DC 170216 225887881 2008-07-15T21:37:06Z 89.241.119.163 /* Music */ {{wiktionarypar|DC|dC|Dc}} {{TOCright}} '''DC''' may stand for: == Administrative units / geography == * [[Washington, D.C.]], the capital territory of the United States * [[Distrito capital]], the capital district of a Spanish-speaking nation ** [[Bogotá, Distrito Capital]], the capital of Colombia ** [[Venezuelan Capital District]] == Biology == * [[A. P. de Candolle]] in botanical nomenclature, a botanist who developed an extensive system of botanical classification * [[Dendritic cell]], a type of immune cell * [[Doctor of Chiropractic]], a health care profession == Business == * [[DC Shoes]], a footwear company which specializes in shoes for skateboarding * [[Distribution center]] * [[Defined contribution]], a type of pensions plan * The ''[[Deccan Chronicle]]'', a popular English daily newspaper in South India == Comics == * [[DC Comics]], a comic book publisher * ''[[Detective Comics]]'', the comic book that gave DC Comics its name == Computers and software == * [[Device Context]], a handle for a data structure in Microsoft Windows' Graphical Device Interface subsystem * [[Direct Connect (file sharing)]], a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol * [[DC++]], a client which implements the Direct Connect protocol * [[Distributed computing]], decentralised and parallel computing * Domain Component, an attribute for DNS names in [[LDAP#Naming_structure|LDAP]] * [[Domain controller]], a role for a server on a Microsoft Windows network * [[Dublin Core]], a metadata standard used to describe digital materials * [[dc (Unix)]], an RPN-based calculator distributed as part of Unix * [[Dynamic contrast]], a technology that attempts to improve the quality of dark images on LCD screens == Electricity == * [[Dielectric constant]] * [[Direct current]], the constant flow of electric charge in a single direction * [[DC offset]], a signal's offset from zero * [[DC coefficient]] == Linguistics == * [[Dené-Caucasian]], a proposed language superfamily == Mathematics == * [[Axiom of dependent choice]], a weak form of the axiom of choice which is sufficient to develop most of real analysis * One of [[Jacobi's elliptic functions]] == Military == * Dental corps, a special branch of the United States [[Army Medical Department (United States)|Army Medical Department]] * The United States [[Navy Dental Corps]] * [[Royal Army Dental Corps]], a specialist corps in the British Army Medical Services * [[Damage control]], a term used in merchant marines and navies for the emergency control of situations that may hazard the sinking of a ship or ships == Music == * [[Da capo]], a musical term * [[Dani (Red Hot Chili Peppers)]], short for Dani California, a fictional character appearing in several RHCP songs * [[Destiny's Child]], former multi-platinum R&B girl group == People == * [[David Coulthard]] (born 1971), British racing driver * [[D.C. Cordova]] (born 1953), Businesswoman, Ambassador of New Education, Author == Sport == * [[Deccan Chargers]], an Indian Premier League franchise == Television and film == * [[D. C. Fontana]], screenplay writer * [[D.C. (TV series)|''D.C.'' (TV series)]] * [[Disney Channel]] == Transportation == * [[Distribution center]], a building stocked with products to be re-distributed * [[Golden Air]] in IATA airline designation {{disambig}} [[cs:DC]] [[da:DC]] [[de:DC]] [[es:DC]] [[eo:Dc]] [[fr:DC]] [[ko:DC]] [[it:DC]] [[he:DC]] [[nl:DC]] [[ja:DC]] [[no:DC]] [[pl:DC]] [[pt:DC]] [[ksh:DC (Watt ėßß datt?)]] [[ru:DC]] [[simple:DC]] [[sl:DC]] [[fi:DC]] [[sv:DC]] [[vi:Dc]] [[zh:DC]]