DFA

DFA may refer to:

• Directory of Financial Advisers, DFA a private directory of Financial Advisers in New Zealand

Mathematics, science, and technology

Computing

• Data-flow analysis, a technique for gathering information about the possible set of values calculated at various points in a computer program
• Deterministic finite automaton, a finite state machine accepting finite strings of symbols
• Differential fault analysis, in cryptography, a type of side channel attack
• Dual Factor Authentication

Engineering

• Design for All, as a design philosophy
• Design for Assembly, manufacturing improvement to allow faster or automated assembly or assembly with fewer parts

Science

• Descent from antiquity, the process of establishing a generation-by-generation descent of living persons
• Direct fluorescent antibody, a medical test
• Humid continental climate with hot summer (designated Dfa), in climate classification

Statistics

• Detrended fluctuation analysis, a variation of the Hurst Exponent technique, used in the analysis of fractal time series
• Discriminant function analysis, a classification procedure

Finance

• Dimensional Fund Advisors, in finance
• Dynamic Financial Analysis, in finance
• Directory of Financial Advisers, DFA a private directory of Financial Advisers in New Zealand
• Dodd-Frank Act, a US federal law signed in 2010

Government and politics

• Dairy Farmers of America, in agriculture
• Democracy for America, a progressive political action committee in the United States
• Department of Foreign Affairs, an executive office of a sovereign state that helps form its foreign policy
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America, a nonprofit organization

Entertainment

Gaming

• Death From Above, a jump-jet attack tactic in the BattleTech game universe

Music

• Death from Above 1979, a Toronto based Canadian dance-punk/Noise Rock duo in the 2000s
• DFA (Italian rock band), an Italian progressive rock band from Verona, Italy
• DFA Records, an independent record label and production team
• DFA, a Canadian Crossover thrash group from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• The Dm minor chord (root D, minor third F, perfect fifth A)

Sports

• Designated for assignment in baseball
• Darwin Football Association, an Australian rules football league in Tasmania
• Dominica Football Association, the governing body of football in Dominica

Other uses

• Design For All, produced for the Target Corporation
• Doctor of Fine Arts, an academic degree
• John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School ("Davidson Fine Arts"), in Augusta, Georgia

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