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{{wiktionarypar|ABC}} |
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'''ABC''' are the first three letters in the [[Latin alphabet]]. ABC may also refer to the phrase "as easy as ABC", that is something that is fundamentally simple and easy. |
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'''ABC''' is a [[three-letter acronym]] that may also refer to: |
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==Media== |
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===Television=== |
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* [[American Broadcasting Company]] |
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** [[ABC Studios]], the television production arm of the company |
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** [[ABC News]] |
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* [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |
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**[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News and Current Affairs]] |
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**[[ABC_Radio_(disambiguation)|ABC Radio]], comprising [[ABC Local Radio|Local Radio]], [[Radio National]], [[ABC Classic FM|Classic FM]], [[ABC NewsRadio]], [[ABC DiG]] and [[Radio Australia]] |
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**[[ABC Television (Australia)|ABC Television]], including [[ABC TV]] and [[ABC2]]. ''See also'': [[ABC Kids Channel]], [[ABC Kids]], [[Fly TV]], [[ABC Rollercoaster|Rollercoaster]]. |
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***[[ABC (TV station)|ABC]]9, the ABC's television station in Canberra |
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* [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]] in Osaka, Japan |
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* [[Associated Broadcasting Company]], a television network in the Philippines |
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* [[Associated British Corporation]], a former British film and television company |
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* [[ABC (Swedish news programme)]], the [[Sveriges Television]] regional news programme for the Stockholm region in Sweden. |
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===Print Media=== |
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* [[America's Best Comics (DC)]] an imprint of DC Comics |
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* [[ABC (newspaper)]], a Spanish newspaper founded in 1903 |
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* [[ABC book]], an [[Alphabet book]] |
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===Other=== |
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* [[Associated British Cinemas]] |
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* [[Audit Bureau of Circulation]] |
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* [[Audited Bureau of Circulations]] |
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== Cars == |
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* [[ABC (1906 automobile)]], an American car |
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* [[ABC (1920 automobile)]], an English car |
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* [[ABC (1922 automobile)]], a planned (but never built) American car |
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* [[ABC (1999 automotive innovation)]], Active Body Control, introduced in the 1999 Mercedes-Benz CL500 coupé on the IAA'99 (Internationale Automobilausstellung) in Frankfurt. |
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== Music == |
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* [[ABC (Jin album)|ABC]], an album by [[Jin (rapper)|Jin]] |
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* [[ABC (album)]], an album by The Jackson 5 |
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** [[ABC (song)|"ABC" (song)]], a hit song from that album |
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* [[ABC (band)]], a 1980s UK pop band |
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* [[ABC (Pipettes song)]] |
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* [[ABC Records]] |
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* [[ABC-DEF-GHI]], a song sung by Big Bird of Sesame Street |
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* [[The Alphabet Song]], in which the first words are "ABC" |
* [[The Alphabet Song]], in which the first words are "ABC" |
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* [[ABC Glasgow]], a music venue in Glasgow. |
* [[ABC Glasgow]], a music venue in Glasgow. |
Revision as of 02:28, 19 November 2007
- The Alphabet Song, in which the first words are "ABC"
- ABC Glasgow, a music venue in Glasgow.
- ABC Classics, a record label
- Abc notation, a musical notation language
- Another Bad Creation, an R&B/rap group sometimes referred to as ABC
Science
- Advanced Bioimaging Centre, at Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
- ATP-binding cassette transporter genes, one of the largest families of genes
- Aneurysmal bone cyst, a lesion
- ABC flow - specific flow in hydrodynamics, supports dynamo
- abc conjecture, an unproven aspect of mathematical number theory.
- The ABC Model of Flower Development, The ABC Model of Flower Development.
- ABC (medical), Airways, breathing, circulation - a term used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- ABC Dry Chemical, the most common extinguishing agent in fire extinguishers
- Abortion-breast cancer hypothesis
- Approximate Bayesian Computation
Computer science
- Atanasoff–Berry Computer, one of the first electronic digital computers
- ABC (programming language)
- ABC (stream cipher), a stream cipher algorithm submitted to the eCRYPT project
- ABC (block cipher), a block cipher algorithm by Dieter Schmidt
- ABC 80, ABC 800 etc.. computers, from Dataindustrier AB of Sweden
- Abstract base class, a programming construct supporting abstraction, a key component of object-oriented programming
Places
- ABC countries or ABC Powers: a political term used to refer to Argentina, Brazil and Chile
- ABC Region (also known as ABCD): an industrial area outside of São Paulo
- ABC islands (Alaska): Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island
- ABC islands (Lesser Antilles): the islands of Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao
Other
- Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom or ABC strategy, a program favored by organizations aiming to defeat AIDS in Africa and those fighting the spread of sexually transmitted diseases
- Anarchist Black Cross, a world-wide anarchist political support organization
- Cuba, cell based resistance organization against Gerardo Machado in 1930s
- ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client)
- The A.B.C. Murders, a novel by Agatha Christie
- ABC store, alcoholic beverage control liquor stores
- ABC Stores, a Hawaii-based convenience store chain
- ABC Warehouse, a Michigan-based appliance and electronics chain.
- ABC weapons, Atomic, Biological, Chemical warfare
- Acadian Baptist Center, a Camp and Retreat Center in Eunice, Louisiana
- Acceptable behaviour contract, part of the British ASBO system
- Activity Based Costing, a financial cost allocation method
- Advanced Booking Charter flights
- Aerated Bread Company, a 19th-20th century British bakery and tea room chain
- African Bird Club
- African Black Coalition
- Aggregate base course, a substrate used in construction for road paving
- Air batu campur, a Malaysian shaved ice dessert.
- Airway, Breathing, Circulation
- Alien big cat
- The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
- American Bird Conservancy
- American-born Chinese
- American Bowling Congress
- Appalachian Brewing Company, a brewery in Pennsylvania, USA
- Arab Banking Corporation
- Artificial birth control
- Asian Badminton Confederation
- Association of British Counties
- Atlanta Bread Company, a bakery/café
- Australian Bird Count project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
- Asian Basketball Confederation, now renamed as FIBA Asia
- All Basotho Convention, Lesotho