Indian singer and actress
* Dot, one of the mascots of [[PBS Kids]] since 1999

== Other uses ==
* [[Tropical Storm Dot (disambiguation)]], several tropical storms
* [[Davao Occidental Tigers]], a Filipino basketball team
* [[Deed of trust (disambiguation)]], several meanings
* [[Dictionary of Occupational Titles]]
* [[Dot (mango)]], a cultivar from Florida
* DOT, the cryptocurrency native to [[Polkadot (blockchain platform)]]
* [[Epiphone Dot]], a series of archtop guitars

== See also ==
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* [[.dot (disambiguation)]]
* [[Dots (disambiguation)]]
* [[Dot notation (disambiguation)]]
* [[Dotted note]], in music notation ( &nbsp;&#x1d16d;<!-- combing --> )
* [[Dot dot dot (disambiguation)]]
* [[Two dots (disambiguation)]]
* [[Three dots (disambiguation)]]
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* {{lookfrom|Dot}}
* {{intitle|D.O.T.}}
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* [[Bullet (typography)]] (<code>•</code>)
* [[. (disambiguation)]]
* [[Point (disambiguation)]]
* [[Period (disambiguation)]]

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