| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| DPA | Deutsche Presse-Agentur |
| DPA | Dell Preferred Account |
| DPA | Drug Policy Alliance (New York, NY) |
| DPA | Department of Performing Arts (various schools) |
| DPA | Differential Power Analysis |
| DPA | Down Payment Assistance |
| DPA | Data Protection Authorities (various locations) |
| DPA | Divine Performing Arts |
| DPA | Dominique Perrault Architecture (France) |
| DPA | Department of the Prosecuting Attorney (Hawaii) |
| DPA | Department of the Public Advocate (New Jersey) |
| DPA | Data Protection Act 1998 (UK) |
| DPA | Development and Partnership in Action (Cambodia) |
| DPA | Doherty Power Amplifier |
| DPA | Department of Political Affairs |
| DPA | Data Processing Addendum (General Data Protection Regulation; EU) |
| DPA | Development Plan Amendment (Australia) |
| DPA | Darfur Peace Agreement |
| DPA | Direction du Patrimoine et de l'Architecture (French: Directorate of Heritage and Architecture) |
| DPA | Dipartimento di Progettazione Architettonica (Italian: Department of Architectural Design) |
| DPA | Date Prévue d'Accouchement (French: Due Date; pregnancy) |
| DPA | Daily Physical Activity |
| DPA | Department of Personnel & Administration (Colorado) |
| DPA | Département des Affaires Politiques (French: Department of Political Affairs) |
| DPA | Document Printing Application |
| DPA | Deregister Port Attributes |
| DPA | Distribution Password Authentication |
| DPA | Dynamic Provisioning Architecture |
| DPA | Data Processing Assembly |
| DPA | Demand Priority Access |
| DPA | Data Pump Manager |
| DPA | Data Protection Advisor (EMC Corp.) |
| DPA | Durable Power of Attorney |
| DPA | Diphenylamine |
| DPA | District Planning Authority (various locations) |
| DPA | Data Privacy Agreement |
| DPA | Defense Production Act |
| DPA | Dual Photon Absorptiometry (bone density test measures the spine, hip or total body) |
| DPA | Defence Procurement Agency |
| DPA | Domestic Partnership Act (various locations) |
| DPA | Digital Photo Academy (various locations) |
| DPA | Déduction Fiscale pour Aléas (French: Tax Deduction for Hazards) |
| DPA | Droit Public des Affaires (French: Public Business Law) |
| DPA | Destructive Physical Analysis |
| DPA | Dayton Peace Agreement |
| DPA | Department of Public Aid |
| DPA | Dipicolinic Acid |
| DPA | Distributed-Power Architecture |
| DPA | Delegation of Procurement Authority |
| DPA | Designated Person Ashore (shipping) |
| DPA | Data Processing Assistant (various locations) |
| DPA | Doctor of Public Administration |
| DPA | Dubai Ports Authority |
| DPA | Destination Port Address |
| DPA | Dynamic Passcode Authentication |
| DPA | Data Protection Agency |
| DPA | Delaware Public Archives |
| DPA | Data Processing Algorithm |
| DPA | Delegated Purchasing Authority (various locations) |
| DPA | Department of Public Administration |
| DPA | Displacements Per Atom |
| DPA | Document Process Automation (computing) |
| DPA | Dudley Pond Association (Wayland, MA) |
| DPA | Dallage Pavage Aménagement (French paving company) |
| DPA | Distributed Password Authentication |
| DPA | Demand Protocol Architecture |
| DPA | West Chicago, Illinois (Airport Code) |
| DPA | Danish Pedophile Association |
| DPA | Dipropyl Acetate |
| DPA | Development Permit Area |
| DPA | Diphenylanthracene |
| DPA | Digital Power Amplifier |
| DPA | Deputy Prosecuting Attorney |
| DPA | Democratic Party of Albania |
| DPA | Department of Public Assistance |
| DPA | Denver Pale Ale (Great Divide Brewing) |
| DPA | Direct Professional Access (legal term) |
| DPA | Dine Power Authority (Navajo Nation) |
| DPA | Democratic Party of Arkansas (Little Rock, Arkansas) |
| DPA | Direct Polytechnic Admission Exercise (Singapore) |
| DPA | Dampier Port Authority (Australia) |
| DPA | Digital Precipitation Array |
| DPA | Deer Park Avenue |
| DPA | Dallas Police Association |
| DPA | Direct Protection Aménagements (French: Direct Protection Facilities) |
| DPA | Digital Pre-Assembly (Boeing's 777, 737 and Space Station) |
| DPA | Dynamiques Professionnelles d'Artistes (French: Dynamic Professional Artists) |
| DPA | Data Processing Activity |
| DPA | Destination Palo Alto (tourism; Palo Alto, CA) |
| DPA | Dialysis Purchasing Alliance |
| DPA | Digital Production Arts |
| DPA | Department Property Administrator |
| DPA | Data Processing Agency |
| DPA | Docks des Pétroles d'Ambès (French: Ambès Oil Docks; Ambès, France) |
| DPA | Direct Product Account (various companies) |
| DPA | Diagnostic Pharmaceutical Agent (optometry) |
| DPA | Definitive Purchase Agreement |
| DPA | Delaware Pilots Association |
| DPA | Dynamic Packet Assignment |
| DPA | Digital PBX Adapter (Cisco, VoIP) |
| DPA | Disabled Persons Association |
| DPA | Directory Publishers Association |
| DPA | Division of the Public Advocate (Delaware) |
| DPA | Daniel Penn Associates |
| DPA | DragonAir Pilots Association |
| DPA | Defence Per Acre (gaming) |
| DPA | Swiss Federal Data Protection Act |
| DPA | Director of Personnel & Administration |
| DPA | Dual Phone Adapter |
| DPA | Development Plan Approval (various locations) |
| DPA | Defense Protection Act |
| DPA | Double-Precision Arithmetic |
| DPA | Distinguished Performance Award |
| DPA | Deepwater Ports Act of 1974 |
| DPA | Dynamic Priority Adjustment |
| DPA | Driver Power Amplifier |
| DPA | Digital Phosphor Oscilloscope |
| DPA | Dual Premise Address |
| DPA | Digital Phase Analysis (Tektronix) |
| DPA | Data Protecting Act |
| DPA | Data Privacy Algorithm |
| DPA | Divisional Purchase Agreement |
| DPA | Dynamic Passenger Allocation |
| DPA | Delivery Purchase Agreement (appendix to a purchasing contract setting logistics parameters) |
| DPA | Depot Planning Annex |
| DPA | Digital Production Administrator |
| DPA | Disk Production Activity |
| DPA | Direct Pricing Agreement (logistics) |
| DPA | Distributive Pool Account |
| DPA | Downlink Phased Array (US DoD) |
| DPA | Deferred Prosecution Agreement |
| DPA | Doctor of Public Accountancy |