Doe

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Doe is the name designating the females of certain animals, such as rabbits, squirrels and some species of deer.

Doe may also refer to:

• Doe (ethnic group), a people of coastal Tanzania
• Doe language, spoken by the Doe people
• John Doe or Jane Doe a name used as a placeholder for an unknown or anonymous person, especially in a legal context
• Samuel Doe (1950/1951–1990), the president of Liberia

DOE or DoE can be an acronym for:

• the United States Department of Energy
• The Duke of Edinburgh and the The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
• the doctrine of equivalents in patent law
• methodologies for the design of experiments in statistics
• Depending on experience, mentioned in job offers where compensation is to be negotiated
• the British Department for the Environment
• the Northern Irish Department of the Environment
• any Department of Education (NOTE: U.S. Department of Education's acronym is ED.)
• Dreams of Elwood, an indie rock group from New Zealand
• Distributed Objects Everywhere in distributed computing
• Diffractive Optical Element in optics
• Date of Effect, the date an event comes into effect, used in contracts.