ARC 66221 223679683 2008-07-05T06:22:14Z Tabletop 173687 Spell goverment => government {{for|the word|Arc}} {{TOCRight}} '''ARC''' may refer to: ===Business=== * [[American Record Company]] (1904–1908), a United States record label * [[American Record Corporation]] (1929–1938), a United States record label * [[American Reprographics Company]], the largest reprographics company in the United States * [[ARC International]], a computer processor designer * [[ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc.]], an architectural design firm located in Cambridge, Massachusetts * [[Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation]], a British stone quarrying company * [[African Rainforest Conservancy]], an environmental nonprofit * [[ARC Diversified]], a non-profit organization that manufactures food products and employs the severely disabled === Fiction === * Advanced Recon Commando, part of the elite special forces of [[clone trooper]]s under the Grand Army of the Republic in the fictional Star Wars universe * [[Andromeda Research Corporation]], a fictional corporation in the computer game ''Uplink'' * [[Anomaly Research Centre]], the "Home Office" for the TV series ''Primeval'' === Government & Politics === * [[Administrative Reform Council]], the military regime that governed Thailand following the 2006 coup d'état ousting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra * [[Administrative Reforms Commission]], The commission appointed by Government of India for reforms in public administration * [[Alien registration card]] for foreign residents of Japan * [[Appalachian Regional Commission]], a United States federal-state partnership that works with the people of Appalachia * [[Atlanta Regional Commission]], a regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency * [[Auckland Regional Council]], a local government entity of the Auckland Region of New Zealand * [[Australian Research Council]], the Australian Government’s main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities ===Music and literature=== *''A.R.C.'' is an album by [[Circle (jazz band)]] * [[Advance reading copy]], an early copy of a book which is sent to reviewers, bookstores, and magazines ===Religion=== * [[Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture]], a religious organization * In [[Scientology]], it stands for Affinity, Reality and Communication, the component parts of Understanding ===Research=== * [[Aging Research Centre]], an independent non-profit educational research centre with facilities in Berkeley, California and in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada * [[Alberta Research Council]], an [[Alberta]] government funded applied research and development (R&D) corporation * [[ARC in Karolinska Institutet]], a multidisciplinary aging research center with collaboration from Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University * [[Arthritis Research Campaign]], a British medical research charity dedicated to curing arthritis * [[Augmentation Research Center]], a center founded by electrical engineer Douglas Engelbart to develop and experiment with new tools and techniques for collaboration and information processing * [[Australian Research Council]], the Australian Government's main research funding body for tertiary institions * [[Aviation Research Centre]], a part of the Research and Analysis Wing of the Cabinet Secretariat * [[NASA Ames Research Center]], a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield ===Sport=== * [[African Rally Championship]], an international automobile rally championship * [[Athletics-Recreation Center]], a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Valparaiso, Indiana * [[Atlanta Rowing Club]], a rowing club in Roswell, Georgia * [[Atlantic Rally for Cruisers]], a transatlantic sailing competition * [[Australian Rally Championship]], a 6 Round National motorsport Championship run in forested countryside throughout Australia * [[Australian Rugby Championship]], a former Australian national rugby competition ===Technology=== * [[Adaptive Replacement Cache]], a cache management algorithm with better performance than LRU * [[Advanced Resource Connector]], a Grid middleware developed by NorduGrid * [[Advanced RISC Computing]], a specification promulgated by a defunct consortium of computer manufacturers * [[ARC (file format)]], a file format by SEA that was very popular before Phil Katz's introduction of the ZIP format * [[ARC Macro Language]], a high-level algorithmic language for ArcInfo * [[Aspect Ratio]] Converter, a hardware device which changes the Aspect Ratio of a Video Signal === Other === * [[Access to the Region’s Core]], a construction project in New York City * [[Advance Reader Copy]], a book is released by the book publisher before it has gone to press * [[Advanced Resource Connector]], a middleware for computational grids * [[AIDS-related complex]], a condition in which antibody tests are positive for the HIV virus * [[Alliance for Rabies Control]], a charity working on eradicating rabies worldwide * [[American Red Cross]], a humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States * [[American River College]], a community college in Sacramento County, California * [[ARC (Callsign)]], the acronym used by the Colombian National Armada ships * [[ARC (language)]], a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history * [[ARC (station)]], Amtrak's station in Arcata, California * [[Attack Retrieve Capture]], a free multiplayer, 2D computer game originally created by John Vechey and Brian Fiete as a college project * [[Automation and Remote Control]], a Russian periodical {{disambig}} [[de:ARC]] [[eo:ARC]] [[it:ARC]] [[nl:ARC]] [[ja:ARC]] [[pl:ARC]] [[ksh:ARC (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[ru:ARC]]