DC

The abbreviation DC, D.C. or D. C. denotes:

Computers and technology

• the English term direct current for direct current; it is also used for direct voltage
• the English term data center for a computer center
• the English term distributed computing for distributed computing
• the term diagnostic coverage for safety 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 Dreamcast game console
• Dual Core, a dual core processor
• in information technology the metadata vocabulary Dublin Core Element Set
• in search engine optimization the English term Duplicate Content for double content
• in colorimetry the distance dC of a chromaticity coordinate from the blackbody curve in the CIE 1960 UCS color space
• in chemical analysis for thin layer chromatography

Locations

• District of Columbia, see Washington, D.C. (postal abbreviation)
• Cundinamarca
• Donau City, district of the Vienna municipality Donaustadt
• Chemnitz main station (after 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 abbreviation for Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778-1841)
• David Coulthard (* 1971), Scottish racing driver

Company

• the oldest credit card Diners Club
• the American comic publisher DC Comics
• the former DaimlerChrysler car group
• the shoe companies DC Shoes
• the British car manufacturer DC Supercars
• the Indian car manufacturer DC Design
• the management consultancy Deloitte Consulting
• Douglas Aircraft Company, used as introductory letters in the names of McDonnell Douglas passenger aircraft before the abbreviation was changed to MD
• is the IATA code of the Swedish airline Golden Air

Distinguishing signs on vehicle registration plates

• Great Britain: Chester
• Norway: Oslo
• Czech Republic: Okres Děčín, German: Tetschen (expiring)

Other

• Chevrolet DC, a passenger car model from 1934
• Detective Conan, a mystery manga series and an anime.
• Detective Constable, rank of the British police.
• Da capo, a musical instruction to begin a piece from the beginning.
• the Brazilian daily newspaper Diário Catarinense
• Development Committee
• Dendritic cell, see Dendritic cell
• Television station Discovery Channel
• Distribution center, a term from sales logistics (goods distribution)
• Order abbreviation for doctrinarian
• Prefix of the call sign of a German amateur radio station in the amateur radio service
• in chemistry for thin layer chromatography
• the cut version favoured by a film director himself, the so-called director's cut
• Delegates-Commission, first German umbrella organization for dog breeding
• Dinner-cancelling, a diet
• Desert Combat a modification for Battlefield 1942
• the former train type City-D-Zug
• Deputierten-Convent, formerly local associations of fraternities
• the American comic series Detective Comics
• Dyskeratosis congenita, a rare hereditary disease
• Roman notation for 600
• Defensive coordinator, coaching position in American and Canadian football

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