Del is a vector differential operator represented by the symbol ∇ (nabla). Del or DEL can also refer to: Mathematics A name for the partial derivative symbol ∂ Dynamic epistemic logic Abbreviations DEL or Del, for Delaware, one of the United States Del, for the constellation Delphinus Del., for a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives People Del (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname Del Shannon, stage name of American rock and country singer-songwriter Charles Weedon Westover (1934–1990) Del tha Funkee Homosapien (short for "Delvon"), American hip hop artist Del Fontaine (1904–1935), Canadian boxer and convicted murderer born Raymond Henry Bousquet Fictional characters Del Boy, lead character in the BBC comedy series Only Fools and Horses Del Dingle, fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale Del, robot alligator villager from the video game series Animal Crossing Mascots Del, one of the mascots of PBS Kids since 2013 Computing DEL, Data-Entry Language, predecessor of the Lua programming language Del (command), a DOS, OS/2, and Microsoft Windows shell command , HTML tags used to mark text for deletion Delete character, also known as rubout Delete key, abbreviated Del on computer keyboards Acronyms Department for Employment and Learning, part of the Northern Ireland government Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the premier ice hockey league in Germany DNA Encoded Chemical Library, a technology for the synthesis and screening of collections of chemical compounds Codes DEL, IATA code for Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India del, ISO 639-2 and 639-3 codes for the Delaware languages of Native Americans Music "Del", a song on the album 3rd Eye Vision by Hieroglyphics See also DEL2, the second tier of ice hockey in Germany, below the DEL Deel (disambiguation) Dell (disambiguation)