They are Direct Investor Plans. It means you can buy stock directly from a company without paying brokerage fees.
The advantage of this is that you can make small, systematic purchases of a company's stocks without getting lambasted on costs.
This [url=http://www.moneypaper.com/]MoneyPaper Website[/url] can enroll you in almost any DRIP for a modest fee. You generally need one share to get in. They will purchase it for you and register it.