DC
The abbreviation DC , DC or D.C. denotes:
- Computers and technology
- the English term direct current for direct current ; it is also used for DC voltage used
- the English term data center for a data center
- the English term distributed computing for distributed computing
- the English term diagnostic coverage in security systems
- desk calculator , see dc (Unix)
- Digital cash , see electronic money
- Display Core , a framework from AMD
- Direct Connect , a central peer-to-peer system
- the domain controller under Windows
- the game console Dreamcast
- Dual Core , a two-core processor
- in information technology, the metadata vocabulary Dublin Core Element Set
- In search engine optimization, the term duplicate content for duplicate content
- in colorimetry, the distance dC of a color location from the black body curve in the CIE 1960 UCS color space
- in chemical analysis for thin layer chromatography
- places
- District of Columbia, see Washington, DC (postal abbreviation)
- Cundinamarca
- Donau City , part of the Viennese district Donaustadt
- Chemnitz main station (according to DS 100)
- Parties and groups
- German Christians
- Democrazia Cristiana , the former Christian Democratic Party of Italy
- the Croatian party Demokratski Centar
- Partido Demócrata Cristiano de Chile , a political party in Chile
- Democratic Congress , a party in Lesotho
- people
- botanical author's abbreviation for Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778–1841)
- David Coulthard (* 1971), Scottish racing driver
- Companies
- the oldest credit card Diners Club
- the American comic book publisher DC Comics
- the former car company DaimlerChrysler
- the shoe company DC Shoes
- the British car manufacturer DC Supercars
- the Indian automobile manufacturer DC Design
- the management consultancy Deloitte Consulting
- Douglas Aircraft Company , used as an introductory letter in the names of McDonnell Douglas passenger aircraft prior to the change of the abbreviation to MD
- the IATA code of the Swedish airline Golden Air
- Distinguishing signs on license plates
- Great Britain: Chester
- Norway: Oslo
- Czech Republic: Okres Děčín , German: Tetschen (expiring)
- Others
- Chevrolet DC , a 1934 car model
- Detective Conan , a crime fiction manga series and an anime
- British Police Detective Constable
- Da capo , a musical instruction to start a piece from the beginning
- the Brazilian daily Diário Catarinense
- Development committee
- Dendritic cell, see dendritic cell
- Discovery Channel television station
- Distribution center, distribution center , a term used in paragraph Logistics (goods distribution)
- Order abbreviation for doctrinarians
- Prefix of the callsign of a German amateur radio station in the amateur radio service
- in chemistry for thin layer chromatography
- Drum Connection , the German music group
- the cut version favored by a film director himself, the so-called director's cut
- Delegate Commission , first German umbrella organization for dog breeding
- Dinner-canceling , a diet
- Desert Combat a modification for Battlefield 1942
- the former type of train City-D-Zug
- Deputy Convent , formerly local associations of fraternities
- the American comic series Detective Comics
- Dyskeratosis congenita , a rare hereditary disease
- roman spelling for 600
- Defensive coordinator , coaching position in American and Canadian football
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Wiktionary: dC - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
