A dot is usually a small, round spot.

Dot, DoT or DOT may also refer to:

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 () 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), 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 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 Dot (computer), a portable computer Dot., a 2013 children's book adapted into a 2016 TV series Dot (film), a 2010 British animated short film Dot, British radio series written by 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), established in 2019 Department of Transport (Western Australia), 2009–2025 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

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 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

.dot (disambiguation) Dots (disambiguation) Dot notation (disambiguation) Dotted note, in music notation (  𝅭 ) Dot dot dot (disambiguation) Two dots (disambiguation) Three dots (disambiguation)

Bullet (typography) (•) . (disambiguation) Point (disambiguation) Period (disambiguation)