DC explained
DC most often refers to:
DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to:
Places
Science, technology and mathematics
Biology and medicine
- Dendritic cell, a class of immune cell
- Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine
Computing
- dc (computer program), a command-line based calculator on Unix-derived systems
- DC coefficient, in a discrete cosine transform
- Data center, a physical location housing computing-related gear
- Device context, part of the legacy Microsoft Windows graphics API
- Differential cryptanalysis
- DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme
- Direct Connect (protocol), for file sharing
- Domain Component, an attribute in LDAP
- Domain controller, a server used to manage a Microsoft Windows domain
- Dublin Core, a metadata standard
- Dynamic contrast, an LCD technology
Mathematics
Arts, entertainment and media
Music
Video games
Companies and products
- DC Recordings, a record label
- DC Shoes, an American sports footwear company
- Delta Clipper, a proposed rocketship series by McDonnell Douglas
- DC (Douglas Commercial), a series of aircraft by the Douglas Aircraft Company (and later McDonnell Douglas)
- Dyson vacuum cleaners, which use product code prefix DC
- Golden Air, an airline (IATA code DC)
Government, law, and military
People
- D/C, stage name of British singer-songwriter Dan Caplen
- Daniel Cormier (born 1979) Olympic wrestler and heavyweight mixed martial artist
- David Coulthard (born 1971) British racing driver, known as DC
- DC., short form of the standard author abbreviation A.DC. for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841)
- Donald L. Cox (1936–2011), American leader of the Black Panther Party, known as Field Marshal DC
Religion
Schools
Sports
Other uses
See also
