Dir

Dir, dir, or DIR may refer to:

Acronyms

• Detroit International Riverfront, an area of Detroit, Michigan that borders the Detroit River
• Developmental, Individual differences, Relationship-based approach, a developmental intervention to autism developed by Stanley Greenspan and Serena Weider.
• Digitally Imported Radio, an internet radio station.
• Digital Instrumentation Recorder, a magnetic tape format by Sony.
• Department of Information Resources, an area of government or business that manages information and communications technology
• Division of Intramural Research, a division of the National Institutes of Health.
• Doing It Right, a methodology for scuba diving.

In computing

• An abbreviation for directory (file systems).
• dir (command), a shell command.
• directory (OpenVMS command), an operating system command.

Places and areas

• Dir, Pakistan, a town in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.
• Dir (princely state), a former princely state in the North-West Frontier Province, incorporated into Pakistan in 1969.
• Dir District in the North West Frontier Province, in 1996 split into two districts:
  • Upper Dir, with its headquarters in Dir city, and
  • Lower Dir, with its headquarters in Timargara.

People

• Dir (clan), one the five major Somali clans.
• Askold and Dir, Viking rulers of Kiev.
• Paul di Resta, a Formula 1 racing driver
• An abbreviation for executive director, the head of and organization or business.