Here, beyond any doubt of mine, a porcupine had thrown quills from the dingle floor to its roof, a distance of over six feet. To clinch the matter I tapped his nose with the rod case when he started for the door, which made him turn and bristle up again.
A div tag defines a division (or section) of a HTML document. DIV elements can be used to structure HTML documents as a hierarchy of divisions. So it would be fair to say that 'div' is short for 'division'. You have to go back to the specification for HTML 3.2 to find that out though, as it isn't stated at all in any newer specifications. Here is the link: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#div.
DV is a format for storing digital video. It was launched in 1995 with joint efforts of leading producers of video camera recorders. The original DV specification, known as Blue Book, was standardized within the IEC 61834 family of standards.