DC
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DC, D.C., Dc, or dc may refer to:
Places
- Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of America
- Dubai City
Science
- Axiom of dependent choice, in set theory
- DC bias, a waveform's mean value
- Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell
- Direct current, in electricity
- Decicoulomb, one tenth of a coulomb, a unit of electric charge
- Doctor of Chiropractic
Computing and technology
- dc (computer program), a desktop calculator
- DC Inside, a South Korean internet forum
- Data center, a physical location of computing-related gear
- Device Context, part of the Microsoft Windows API
- DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme
- Direct Connect (file sharing)
- Domain controller, a type of Microsoft Server
- Dublin Core, a metadata standard
- Dynamic contrast, an LCD technology
- Domain Component, an attribute in LDAP
Music
- DC Recordings
- Da capo, a musical term
- Destiny's Child, an American R&B group
- Drum Connection, a German pop group
- Disney Channel
- D.C. (TV series)
- Dick Clark Productions
Video games
- Da Capo (visual novel)
- Desert Combat, a Battlefield 1942 mod
- Dino Crisis, a PS1 survival horror game
- Dreamcast, a video game console
Transportation
- New Zealand DC class locomotive
- Golden Air, an airline, IATA code DC
- Douglas Commercial, a series of aircraft by the Douglas Aircraft Company
Law and government
- Christian Democracy (Italy), a political party
- Detective constable, a rank in the British and several other police forces
- Development control in the United Kingdom, a land regulation process
- District Court
- Dossier criminal
Schools
- Delaware County Christian School, an independent school in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Dominican Convent High School, a Catholic, independent high school for girls in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo, a Catholic, independent high school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo, a Catholic, independent, prep school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Dominican Convent Primary School, Harare, a Catholic, independent, prep school for girls in Harare, Zimbabwe
People
- Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841), Swiss botanist whose botanical author abbreviation is DC
- Dalton Castle (wrestler) (born 1986)
- Daniel Cormier (born 1979) Olympic wrestler and heavyweight mixed martial artist
- David Coulthard (born 1971), British racing driver, known as DC
- Donald L. Cox (1936–2011), American leader of the Black Panther Party, known as Field Marshal DC
- D. C. Fontana (Dorothy Catherine Fontana) (born 1939), American screenwriter
Other uses
- DC Comics
- DC Shoes
- Christian Doctrine Fathers, a Catholic organization
- Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church
- Deccan Chargers, a former Indian premier league franchise
- Dené–Caucasian languages
- Diet Coke, a soft drink
- Discontinuation, in medicine
- Distribution center
- Axiom of dependent choice, a concept in mathematics
- The product code for all Dyson vacuum cleaners
- The number 600 in Roman numerals
- DC, the dominical letter indicating a leap year starting on Thursday
See also
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