Dot may refer to any of the following:

  1. A dot is a single pixel on a matrix display.

  2. Single small dot on a dot matrix printer print out.

  3. A dot is a name of the period separating related pieces of information on the Internet such as www.computerhope.com, which would be pronounced www-dot-computerhope-dot-com.

  4. In a RPG or MMORPG, DoT is short for Damage Over Time, which refers a spell or effect that damages a player or NPC periodically over a set interval. For example, a poisoned player may suffer 30 damage every second for ten seconds. In this case, the poison effect would be considered a “DoT.”

  5. DOT is the name of the native token from Polkadot.

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