Look up direct in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Direct may refer to: Directed set, in order theory Direct limit of (pre), sheaves Direct sum of modules...

DIRECT was a late-2000s proposed alternative super heavy lift launch vehicle architecture supporting NASA's Vision for Space Exploration that would replace...

A direct deposit (or direct credit), in banking, is a deposit of money by a payer directly into a payee's bank account. Direct deposits are most commonly...

Direct selling is a business model that involves a party of people buying products from a parent organization and selling them directly to customers. It...

Direct-to-video refers to the release of a film or television series on home video formats without an initial theatrical release or television premiere...

Direct injection may refer to: A music recording technique more commonly referred to as DI unit § Purpose Direct fuel injection, a method of fuel injection...

Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through...

MSN Direct was an FM radio-based digital service which allowed 'SPOT' portable devices to receive information from MSN services. Devices that supported...

Direct costs, in accounting, are costs directly accountable to a cost object (such as a particular project, facility, function, or product). The equivalent...

Frasers Group Trading Limited, trading as Sports Direct, is a British retail company owned by Frasers Group. The company was founded in 1982 by Mike Ashley...

In mathematics, more specifically in algebra, the direct sum of a collection of abelian groups is an abelian group constructed by combining the given groups...

Direct trade is a form of sourcing practiced by certain coffee roasters, chocolate makers, tea sellers, gemologists and more who build direct relationships...

OKA (also known as OKA Direct) is a British furniture and home accessories retailer founded in 1999 by Annabel Astor, Sue Jones, and Lucinda Waterhouse...

Direct action is a form of activism in which participants use economic power or political power to achieve their goals. Direct action aims to either obstruct...

Direct address may refer to: Noun of address, a term or phrase used to directly address an individual The direct addressing mode in computer programming...

Direct connect may refer to: Direct connection (New Jersey), a complex U.S. highway interchange in South Jersey Direct Connect (protocol), a file sharing...

Schedules Direct is a non-profit organization that provides a low-cost television program listing service for open source and freeware digital video recorders...

Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they...

A direct debit or direct withdrawal is a mandated financial transaction whereby a payer authorizes a payee to draw varying recurring amounts directly from...

Direct cinema is a documentary genre that originated between 1958 and 1962—principally in Quebec and the United States—and was developed in France by Jean...

Direct repeats are a type of genetic sequence that consists of two or more repeats of a specific sequence. In other words, the direct repeats are nucleotide...

Direct-to-consumer (DTC or D2C) is a modern variation of the business-to-consumer (B2C) business model. The DTC is a business model of selling products...

The direct process, also called the direct synthesis, Rochow process, and Müller-Rochow process is the most common technology for preparing organosilicon...

Direct cool is one of the two major types of techniques used in domestic refrigerators, the other being the "frost-free" type. Direct-cool refrigerators...

Direct Relief (formerly known as Direct Relief International) is a nonprofit organization whose stated mission is to improve the lives of people in poverty...

In mathematics, the direct product of a collection of algebraic structures (such as groups, rings, or vector spaces) is a structure of the same type constructed...

Syria Direct or Syria:direct (Arabic: سوريا على طول), founded in 2013, is an independent news organization based in Berlin, Germany, that provides news...

NHS Direct was the health advice and information service provided by the National Health Service (NHS), established in March 1998. The nurse-led telephone...

In political science, direct rule is when an imperial or central power takes direct control over the legislature, executive and civil administration of...

Direct access may refer to: DirectAccess, a network technology in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Direct access...

Direct finance is a method of financing where borrowers borrow funds directly from the financial market without using a third party service, such as a...

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which the electorate directly decides on policy initiatives, without elected representatives...

Nintendo Direct is a series of online presentations or live shows produced by Nintendo, where information regarding the company's upcoming content or franchises...

First Direct (styled first direct) is a telephone and internet based direct retail bank, which is a division of HSBC UK Bank plc based in the United Kingdom...

A direct function (dfn, pronounced "dee fun") is an alternative way to define a function and operator (a higher-order function) in the programming language...

In computing, direct or immediate mode in an interactive programming system is the immediate execution of commands, statements, or expressions. In many...

Direct binding is a feature of the linker and dynamic linker on Solaris and OpenSolaris. It provides a method to allow libraries to directly bind symbols...

Direct Currents is the name of several promotional features by DC Comics, including a long-running newsletter. Direct Currents was first used as the name...

supply a method for a direct response. Among practitioners, it is also known as direct response marketing. In contrast to direct marketing, advertising...

The Direct Payments scheme is a UK Government initiative in the field of Social Services which gives money directly to service users, enabling them to...

Direct to consumer may refer to: Direct-to-consumer, or business-to-consumer (B2C) is the business model of selling products directly to customers and...

Direct bonding, or fusion bonding, is a wafer bonding process without any additional intermediate layers. It is based on chemical bonds between two surfaces...

The doctrine of direct estoppel prevents a party to litigation from relitigating an issue that was decided against that party. Direct estoppel and collateral...

Direct voice may refer to: Direct–inverse alignment, a proposed concept in linguistic typology Direct voice mediumship, the hypothesis that spirits speak...

APIs all began with "Direct", such as Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, DirectSound, and so forth. The name DirectX was coined as a shorthand...

In mathematics and logic, a direct proof is a way of showing the truth or falsehood of a given statement by a straightforward combination of established...

Direct care is the care of an identified patient by an identified clinical professional, used throughout the National Health Service in the United Kingdom...

Direct-to-fan is a business model used by independent musicians, independent music labels, music marketing professionals, promoters, and others in the...

Direct Ishq (transl. Direct love) is a 2016 Indian action romantic comedy film, set in the city of Banaras. The film features Rajneesh Duggal, Nidhi Subbaiah...

ScienceDirect is a searchable web-based bibliographic database, which provides access to full texts of scientific and medical publications of the Dutch...

Direct memory access (DMA) is a feature of many computer systems that allows certain hardware subsystems to access main system memory independently of...

announced Instagram Direct, a feature that lets users interact through private messaging (colloquially called "DM" OR "DMs," short for "Direct Message"; in some...

J/Direct was a technology included in some versions of Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, which allowed direct calls into the Windows API. J/Direct was specific...

Gasoline direct injection (GDI), also known as petrol direct injection (PDI), is a fuel injection system for internal combustion engines that run on gasoline...

Direct method may refer to Direct method (education) for learning a foreign language Direct method (computational mathematics) as opposed to iterative...

Politically Direct is a weekly radio talk show that airs Sunday afternoons on the Air America Radio network. David Bender serves as host. The show originally...

In mathematics, a direct limit is a way to construct a (typically large) object from many (typically smaller) objects that are put together in a specific...

Direct examination or examination-in-chief is the questioning of a witness by the lawyer/side/party that called such witness in a trial. It is a stage...

Direct fire or line-of-sight fire refers to shooting of a ranged weapon whose projectile/ordnance is launched directly at a target within the line-of-sight...

Direct development is a concept in biology. It refers to forms of growth to adulthood that do not involve metamorphosis. An animal undergoes direct development...

Kemper Direct Auto and Home Insurance (Kemper Direct) was a direct to consumer auto and home insurance writer headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and a...

Direct navigation describes the method individuals use to navigate the World Wide Web in order to arrive at specific websites. Direct navigation is a...

Direct Ferries is a UK based ferry travel aggregator service that provides bookings for ferry crossings across the globe. Its main crossings include mainland...

Broadway Direct is an American ticket seller and operator of a news website for Broadway theatre. It was established in 2011 and is owned by the Nederlander...

Budget Direct is an insurance brand of Auto & General headquartered in Brisbane, Australia. Their car and home insurance policies are underwritten by Auto...

A direct-shift gearbox (DSG, German: Direktschaltgetriebe) is an electronically controlled, dual-clutch, multiple-shaft, automatic gearbox, in either a...

Direct experience or immediate experience generally denotes experience gained through immediate sense perception. Many philosophical systems hold that...

Direct impingement is a type of gas operation for a firearm that utilizes gas from a fired cartridge to impart force on the bolt carrier or slide assembly...

TigerDirect was an El Segundo, California-based online retailer dealing in electronics, computers, and computer components. The company was previously...

Mash Direct is a farming and food production company based in Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland. As of 2016, Mash Direct employed 180 people at its...

Fuel Direct is a United Kingdom government policy whereby an individual on certain income related benefits can have a certain amount of their benefit money...

The direct market is the dominant distribution and retail network for American comic books. The concept of the direct market was created in the 1970s...

eyewitness testimony, which consists of a witness's description of their reputed direct sensory experience of an alleged act without the presentation of additional...

USS Direct was a name used more than once by the United States Navy in naming its ships: USS Direct (AM-90), launched 25 April 1942 by Dravo Corporation...

Direct Supply is a private company that specializes in providing equipment, eCommerce, and services to healthcare organizations and the senior living industry...

Direct Line is an insurance company based in Bromley, England. Founded in 1985, as the country's first direct car insurance company, it has since expanded...

specifically in graph theory, a directed graph (or digraph) is a graph that is made up of a set of vertices connected by directed edges, often called arcs....

Direct conversion may refer to: Direct energy conversion (DEC), a scheme for power extraction from nuclear fusion, Direct-conversion receiver (DCR), a...

Although the actual definitions vary between jurisdictions, in general, a direct tax is a tax imposed upon a person or property as distinct from a tax imposed...

Mars Direct is a proposal for a human mission to Mars which purports to be both cost-effective and possible with current technology. It was originally...

Shaw Direct G.P. is a direct broadcast satellite television distributor in Canada and a subsidiary of the telecommunications company Rogers Communications...

DirectGroup Bertelsmann was a division of Bertelsmann AG and operated book sales clubs, online shops, bookstore chains and publishers in 8 countries when...

Direct Energy LP is a North American retailer of energy and energy services. The company was founded in Toronto in 1986 and now has more than four million...

Viking Direct, trading as Viking, is a European office supply mail order and online company based in Europe. It has operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland...

Direct-to-film printing (DTF) is a process of printing on textiles. The process involves the direct transfer of a design by first printing it on a special...

Direct Democracy Cyprus (Greek: Άμεση Δημοκρατία Κύπρου, romanized: Ámesi Dimokratía Kýprou) is a political party in Cyprus established by YouTuber and...

PC Direct was a UK computer magazine published by Ziff Davis. The magazine was established in 1991, being one of the first magazines published by Ziff...

for reaching subscribers in foreign countries or areas by international direct dialing (IDD). Country codes are defined by the International Telecommunication...

Direct instruction (DI) is the explicit teaching of a skill set using lectures or demonstrations of the material to students. A particular subset, denoted...

Borrow Direct is an interlibrary loan service that allows member university students, faculty, and staff with library borrowing privileges and active e-mail...

Direct action (DA) is a term used in the context of military special operations for small-scale raids, ambushes, acts of sabotage, and similar actions...

TreasuryDirect is a website run by the Bureau of the Fiscal Service under the United States Department of the Treasury that allows US individual investors...

analysis, a direct integral or Hilbert integral is a generalization of the concept of a direct sum. The theory is most developed for direct integrals of...

Direct Hits may refer to: Direct Hits (The Who album), 1968 Direct Hits (The Killers album), 2013 This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

CAB Direct is a source of references for the applied life sciences It incorporates two bibliographic databases: CAB Abstracts and Global Health. CAB Direct...

Sky Direct (stylized as SKYdirect) is a direct-broadcast satellite subscription television service in the Philippines. From its founding in 2016, it was...

In electronics, direct coupling or DC coupling (also called conductive coupling and galvanic coupling) is the transfer of electrical energy by means of...

MandM, also known as MandM Direct, is a British online fashion retailer based in Hereford, England, owned by the Danish clothing company, Bestseller. It...

Look up direct action in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Direct action is militant political action outside the usual political channels. Direct action...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an ownership stake in a company, made by a foreign investor, company, or government from another country. More specifically...

A direct flight in the aviation industry is a flight between two airports with no change in flight number, but which may include stops at intermediate...

In computer networking, a private message (PM), or direct message (DM), refers to a private communication, often text-based, sent or received by a user...

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946) was the day the All-India Muslim League decided to take a "direct action" using general strikes and economic shut down...

TDI (Turbocharged Direct Injection) is the Volkswagen Group's term for its current common rail direct injection turbodiesel engine range that have an...

Direct download link (DDL), or simply direct download, is a term used within the Internet-based file sharing community. It is used to describe a hyperlink...

The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts unguided bombs, or "dumb bombs", into all-weather precision-guided munitions (PGMs)...

Direct 8 was a national French television channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It was available through digital terrestrial television network and the Astra...

Live & Direct may refer to: Live & Direct (P Money album), 2016 Live & Direct (Starflam album), 2000 Live & Direct (Taj Mahal album), 1979 Liveandirect...

Direct Hit may refer to: Direct Hit Technologies, a Boston-based search engine company acquired by Ask Jeeves in January 2000 Direct Hit Records, a record...

In structural engineering, the direct stiffness method, also known as the matrix stiffness method, is a structural analysis technique particularly suited...

Direct insolation, also called direct normal irradiance (DNI), is the insolation measured at a given location on Earth with a surface element perpendicular...

Direct coupled or Direct-coupled may refer to: Direct-coupled amplifier Direct-coupled transistor logic Direct coupled (applied to an engine), drives a...

The Direct Fly Alto (English: High) is a Czech ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Direct Fly s.r.o. of Hluk. The aircraft is...

Direct Descent is a 1980 science fiction novella by American writer Frank Herbert. It was based on his short story "Pack Rat Planet" published in 1954...

Direct-to-TV may refer to: Dedicated console, a video game console with built-in games Television film, a feature-length film produced for release on a...

Linda Harvey Wild 6–2, 6–4 1995 Nathalie Tauziat Chanda Rubin 3–6, 6–0, 7–5 Direct Line Insurance International Championships 1996 Monica Seles Mary Joe Fernández...

controller (PDC) is an embedded direct memory access (DMA) controller found in many modern microcontrollers, which has direct access to memory and other embedded...

of mathematics known as numerical ordinary differential equations, the direct multiple shooting method is a numerical method for the solution of boundary...

Source Direct is an English drum and bass act from St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. Source Direct have released an EP, Controlled Developments (1997)...

A direct bank (sometimes called a branch-less bank or virtual bank) is a bank that offers its services only via the Internet, mobile app, email, and other...

DirectLOGIC is a range of programmable logic controllers produced by Koyo. They are programmed using DirectSOFT via: RS-232 USB port with USB-to-Serial...

Direct Revenue was a New York City company which distributed software (a downloadable adware client) that displays pop-up advertising on web browsers....

Direct distance dialing (DDD) is a telecommunications service in North America by which a caller may call any other subscriber outside the local calling...

A substantive dye or direct dye is a dye that adheres to its substrate, typically a textile, by non-ionic forces. The amount of this attraction is known...

<direct.h> is a C/C++ header file provided by Microsoft Windows, which contains functions for manipulating file system directories. Some POSIX functions...

Direct Anonymous Attestation (DAA) is a cryptographic primitive which enables remote authentication of a trusted computer whilst preserving privacy of...

Direct market access (DMA) in financial markets is the electronic trading infrastructure that gives investors wishing to trade in financial instruments...

Direct applicability refers to the fact that EU Regulations require no implementing legislation within individual member states - they take effect as soon...

In abstract algebra, the direct sum is a construction which combines several modules into a new, larger module. The direct sum of modules is the smallest...

72% of the company for $5.28 million. In 2001, Yandex launched the Yandex.Direct online advertising network. The company became profitable in 2003. Between...

A direct holding system or direct registration system (DRS) is an arrangement for registering ownership of securities (or similar interests) whereby every...

Supporters Direct was an umbrella organisation set up originally by the British government (with cross-party support) to provide support and assistance...

Direct revelation is a term used by some Christian churches to express their belief in a communication from God to a person by words, impression, visions...

Intercity Direct, abbreviated to ICD, is a Dutch category of higher-speed train service, operating on the HSL-Zuid and connecting Amersfoort Schothorst...

Xbox Developer Direct (stylized as Developer_Direct) is a series of livestream events produced by Xbox to showcase upcoming first-party content from Xbox...

Eutelsat 28A satellite. The Best Direct channel is owned and operated by Best Direct International Ltd. Best Direct International was formed in 1992;...

Direct Contact is a 2009 American action film written, produced and directed by Danny Lerner, and starring Dolph Lundgren, Michael Paré, Gina May and Bashar...

DC Direct is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery that sells collectibles based on DC Comics characters (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc.). Prior to...

Retro-direct is a gearing mechanism used on some bicycles in the early 20th century, which provides a second gear ratio when pedaled backwards. Retro-direct...

Connect:Direct—originally named Network Data Mover (NDM)—is a computer software product that transfers files between mainframe computers and/or midrange...

Wi-Fi Direct is a Wi-Fi standard for wireless connections that allows two devices to establish a direct Wi-Fi connection without an intermediary wireless...

Direct File was a free, online government service that allowed eligible taxpayers to file their federal tax returns directly with the Internal Revenue...

Direct TPMS, or direct tire pressure monitoring systems (direct sensor TPMS) refers to the use of a pressure sensor directly mounted on the wheels or...

Sun Direct is an Indian subscription based satellite television service provider, owned by Sun Group. It was launched in December 2007. It transmits digital...

AmeriMark Direct was an American privately held mail order and direct marketing company founded in 1969 and based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It...

Direct colonial rule is a form of colonialism that involves the establishment of a centralized foreign authority within a territory, which is run by colonial...

Thane Direct was a home shopping infomercials television channel, airing over Sky in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel exclusively offered half-hour...

The Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) is the framework comprising the modern Linux graphics stack which allows unprivileged user-space programs to...

Tesco Direct was a shopping catalogue and website operated by the British supermarket chain and retailer Tesco. It was supplying non-food goods such as...

Direct seeded rice (DSR) is a practice of sowing paddy which involves planting rice seeds directly into the field, instead of the traditional method of...

Direct democracy or pure democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policy initiatives directly Direct democracy may also refer to: Alliance...

Direct inward dialing (DID), also called direct dial-in (DDI) in Europe and Oceania, is a telecommunication service offered by telephone companies to...

Chemist Direct is a UK-based company providing medical products and services in addition to beauty products online. 2007–2013: Founded in 2007 by Mitesh...

for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series. Since 2022, he has directed and executive produced the Apple TV+ series Severance...

Warranty Direct is a provider of direct consumer warranties based in the United Kingdom. The brand advertises products such as new car warranty, and extended...

Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes...

In mathematics, a product of rings or direct product of rings is a ring that is formed by the Cartesian product of the underlying sets of several rings...

A direct-entry midwife is a midwifery practitioner who enters the profession without prior nursing education. These midwives may be trained through midwifery...

Direct Push is Microsoft's technology for receiving e-mail instantly on Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0 and 6.1 enabled devices, from Microsoft Exchange Servers...

for three other Oscars, including Best Picture. Sheridan also wrote and directed the 2017 neo-Western crime film Wind River and wrote the 2018 sequel to...

(2005–2013), where he was also a producer and occasional director. He directed, co-wrote and co-starred in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place, for which...

spin-off film within a film Lightyear (2022). It also includes the 2D-animated direct-to-video spin-off film within a film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The...

Direct materials cost the cost of direct materials which can be easily identified with the unit of production. For example, the cost of glass is a direct...

Directed therapy refers to the treatment of infections based on specific knowledge of what the causal agent is able to be treated with. It is the opposite...

Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He also directed and starred in Pollock (2000), for which he was nominated for the Academy...

DirectFB (Direct Frame Buffer), now continued as DirectFB2, is a software library with a small memory footprint that provides graphics acceleration, input...

A direct commission officer (DCO) is a United States uniformed officer who has received an appointed commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving...

A high-voltage direct current (HVDC) system uses direct current (DC) and high voltages (currently between 100 kV and 800 kV) for electric power transmission...

broadcast center, the satellite, the satellite dish, and the receiver. "Direct broadcast" satellites used for transmission of satellite television signals...

DirectInput is a legacy application programming interface developed by American company Microsoft that collects user input via devices such as the mouse...

Consumer Direct was a UK Government-funded call centre and website service providing basic consumer advice in the United Kingdom. Following a review by...

Vector Direct was a direct response television company showing longform infomercials on the Freeview, Virgin Media cable service and Sky Digital platforms...

Direct voice input (DVI), sometimes called voice input control (VIC), is a style of human–machine interaction "HMI" in which the user makes voice commands...

Direct Edge was an American stock exchange that operated two separate platforms, EDGA Exchange and EDGX Exchange. It was based in Jersey City, New Jersey...

The Sockets Direct Protocol (SDP) is a transport-agnostic protocol to support stream sockets over remote direct memory access (RDMA) network fabrics....

Direct Chill casting is a method for the fabrication of cylindrical or rectangular solid ingots from non-ferrous metals, especially Aluminum, Copper, Magnesium...

Direct ascent is a method of landing a spacecraft on the Moon or another planetary surface directly, without first assembling the vehicle in Earth orbit...

In computer science, human–computer interaction, and interaction design, direct manipulation is an approach to interfaces which involves continuous representation...

Direct Star was a French free-to-air music television channel owned by Vincent Bolloré, that launched on 1 September 2010, replacing Virgin 17. The channel...

A direct service organisation or direct labour organisation (DSO or DLO) is a business unit of a United Kingdom local authority or social landlord (housing...

broadcaster. It is in contrast to theatrical films first shown in movie theaters, direct-to-video films released only in home video formats and films released on...

Comics superheroes together in films in 2002, when Wolfgang Petersen was to direct a crossover of the Superman and Batman film franchises. A planned Justice...

The Keenesburg Direct Railroad is a switching railroad located in Keenesburg, Colorado. Per the notice of exemption filed with the Department of Transportation...

Southern Sky Air Tours, d/b/a Direct Air was a virtual airline based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States. Direct Air started in 2007 and leased...

"'Amazon Video Direct' takes aim at the professional side of YouTube". Ars Technica. Retrieved July 27, 2025. "Support – Prime Video Direct". videodirect...

Polartec Alpha Direct is a type of synthetic active insulation fabric developed by Polartec. It is a direct successor to the original Polartec Alpha fabric...

A direct case (abbreviated dir) is a grammatical case used with all three core relations: both the agent and patient of transitive verbs and the argument...

Freedom and Direct Democracy (Czech: Svoboda a přímá demokracie, SPD) is a far-right political party in the Czech Republic. It is led by Tomio Okamura...

In Kind Direct is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1996 by King Charles III (the then Prince of Wales). The charity distributes new donated usable...

A directed trust is an investment trust in which the trustee is directed by a number of other trust participants in implementing the trust's execution...

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is a statutory body under the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. It oversees the...

Direct to edit (DTE) is a digital video direct-to-disk recording method (and also refers to the associated equipment) used to streamline the post-production...

The direct sum of two matrices is the diagonal matrix where the top-left and bottom-right corners of the matrix fill the two given matrices, and where...

Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) refers to the marketing and advertising of pharmaceutical products directly to consumers as patients, as opposed...

Free kicks may be either direct or indirect, distinguished as follows: An attacking goal may be scored directly from a direct free kick, but not from an...

Peace Direct is a charity based in London, England, which supports grassroots peacebuilders in areas of conflict. Peace Direct focuses on supporting grassroots...

Hayes. His aunt and uncle, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, founded and co-direct the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. His father is Irish Catholic and...

three more feature films and the direct-to-video film The Patriot. Subsequently, his career shifted to mostly direct-to-video productions. He has since...

includes EUROPE DIRECT Centres, European Documentation Centres (EDC), the EU Team EUROPE DIRECT speakers bureau and the call centre Europe Direct Contact Centre...

marked with (punctuated with) quotation marks. As a form of transcription, direct or quoted speech is spoken or written text that reports speech or thought...

(Australia) Limited (trading as ING since 2017, and as ING DIRECT 1999–2017) is a direct bank operating in Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary...

direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) is a spread-spectrum modulation technique primarily used to reduce overall signal interference. The direct-sequence...

(sometimes stylized as i,Robot) is a 2004 American science fiction action film directed by Alex Proyas, from a screenplay by Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman. It...

Direct-view bistable storage tube (DVBST) was an acronym used by Tektronix to describe their line of storage tubes. These were cathode-ray tubes (CRT)...

Biology Direct is an online open access scientific journal that publishes original, peer-reviewed research papers, reviews, hypotheses, comments and discovery...

films August 15, directed by Shaji Kailas, Doubles, directed by Sohan Seenulal, The Train, directed by Jayaraj, Bombay March 12, directed by Babu Janardhanan...

television, music video, and commercial director. He is best known for directing the films Lars and the Real Girl (2007), Fright Night (2011), I, Tonya...

The direct method of teaching, which is sometimes called the natural method, and is often (but not exclusively) used in teaching foreign languages, refrains...

The Direct Vision Standard is a measure of how much HGV drivers can see from their cab directly (without the use of mirrors or video cameras). Since October...

Saab Direct Ignition is a capacitor discharge ignition developed by Saab Automobile, then known as Saab-Scania, and Mecel AB during the 1980s. It was first...

Direct Connect (DC) is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. Direct Connect clients connect to a central hub and can download files directly from one...

In the United States, direct primary care (DPC) is a type of primary care billing and payment arrangement made between patients and medical providers,...

Direct energy conversion (DEC) or simply direct conversion converts a charged particle's kinetic energy into a voltage. It is a scheme for power extraction...

Verisure P.L.C. (formerly known as Securitas Direct) is a security company based in Versoix, close to Geneva in Switzerland and active in 17 countries...

Direct part marking (DPM) is a process to permanently mark parts with product information including serial numbers, part numbers, date codes, and barcodes...

endorsed by Secretary of State for International Development Clare Short. CaféDirect was the first coffee brand to carry the Fairtrade certification mark. The...

In the iron and steel industry, direct reduction is a set of processes for obtaining iron from iron ore, by reducing iron oxides without melting the metal...

Directed Electronics, Inc. (DEI) is an Orlando, Florida-based producer of car security products, including Viper car alarms and accessories. It is a subsidiary...

CarsDirect is an American online automotive research portal and car buying service based in El Segundo, California, that allows consumers to research,...

DD Free Dish (formerly known as DD Direct Plus) is an Indian state-owned free-to-air satellite television provider owned and operated by Public Service...

entry-level jobs in the film industry before going on to direct television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the crime...

of Emergency outside North America) is a 2005 American action spy film directed by Lee Tamahori and a sequel to the 2002 film XXX. It is the second installment...

Direct Fly was a regional airline based in Warsaw, Poland. It operated domestic services. Its main base was Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport. The airline...

Multiverse of Madness (2022). He also voiced Scar in The Lion King (2019). He directed, wrote, and starred in the films The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)...

would direct an English language adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's Academy Award-winning film Another Round (2020). Rock also wrote and is set to direct the...

paid homage to blaxploitation films. Subsequently, Tarantino wrote and directed the martial arts films Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume...

normally separate from the direct appeal, however some states allow for collateral relief to be sought on direct appeal. After direct appeal, the conviction...

Gravity (2013), Hail, Caesar! (2016), and Jay Kelly (2025). Clooney has directed nine feature films including the spy film Confessions of a Dangerous Mind...

The Direct Democrats (Swedish: Direktdemokraterna, DD) is a Swedish non-affiliated neutral political party, based on the principles of liquid democracy...

Direct participation program (or direct participation plan or direct investment, abbreviated DPP) is a financial security that enables investors to participate...

Direct-buried cable (DBC) is a kind of communications or transmissions electrical cable which is specially designed to be buried under the ground without...

service as Brad Bentley, executive vice president and general manager of direct-to-consumer development, exited the post after six months. Andy Forssell...

It is impermissible to attempt to bring about an indirect good with a direct evil. Also formulated as: The means-end condition. The bad effect must not...

filmmakers Joris Ivens and Henri Storck directed Borinage (1931) about the Belgian coal mining region. Luis Buñuel directed a "surrealist" documentary Las Hurdes...

Milan Direct was an Australian-based furniture company that is now sold as a private label under the Temple & Webster brand. The company was founded in...

the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. She subsequently directed the thriller film Don't Worry Darling (2022) and The Invite (2026), both...

question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Tibetan characters. Direct Introduction (Tibetan: ངོ་སྤྲོད་སྤྲས་པ, Wylie: ngo sprod spras pa) is one...

The state of Berlin has three instruments of direct democracy. These enable German citizen residents to directly influence policy, in addition to indirect...

processes for metal sintering or melting (such as selective laser sintering, direct metal laser sintering, and selective laser melting) usually went by their...

studied film in college. After directing several episodes for television, including Night Gallery and Columbo, he directed the television film Duel (1971)...

Direct-attached storage (DAS) is digital storage directly attached to the computer accessing it, as opposed to storage accessed over a computer network...

A direct fluorescent antibody (DFA or dFA), also known as "direct immunofluorescence", is an antibody that has been tagged in a direct fluorescent antibody...

predominantly in Tamil cinema, while also directing and acting in films in other Indian languages. He wrote and directed more than 25 films and acted in over...

Direct representation or proxy representation is a form of representative democracy where voters can vote for any candidate in the land, and each representative's...

Direct operations is the term for when a central bank purchases bonds directly from its government. Direct operations work as follows: Governments typically...

Direct air capture (DAC) is the use of chemical or physical processes to extract carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the ambient air. If the extracted CO2...

the same name. He starred in and made his directorial debut with the 1996 direct-to-video release Pure Danger, which also featured Teri Ann Linn and comic...

In 1983, he directed Staying Alive, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta. This was the only film Stallone directed that he did not...

with the same story arc spanning over both parts. This is often called a direct sequel.[citation needed] A prequel is an installment that is made following...

Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method uses probabilistic Monte Carlo simulation to solve the Boltzmann equation for finite Knudsen number fluid flows...

hydride (LiH). Lithium forms a variety of binary and ternary materials by direct reaction with the main group elements. These Zintl phases, although highly...

internal selection by a party body such as a convention or party congress, direct nomination by the party leader, and nomination meetings. A similar procedure...

John Hughes, directing two of Hughes's best-known screenplays, Pretty in Pink and Some Kind of Wonderful. Since 2011, he has primarily directed television...

managed to retain his affluent lifestyle of the past. From 1919, Grabar directed his commission into documenting and preserving Orthodox church murals and...

The direct-quadrature-zero (DQZ, DQ0 or DQO, sometimes lowercase) or Park transformation (named after Robert H. Park) is a tensor that rotates the reference...

A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves...

Rambus DRAM (RDRAM), and its successors Concurrent Rambus DRAM (CRDRAM) and Direct Rambus DRAM (DRDRAM), are types of synchronous dynamic random-access memory...

Direct Action: An Ethnography is an ethnographic study of the global justice movement written by anthropologist David Graeber and published by AK Press...

resulting jobs are typically categorized as being one of three types. A direct job is employment created to fulfill the demand for a product or service...

success as a television showrunner, Whedon returned to film to write and direct the Firefly film continuation Serenity (2005), to co-write and produce the...

Burrows started his career with The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1974. Burrows directed over 50 television pilots and co-created the television series Cheers (1982–1993)...

The Bodyguard (1992), and A Perfect World (1993). During this time, he directed and starred in the western epic Dances With Wolves (1990), for which he...

Direct Fly s.r.o. (sometimes called DirectFly s.r.o.) is a Czech aircraft manufacturer currently based in Brno and founded in 2006 in Hluk. The company...

David Gillota wrote: As a true schlemiel, Larry's failure serves as a direct challenge to the status quo and encourages viewers to question the myriad...

into provinces and agencies. A province consisted of territory under the direct rule of the Emperor of India (who was also the King of the United Kingdom...

Manhattan Plaza. Domingo's first on-screen acting credit was in a 1995 direct-to-video feature film called Timepiece.[citation needed] Domingo continued...

agreement with USSB to build and launch the first high-power direct-broadcast satellite system. Direct satellite broadcasters were mandated in 1992 to set aside...

Theatre in Tanya Ronder's stage adaptation of the novel Vernon God Little directed by Rufus Norris, Nina in Russell Bolam's modern adaptation of The Seagull...

Jane's early roles included Zeph in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, and the film Nemesis (1992). He also had supporting...

president and then chairman in 1959, serving until 1967. Stillman was a direct descendant of the Rockefeller family through the William Rockefeller (the...

A DI unit (direct input or direct inject) is an electronic device typically used in recording studios and in sound reinforcement systems to connect a high...

A direct-administered municipality (直辖市; Zhíxiáshì; lit. 'direct-administered city'), commonly known as a municipality, is a provincial-level administrative...

Empire of the Sun is a 1987 American war drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Tom Stoppard, based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical...

subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India...

Duster (co-creator, 2025). He won two Emmy Awards for Lost: Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Drama Series. His directorial film...

Littlewoods and Shop Direct companies. The retailer was known as Littlewoods Shop Direct Group until a corporate rebranding to Shop Direct Group in May 2008...

direct cinema: mainly without a narrator's voice-over. There are subtle, yet important, differences between terms expressing similar concepts. Direct...

associated with direct (perceptual) realism, itself metaphysically complemented by manifest realism) is the idea that the senses provide us with direct awareness...

his breakout film role was as the Man with No Name in the Sergio Leone–directed Dollars Trilogy: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965)...

Game in Town (1970), directed by George Stevens; McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971), directed by Robert Altman; and Dollars (1971), directed by Richard Brooks....

Direct Blue 15 is an organic compound that is classified as an azo dye. It is a dark blue water soluble solid. It is a popular substantive dye, which means...

business plan prepared by David Gundlach and Andrew Bowen, as "Hastings Direct" in 1997. It was acquired by Insurance Australia Group in 2006 and then...

Direct Line Insurance Group Ltd. is a British insurance company based in Bromley, England. It was formed in 2012 by the divestment of The Royal Bank of...

BuildDirect is a technology company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is an online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products...

Directed information is an information theory measure that quantifies the information flow from the random string X n = ( X 1 , X 2 , … , X n ) {\displaystyle...

into the 2000s, Lundgren mostly appeared in direct-to-video films. During this time, Lundgren started directing and starring in his own films; these are...

Million Dollar Baby (2004). In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has directed films in which he did not appear, such as the...

DirectAsia is a Singapore-based motor and travel insurance provider. DirectAsia was founded in Singapore in 2010 and launched in Hong Kong in 2012 and...

special support for satellite communication are also able to be used for direct-to-phone satellite telephony. The first voice signals relayed via satellite...

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc (MSC), through its subsidiaries, primarily MSC Industrial Supply Co., is one of the largest industrial equipment distributors...

Sports Direct sponsorship all over the stadium with co owner Amanda Staveley claiming she was "looking forward" to removing the Sports Direct branding...

The Yangtze has a number of direct tributaries. This page lists such tributaries by size, from the estuary upwards in the order of their inflows. Tributaries...

FreshDirect is an American online grocery company and among the first enterprises to sell and deliver perishable foods to consumers without maintaining...

DirectDraw (ddraw.dll) is an API that used to be a part of Microsoft's DirectX API. DirectDraw is used to accelerate rendering of 2D graphics in applications...

Cape Fear is a 1991 American Southern Gothic psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Wesley Strick. It is a remake of...

{f(x)}{g(x)}}} is a constant function. If several pairs of variables share the same direct proportionality constant, the equation expressing the equality of these...

titles beginning with Redirect All pages with titles containing Redirect Direct (disambiguation) Redirector (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...

Piezoelectric direct discharge (PDD) plasma is a type of cold non-equilibrium plasma, generated by a direct gas discharge of a high voltage piezoelectric...

Plant Direct is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research in plant science. It was established in 2017 and is published by John...

flow) as with direct evaporative cooling. A few design solutions have been conceived to utilize the energy in the air, like directing the exhaust air...

actor and filmmaker. The recipient of multiple accolades, he is known for directing historical films as well for his action hero roles, particularly his breakout...

release date and includes live-action feature films (including theatrical, direct-to-video and streaming releases), animated feature films (including films...

the youngest director in the Directors Guild of America. He has since directed and starred in the films Bad Words (2013) and The Family Fang (2015), and...

spirit trumpets, spirit cabinets, and levitation tables.[citation needed] Direct voice communication refers to the hypothesis that spirits speak independently...

Direct provision is functionally the system of accommodation for asylum-seekers in the Republic of Ireland. The usage of the term stems from the fact that...

Kill As Directed is a 1963 thriller novel ghostwritten by the writer Henry Kane under the pseudonym Ellery Queen. Harrison Brown is a young doctor who...

Me (directed by Kenneth Lonergan), Rain (directed by Katherine Lindberg), Lymelife (directed by Derick Martini) and The Young Victoria (directed by Jean-Marc...

University. In 1992, Leto moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in directing, intending to take acting roles on the side. He found minor roles on television...

Dean Wesley Smith. Frakes began directing episodes of The Next Generation during its third season, and went on to direct the feature films Star Trek: First...

Nolan started making films with Adrien and Roko Belic. Nolan and Roko co-directed the surreal 8 mm Tarantella (1989), which was shown on Image Union, an...

Act of War: Direct Action is a real-time strategy game developed by Eugen Systems and published by Atari. The game was released in March 2005 and features...

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD or EFD²) was a Eurosceptic and populist political group in the European Parliament. The EFDD group was a continuation...

In mathematics, a group G is called the direct sum of two normal subgroups with trivial intersection if it is generated by the subgroups. In abstract algebra...

Inline linking (also known as hotlinking, piggy-backing, direct linking, offsite image grabs, bandwidth theft, or leeching) is the practice of using or...

The direct pathway, sometimes known as the direct pathway of movement, is a neural pathway within the central nervous system (CNS) through the basal ganglia...

MeDirect (previously known as Mediterranean Bank) is a Maltese bank and financial services company. Headquartered in Sliema, its branches are located in...

Direct labor cost is the part of labor cost (payroll costs) that is used directly in the production of goods, performance of a particular work order, or...

Directed differentiation is a bioengineering methodology at the interface of stem cell biology, developmental biology and tissue engineering. It is essentially...

Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) is a provision in the United States that allows certain private entities, including insurance carriers and web-brokers...

Direct dialing may refer to: Direct distance dialing, where a caller may call any other user outside the local calling area without operator assistance...

Movement for Direct Democracy (Spanish: Movimiento por la Democracia Directa, MDD) was a Venezuelan far-left political party, which was officially founded...

Direct Action is a 2024 French–German documentary film directed by Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell. Taking its title from the tactical protest strategy...

Did I Get Married Too? (2010), though most of his lead roles have been in direct to video films or limited theatrical releases, such as Black Dynamite, Blood...

career making documentaries, but went on to make feature films. She usually directs independent drama films, which she also produces through her company Mirabai...

WildlifeDirect is a Kenya and US registered charitable organisation founded by African conservationist Richard Leakey. Its main office is located in Nairobi...

that could formerly only be accessed by specialist trading firms using direct market access. They may also be designed to automatically trade specific...

lead role in an ensemble cast in the 1984 comedy Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, directed by Priyadarshan, as a young man in love with a girl whom he mistakenly...

EcoBoost is a series of turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engines produced by Ford and originally co-developed by FEV Inc. (now FEV North America...

The direct historical approach to archaeology was a methodology developed in the United States of America during the 1920s-1930s by William Duncan Strong...

Direct reduced iron (DRI), also called sponge iron, is produced from the direct reduction of iron ore (in the form of lumps, pellets, or fines) into iron...

Bank has several online-only divisions including Emigrant Direct and Dollar Savings Direct. The bank was founded in 1850 by 18 members of the Irish Emigrant...

Direct Visual Feedback is a method of training used in both practical and rehabilitative settings where the attention of the trainee is tied to an external...

station was relaunched as News Direct 97.3FM and Chris Mann was appointed editor. In 2000 the station was renamed ITN News Direct 97.3FM. In late 2002, following...

x}1&3\\-6&-5\\-1&1\end{bmatrix}}} Matrix multiplication Vector addition Direct sum of matrices Kronecker sum Elementary Linear Algebra by Rorres Anton...

In crystallography, direct methods are a family of methods for estimating the phases of the Fourier transform of the scattering density from the corresponding...

Direct-to-disc or direct-to-disk (sometimes not hyphenated) may refer to: Direct-to-disc recording, an analog audio recording method Direct to Disc (FM...

Look up director, directer, directorship, or directress in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Director may refer to: Director (magazine), a British magazine...

January 2013 that Ron Howard would direct the film. In July 2022, it was announced that Marc Forster would direct the adaptation with a screenplay by...

by excess air. A small efficiency loss is also avoided compared with non-direct-injection gasoline engines, as unburned fuel is not present during valve...

Direct-ethanol fuel cells or DEFCs are a category of fuel cell in which ethanol is fed directly into the cell. They have been used as a model to investigate...

Produced in hadronic collisions, a direct photon is any real photon which originates directly from an electromagnetic vertex in a quark-quark, quark-gluon...

Awards South, six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and a Nandi Award. He also directed films in Telugu and Hindi. The Government of India honoured him with the...

million opening-weekend gross set a record for a first-time director. She directed the action comedy Charlie's Angels (2019) and the horror comedy film Cocaine...

The DigiDirect Group is an Australian company. It owns the consumer electronics retail chain DigiDirect, online book retailers Booktopia and Angus & Robertson...

inventions that are widely recognized by reliable sources as having had a direct impact on the course of history that was profound, global, and enduring...

A DRE voting machine, or direct-recording electronic voting machine, records votes by means of a ballot display provided with mechanical or electro-optical...

DirectBand was a North American wireless datacast network owned and operated by Microsoft. It used FM radio broadcasts in over 100 cities to constantly...

LA Direct Models is a talent agency for pornographic performers that was formed in 2000 by pornographic actor Derek Hay. Initially based in London, the...

London Theatre Direct is a ticket sales and distribution company based in the United Kingdom. The company's online platform caters to ticket sales for...

Nelvana, Corus Entertainment's animation division, launched the Treehouse Direct channel on YouTube. On March 2, 2015, Treehouse TV launched its own YouTube...

Direct response television (DRTV) is any television advertising that asks consumers to respond directly to the company — usually either by calling a toll-free...

from French frotter 'to rub') is a sexual practice that usually involves direct penis-to-penis contact. The term was popularized by gay male activists who...

film Xenogenesis (1978), he first gained recognition for writing and directing the science fiction action film The Terminator (1984). He had further...

in sales. Tourism is an increasingly important sector, providing 4% of direct economic output (over US$17 billion) in 2012; around 70% of tourism sector...

Direct Hit Technologies, Inc. was a Boston-based search engine company that provided search engine services to major web portals and operated a public...

would not direct Spectre, Mendes confirmed his return in 2014 after Nicolas Winding Refn declined to direct; Mendes became the first to direct successive...

Five Star Direct Democracy was a European political alliance created ahead of the 2019 European Parliament election by the then deputy prime minister of...

"RaboDirect PRO12 Fixtures & Results 2001–02". RaboDirect PRO12. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2014. "RaboDirect PRO12...

Party of Direct Democracy (Russian: Партия прямой демократии, romanized: Partiya pryamoy demokratii; PPD), sometimes translated as the Direct Democracy...

A direct, also referred to by some English speaking musicians by its Italian name guida, its French name guidon, its German name wächter, or its Latin...

methods of moxibustion. Three of them are direct scarring, direct non-scarring, and indirect moxibustion. Direct scarring moxibustion places a small cone...

2020, Taika Waititi (who directed the first-season finale of The Mandalorian and voiced IG-11) was officially announced to direct a Star Wars film from a...

Mostly True Stories: Urban Legends Revealed, written by Thomas Quinn, directed by Thomas Quinn, Burrud Productions, 2002. "Burlington Coat coming to Manhattan"...

Direct tension indicators, or DTIs, are single-use mechanical load cells used to indicate when the required tension has been achieved in structural fastener...

Basic Direct Access Method, or BDAM is an access method for IBM's OS/360 and successors computer operating systems on System/360 and later mainframes....

parallel to (but offset from) the entrance beam. The prism assembly is thus a direct-vision prism and is commonly used as such in hand-held spectroscopes. Other...

In the law of the European Union, direct effect is the principle that Union law may, if appropriately framed, confer rights on individuals which not only...

Direct Democracy for Europe (German: Direkte Demokratie für Europa, DDfE) is a campaign group formed by six former organizers of the German anti-Islam...

Billion Dollar Baby (1951), and Pal Joey (1952). He transitioned into directing and choreographing musical works, winning Tony Awards for choreographing...

Group plc entered administration on 27 January 2009. In February 2009, Shop Direct Group (later known as The Very Group) purchased the Woolworths brand and...

Direct Hit! is a Milwaukee-based punk rock band formed in 2007 by singer/guitarist Nick Woods. Its current lineup consists of Nick Woods, Devon Kay, Joram...

In computing, remote direct memory access (RDMA) is direct memory access from the memory of one computer into that of another without involving either...

Direct corporate access payment (DCA Payment) is part of the United Kingdom Faster Payments Service (FPS) banking systems and allows Banks' business customers...

instantaneous voltage and average voltage. Instantaneous voltages can be added for direct current (DC) and AC, but average voltages can be meaningfully added only...

and sometimes includes additional training during a military career. Directing staff are the military personnel who comprise the instructional staff...

Guild Award nomination. He also directed and starred in the films The Way (2010) and The Public (2018). Outside of directing in recent years, Estevez had...

include update maintenance, cloud storage, and community features such as direct messaging, an in-game overlay, discussion forums, and a virtual collectable...

often organized into tiers. First-tier suppliers, also referred to as "direct suppliers", directly supply goods or services to the client. Second-tier...

similar lines, Belnap and Steel (1976) define the concept of a direct answer: A direct answer to a given question is a piece of language that completely...

Hell (2000) American Splendor (2003) Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2003, direct-to-video) Alien vs. Predator (2004) Hellboy (2004) Sin City (2005) Son of...

JetDirect is a line of external print servers formerly sold by Hewlett-Packard (HP). The JetDirect allows computer printers to be directly attached to...

the school's TV studio. He would borrow equipment in order to write and direct films with his friends, which eventually inspired him to begin studying...

DirectWrite is a text layout and glyph rendering API by Microsoft. It was designed to replace GDI/GDI+ and Uniscribe for screen-oriented rendering and...

sometimes pronounced as pogo), also known as profile-directed feedback (PDF) or feedback-directed optimization (FDO), is the compiler optimization technique...

Morehouse College and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he directed the student film Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983), which...

DirectAdmin is a graphical web-based web hosting control panel allowing administration of websites through a web browser. The software is configurable...

Lupe and Geometria, have been made available. He wrote four episodes and directed five episodes of the cult series La Hora Marcada, along with other Mexican...

Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport, real estate, intellectual property and investment group...

Direct Hit is a 1994 direct-to-video action film starring William Forsythe and directed by Joseph Merhi. After informing his CIA handlers that his next...

particular vantage point. Direct motion or prograde motion is motion in the same direction as other bodies. While the terms direct and prograde are equivalent...

Waitor[citation needed] Détective (1984, directed by Jean-Luc Godard) as Jim Fox Warner Conseil de famille (1986, directed by Costa-Gavras) as Louis the dad...

Direct-to-disc recording refers to sound recording methods that bypass the use of magnetic tape recording and record audio directly onto analog disc masters...

to provide similar levels of comfort. Since December 2024, the EuroCity Direct (ECD) classification has been used for the express Benelux Train service...

A direct-controlled municipality is the highest level classification for cities used by unitary states, with status equal to that of the provinces in the...

Travel City Direct was a brand owned by Virgin Holidays. It was previously the trading name of the Really Great Holiday Company PLC, a British holiday...

A direct-drive turntable is one of the three main phonograph designs currently being produced. The other styles are the belt-drive turntable and the idler-wheel...

hydraulic cylinder that is part of a servo system. These systems have a direct mechanical connection between the steering wheel and the steering linkage...

PayDirect was the name of a person-to-person money transfer service by Yahoo! via HSBC, competing with Billpoint and PayPal. Yahoo launched PayDirect in...

Chris Kenyon of Southern Cross University in Australia; others are self-directed learning and self-determined learning. In the heutagogy paradigm, a learner...

Direct Communications Link; Russian: Горячая линия Вашингтон – Москва, romanized: Goryachaya liniya Vashington–Moskva) is a system that allows direct...

such as precession or nutation of an object's rotational axis. Prograde or direct motion is more normal motion in the same direction as the primary rotates...

GeForce 3-based GPU, while the software uses variations of Windows and DirectX. The Xbox was the first console to feature a built-in hard disk. The Xbox...

The Federal Direct Tax (FDT) is a Swiss direct income tax. It is the main source of revenue for the federal government, followed by the value-added tax...

Covers.com, formerly known as SportsDirect, is an online publication that provides sports-related information and data analysis. It is based in Post Falls...

The term conceptual model refers to any model that is the direct output of a conceptualization or generalization process. Conceptual models are often abstractions...

"US Direct Selling in 2009" (PDF). Direct Selling Association. 2010. Retrieved September 19, 2018. "Direct Selling Organization Membership". Direct Selling...

schedule conflict meant he was replaced by Raymond Cusick. In 1965 he began directing episodes of television series for the BBC, only one of which, an episode...

Fincher co-founded the production company Propaganda Films in 1986. He directed numerous music videos for the company, including Madonna's "Express Yourself"...

electronic circuit or electromechanical device that converts a source of direct current (DC) from one voltage level to another DC. It is a type of electric...

interface (BCI), sometimes called a brain–machine interface (BMI), is a direct communication link between the brain's electrical activity and an external...

contributions directes were a system of four taxes, also known as the quatre vieilles, set up under the French Revolution. They were all direct taxes, willingly...

A direct-drive mechanism is a mechanism design where the force or torque from a prime mover is transmitted directly to the effector device (such as the...

Drawn-on-film animation, also known as direct animation or animation without camera, is an animation technique where footage is produced by creating the...

Björk, Fatlip, Arcade Fire and Kanye West. Jonze began his feature film directing career with Being John Malkovich (1999) and Adaptation (2002), both written...

through the full run of Recess (1997–2001) and the series' four successive direct-to-video films. Erik Thomas von Detten was born in San Diego, California...

of US$85.73 billion foreign direct investment (FDI), much of which came from Nigerians in the diaspora. Most FDI is directed toward the energy and banking...

In organic chemistry, a directing group (DG) is a substituent on a molecule or ion that facilitates reactions by interacting with a reagent. The term...

Direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs) are a class of medication that act as anticoagulants (delaying blood clotting) by directly inhibiting the enzyme thrombin...

screenwriter. He has worked primarily in Malayalam and Hindi cinema since 1982, directing over 90 films in multiple Indian languages, with notable works in Tamil...

comedy film Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) and gained wider prominence for directing Beetlejuice (1988) and Edward Scissorhands (1990), as well as producing...

created, wrote, and directed alongside Goldberg, for which he earned four Primetime Emmy Awards for acting, producing, directing, and writing. Rogen is...

(1997). In 2021, he co-executive produced the Hulu miniseries Dopesick and directed the first two episodes. Levinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son...

This article lists direct English translations of common Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases. This list is...

Direct detection of dark matter is the science of attempting to directly measure dark matter collisions in Earth-based experiments. Modern astrophysical...

greetings Customized abbreviated dialing (speed dialing) Direct inward dialing (DID) Direct inward system access (DISA) (the ability to access internal...

Suffering Man's Charity (released on DVD as Ghost Writer), as well as the direct-to-DVD sequel The Crow: Wicked Prayer in which he starred alongside Tara...

to the effect of losses on DNI. Direct horizontal irradiance (DirHI), or beam horizontal irradiance (BHI), is the direct component of irradiance received...

known for writing and directing the Evil Dead trilogy (1981–1993) and directing the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed Darkman (1990), The...

Direct AXEcess is an album by the American jazz guitarist Steve Masakowski of performances recorded in 1994 for the Blue Note Records label. Direct AXEcess...

He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and went on to direct highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly...

for Hamlet. He directed Swan Song (1992), which earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He also directed Dead Again (1991)...

Office in Washington, D.C. Since 2006, American Libraries has published AL Direct, an electronic newsletter sent twice weekly to ALA members that provides...

More Direct Democracy (MDD) is a Dutch political party that was represented in the European Parliament between its establishment in 2021 and 2024. The...

electrostimulation, kneeing, or kicking. The recipient of such activities may receive direct physical pleasure via masochism, emotional pleasure through erotic humiliation...

punctuation marks used in pairs in various writing systems to identify direct speech, a quotation, or a phrase. The pair consists of an opening quotation...

Direct electric action is a systems used in pipe organs to control the flow of air (wind) into the organ's pipes when the corresponding keys or pedals...

Directed evolution (DE) is a method used in protein engineering that mimics the process of natural selection to steer proteins or nucleic acids toward...

non-author-written sequels. Although Steven Spielberg initially negotiated to direct the first film, the deal was not finalized. Spielberg wanted to combine...

the vertices are distinct, so are the edges). A directed path (sometimes called dipath) in a directed graph is a finite or infinite sequence of edges...

DeVito played Martini in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest directed by Milos Forman, reprising his role from the 1971 off-Broadway play of...

in the revival of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman (1984). He directed the Harold Pinter play The Caretaker (1986), and acted in Lanford Wilson's...

for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...

Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 American crime comedy-drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with...

and the second installment in Pixar's Toy Story franchise. The film was directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug...

Le Bus Direct (formerly Les Cars Air France) was a network of express bus routes operating between Paris and the two major airports in the region (Charles...

A direct-action lawsuit is brought directly against an insurance company for a wrong done by the insured. In a lawsuit that is not direct-action, a plaintiff...

manifold vacuum. Since the early 2000s, many cars have used a 'coil-on-plug' direct ignition system, whereby a small ignition coil is located directly above...

Direct clustering algorithm (DCA) is a methodology for identification of cellular manufacturing structure within an existing manufacturing shop. The DCA...

achievements since 1994, South Africa has struggled to attract significant foreign direct investment. The situation may have started to change however, with 2005...

Direct Consular Filing (DCF) is a process related to immigration to the United States whereby Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative), I-360 (Petition...

Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) is a government agency established by the State of Kuwait for facilitating foreign direct investment...

has been significantly involved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He directed, produced, and appeared as Happy Hogan in the films Iron Man (2008) and...

semiconductors, the band gap of a semiconductor can be of two basic types, a direct band gap or an indirect band gap. The minimal-energy state in the conduction...

e-commerce marketing, social media marketing, social media optimization, e-mail direct marketing, display advertising, e-books, optical disks and games. Digital...

Direct text marketing is a form of SMS marketing. This includes using a medium which involves text messaging over a mobile device and can be done from...

Andronicus, directed by Kęstutis Nakas. Buscemi made his film debut in the 1985 film The Way It Is or Eurydice in the Avenues, directed by Eric Mitchell...

Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film. He co-wrote, co-directed and starred in the horror comedy film What We Do in the Shadows (2014)...

a 1994 comedy-drama film co-written by and starring Massimo Troisi and directed by English filmmaker Michael Radford. Based on the 1985 novel Ardiente...

in 8 states in the Midwestern United States. It also operates FNBO Direct, a direct bank. The bank is one of the largest issuers of credit cards, issuing...

In combinatorics, the skew sum and direct sum of permutations are two operations to combine shorter permutations into longer ones. Given a permutation...

and the writer-director of the film Superman (2025). He also wrote and directed the web series James Gunn's PG Porn (2008–2009), the HBO Max original series...

Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher, and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles. It was founded in September 2006...

DirectBuy is an American membership buying service headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana. Members pay a fee, which entitles them to buy products at a...

similar process is used in Sony's DSD to PCM conversion and is called SBM Direct. Extended Resolution Compact Disc (XRCD) High Definition Compatible Digital...

Direct2Drive (commonly D2D) is an online game store offering PC games via direct download. Launched in 2004, IGN reported "exponential growth in sales" since...

(named for Hassler Whitney) or direct sum bundle of E and F is a vector bundle E ⊕ F over X whose fiber over x is the direct sum Ex ⊕ Fx of the vector spaces...

own words, the elements are as follows: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, co-ordinating, reporting and budgeting. In his piece "Notes on the Theory...

latency direct market access is a set of technologies used as part of modern trading strategies, where speed of execution is critical. Direct market access...

and Lincoln (2012). He portrayed Philippe Petit in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film The Walk (2015) and whistleblower Edward Snowden in the Oliver Stone...

Direct-to-garment printing (DTG) is a process of printing on textiles using specialized aqueous ink jet technology. DTG printers typically have a platen...

A double direct election is an election in which an individual is elected to two political offices in one electoral event. The term originates in Canada...

Direct carrier billing (DCB) is an online mobile payment method which allows users to make purchases by charging payments to their mobile phone carrier...

On Directing Film is a 1991 non-fiction book by American playwright and filmmaker David Mamet. The book is made up of six chapters, of which the second...

DirectSound is a deprecated software component of the Microsoft DirectX library for the Windows operating system, superseded by XAudio2. It provides a...

The Oregon Direct Legislation League was an organization of political activists founded by William S. U'Ren in the U.S. state of Oregon in 1898. U'Ren...

women and have worked as a writing and directing team throughout most of their careers. They made their directing debut with Bound (1996), and achieved...

and answer questions; or to cross-sell or up-sell products or services. Direct email involves sending an email solely to communicate a promotional message...

He first began his career in the 1980s by directing and writing Love Birds In Bondage and writing, directing and starring in the black-and-white My Best...

BruDirect is a daily online Brunei newspaper, established in 1999. The newspaper was founded by the Brunei journalist Ignatius Stephen and is published...

when exposed to light. These electrons flow through a circuit and produce direct current electricity, which can be used to power various devices or be stored...

the Direct Marketing Association, is a trade organization for marketers. In 2017, their web site stated, "Yes, 100 years ago we were the Direct Mail...

Random access (also called direct access) is the ability to access an arbitrary element of a sequence in equal time or any datum from a population of addressable...

Moneyball is a 2011 American biographical sports drama film directed by Bennett Miller and adapted by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. It stars Brad Pitt...

A direct-coupled amplifier or DC amplifier is a type of amplifier in which the output of one stage of the amplifier is coupled to the input of the next...

and later versions. DirectCompute is part of the Microsoft DirectX collection of APIs, and was initially released with the DirectX 11 API but runs on...

Equivalence of direct radiation (EDR) is a standardized comparison method for estimating the output ability of space-heating radiators and convectors....

Foreign direct investments in Kosovo play an important role in the region's economy. However, this type of investment has historically been limited. Foreign...

magnetite (typically greater than about 60% iron) are known as natural ore or direct shipping ore, and can be fed directly into iron-making blast furnaces. Iron...

Direct Access Archive, or DAA, is a proprietary file format developed by PowerISO Computing, Inc for disk image files. The format supports features such...

StatsDirect is a statistical software package designed for biomedical, public health, and general health science uses. The second generation of the software...

Laser direct infrared imaging (LDIR) is an infrared microscopy architecture that utilizes a tunable Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) as the IR source. This...

vote. Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution directs each state to appoint a number of electors equal to that state's congressional...

been adapted into films. These include local, national, international, direct-to-video and TV releases, and (in certain cases) online releases. They include...

a beginning film course at USC Cinema during 1969, Carpenter wrote and directed an eight-minute short film, Captain Voyeur. The film was rediscovered in...

All direct free kicks count as accumulated fouls. Beginning with the sixth accumulated foul in a period, all subsequent fouls result in a direct kick...

Supermarket Direct was a pioneering online grocer, providing a home grocery shopping and delivery service in London from October 1995. The company sold...

the Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove (1964). A perfectionist who assumed direct control over most aspects of his filmmaking, Kubrick cultivated expertise...

Tennessee, Texas and Utah. Subsidiaries: Safeway Insurance Company Safeway Direct Insurance Company Safeway Insurance Company of Alabama Safeway Insurance...

billion worldwide. Villeneuve began his filmmaking career in Quebec cinema, directing four French-language dramas: August 32nd on Earth (1998), Maelström (2000)...

Direct labour cost variance is the difference between the standard cost for actual production and the actual cost in production. There are two kinds of...