DNI

See also: dní and dni

English

Noun

DNI (countable and uncountable, plural DNIs)

1. Initialism of direct neural interface.
2. Initialism of direct normal irradiance.
3. Initialism of direct normal insolation.
4. (Internet slang) Initialism of do not interact (“on social media, a list of types of people who are requested not to interact with the user posting the list”).
   • 2023 September 26, HarryBlank, “We Stand Divided”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2024:

     "Enough cops down here," she agreed. She flashed back to Mukami's mental message, the brutal treatment in the hot shed, and felt unhappy uncertainty boiling in her stomach. "They know you were stealing from us?

     "Hell no. You guys are DNI. But I got tired of eating hospital food, so."

Verb

DNI (imperative)

1. (medicine) Initialism of do not intubate.
2. (electronics) Initialism of do not install.
3. (Internet slang) Initialism of do not interact.

Derived terms

• MDNI ("minors do not interact", sense 3)

Anagrams

• DIN, Din, IDN, nid, din, IND, in d., Ind, ind., Ind.

Catalan

Noun

DNI m (plural DNIs)

1. Initialism of Document Nacional d'Identitat.

Spanish

Noun

DNI m (plural DNIs)

1. (Argentina, Peru, Spain) Initialism of documento nacional de identidad.

   Coordinate term: NIE

Further reading

• “DNI”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014