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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
DAU /dow/ n. [German FidoNet] German acronym for Du"mmster Anzunehmender User (stupidest imaginable user). From the engineering-slang GAU for Gro"sster Anzunehmender Unfall, worst assumable accident, esp. of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See {cretin}, {fool}, {loser} and {weasel}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
DAU /dow/ [German Fidonet] D"ummster Anzunehmender User. A German acronym for stupidest imaginable user. From the engineering-slang GAU for Gr"osster Anzunehmender Unfall (worst foreseeable accident), especially of a LNG tank farm plant or something with similarly disastrous consequences. In popular German, GAU is used only to refer to worst-case nuclear accidents such as a core meltdown. See {cretin}, {loser} and {weasel}. [{Jargon File}] (1994-12-06)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
DAU Duemmster Anzunehmender User (telecommunication-slang, Usenet, IRC)
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