Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
"The architect decided to refactor the legacy code by isolating the business logic from the dal to improve maintainability."
Initialism of data access layer, a software architecture layer
Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.
"When I told my friend that I was heading to Dal for the game, he asked if it was the big city or a small town."
Abbreviation of Dallas.
The word dal comes from Hindi and Bengali, where it originally meant a type of split lentil used as a staple food.