AC/DC (disambiguation) explained

AC/DC are an Australian hard rock band named after the two types of electrical mains power.

AC/DC or AC-DC can refer to any device that runs on alternating current (AC) and/or direct current (DC), two types of mains power.

AC/DC may also refer to:

Electronics

• AC/DC converter, or rectifier, a device that converts AC to DC
• AC/DC motor, a type of electric motor that runs on AC or DC
• AC/DC receiver, broadcast receivers from the early days of radio and television that ran from AC or DC mains
• AC/DC supply, power supply
• The historical commercial Battle of Currents between distributors of AC or DC as mains power
• Power inverter, a device that converts DC to AC

Music

• AC/DC (video), by the Australian band AC/DC, 1989
• ACxDC, American hardcore punk band
• ACDC, a dance crew led by Adam G. Sevani and Jon M. Chu

Other uses

• AC/DC (pinball), a pinball machine designed after the band AC/DC
• "AC/DC" (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), a television episode
• AC/DC (slang), a slang term for bisexuality
• AC/DC, short for Add to Commons / Descriptive Claims, a Wikimedia Commons JavaScript gadget

See also

• • • ACDSee, a shareware image viewer program
• AC/DShe, an all-female AC/DC tribute band from San Francisco
• ACDC (disambiguation)
• AC (disambiguation)
• DC (disambiguation)