WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Department of Defense n 1: the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947 [syn: Department of Defense, Defense Department, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD]The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
Department of Defense (DoD) The US military body responsible for sponsoring many software engineering standards. (1996-05-29)