Del (disambiguation)

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Del is a vector differential operator represented by the symbol ∇ (nabla).

Del or DEL can also refer to:

Mathematics

• A name for the partial derivative symbol ∂
• Dynamic epistemic logic

Geography

• Del, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province
• DEL or Del, Delaware, a U.S. state

Astronomy

• Del, abbreviation for the constellation Delphinus

People and fictional characters

• Del Close, American actor
• Del Thompson (born 1958, short for "Delbert"), American football player
• Del Vaughn (short for "Odell"), CBS News correspondent
• Del Shannon, American singer
• Del Reeves, American country singer
• Del tha Funkee Homosapien (short for "Delvon"), American hip hop artist
• Del Boy (short for "Derek"), fictional lead character in the BBC comedy Only Fools and Horses

Computing

• DEL, Data-Entry Language, predecessor of the Lua programming language
• Del (command), a DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows shell command
• <del></del>, HTML tags used to mark text for deletion
• Delete character, also known as rubout
• Delete key, abbreviated Del on computer keyboards

Acronyms

• Department for Employment and Learning, part of the Northern Ireland government
• Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the premier ice hockey league in Germany
• DNA Encoded Chemical Library, a technology for the synthesis and screening of collections of chemical compounds

Codes

• DEL, IATA code for Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India
• del, ISO 639-2 and 639-3 codes for the Delaware languages of Native Americans

See also

• DEL2, the second tier of ice hockey in Germany, below the DEL
• Deel (disambiguation)
• Dell (disambiguation)