title: Ditto
text: # Ditto
  
  Ditto (or Dito) is an Italian term of Venetian origin coming from the Latin dicere, dictum ("to say, said"), meaning "already said" or "same thing" and sometimes abbreviated as dº, D°, do or Do. The Venetian trade popularized it in many countries in the form of "ditto", used to avoid repeating the name of a commodity already designated just before.
  
  Ditto may refer to:
  
  * Ditto mark ("), a typographic symbol indicating that the words/figures above it are to be repeated
  * Ditto machine, or spirit duplicator, a 20th century printing method
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  * Ditto (convention), an annual science fiction fanzine convention
  * Ditto (1937 film), starring Buster Keaton
  * Ditto (2000 film), a South Korean film
     * Ditto (2022 film), a South Korean remake
  * "Ditto" (song), a song by NewJeans
  * "Ditto", a song on the 2006 album Cassie by Cassie
  * Ditto (Ben 10), a character in the animated series
  * Ditto (Pokémon), a Pokémon species
  * Ditto, a fictional character in comic strip Hi and Lois
  
  ## Businesses
  
  * Ditto Music, an online music distribution company
  * DITTO, a software company for eyewear companies
  * Ditto Bank, a former subsidiary of Finablr
  
  ## People
  
  * Beth Ditto (born 1981), singer of the band Gossip
  * J. Kane Ditto (born 1944), former mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.
  * Jessica Ditto (fl from 2004), American Republican staffer
  * Richard Ditto (born 1934/35), American politician
  * Ditto Ram (died 1944), Indian soldier awarded the GC
  * Ditto Sarmiento (Abraham Sarmiento Jr., 1950–1977), Filipino student journalist
  * D.Ditto (Dilshodbek Umidov, 1984) Uzbek singer and actor.
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Ditto, Ouest, a place in Haiti
  * Ditto (drive), a magnetic tape computer data storage system
  * Ditto (horse) (1800–1821), a Thoroughbred racehorse
  * Ditto suit, an early precursor of the lounge suit
  * DittoTV, a former video-on-demand platform
  