DC
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Places
- Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States
- Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia
- Dubai City, as distinct from the Emirate of Dubai
Science, technology and mathematics
- DC or Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction
- DC bias, a waveform's mean value
- Decicoulomb (dC), a unit of electric charge
- Dené–Caucasian languages, of east Asia and western North America
- New Zealand DC class locomotive
- Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor
Biology and medicine
- DC., standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841)
- Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell
- Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine
Computing
- dc (computer program), a desktop calculator
- DC coefficient a.k.a constant component in discrete cosine transform
- Data center, a physical location housing computing-related gear
- Device Context, part of the Microsoft Windows API
- DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme
- Direct Connect (protocol)
- Domain Component, an attribute in LDAP
- Domain controller, a server used to manage a Windows domain
- Dublin Core, a metadata standard
- Dynamic contrast, an LCD technology
Mathematics
- dc (elliptic function), one of Jacobi's elliptic functions
- Axiom of dependent choice, in set theory
- 600 (number), in Roman numerals
- 220 (number), in hexadecimal
Arts, entertainment and media
- D.C. (TV series)
- DC Comics, the American comic book publisher Detective Comics
- DC Inside, a South Korean internet forum
- DC (Succession), an episode of television series Succession
- Director's cut, a version of a film edited by its director
Music
- Da capo, a musical term
- DC Recordings, owned by Jonathan Saul Kane
- Destiny's Child, an American R&B group
- Drum Connection, a German pop group
- DC Talk, a Christian rap and rock trio.
Video games
- Da Capo (visual novel)
- Deadly Creatures, a 2009 action video game
- Desert Combat, a Battlefield 1942 mod
- Digital Chaos, a professional Dota 2 eSports team
- Dino Crisis, a survival horror game series
- Dreamcast, a video game console
- Donut County, a video game by Ben Esposito
Companies and products
- DC Recordings
- DC Shoes, an American sports footwear company
- Deloitte Consulting, a multinational management consulting firm
- Delta Clipper, a proposed rocketship series by McDonnell Douglas
- Dick Clark Productions
- Diet Coke, a soft drink
- Disney Channel
- Doritos chips
- Douglas Commercial, a series of aircraft by the Douglas Aircraft Company (and later McDonnell Douglas)
- Drawception, an online game where a person comes up with something to draw, someone else draws it, someone else interprets that drawing, then someone tries to draw that interpretation, and so on
- Dyson vacuum cleaners, which use product code prefix DC
- Golden Air, an airline (IATA code DC)
Government, law, and military
- Christian Democracy (Italy), a political party
- Christian Democracy (Brazil), 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 collector, an Indian Administrative Service officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district
- District Commissioner, a rank in the British former Colonial Service
- District Court
- Dossier criminal, in Indian policing
People
- D. C. Douglas, American voice actor and director
- D. C. Fontana (Dorothy Catherine Fontana) (1939–2019), American screenwriter known primarily for work on Star Trek
- 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
- DC., taxonomic author abbreviation of Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841)
- DC Drake (born 1957), American addictions counselor, and retired professional wrestler
- Donald L. Cox (1936–2011), American leader of the Black Panther Party, known as Field Marshal DC
Religion
- DC, a dominical letter indicating a leap year starting on Thursday
- 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
Schools
- Delaware County Christian School, in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Diné College, in the Navajo Nation, United States
- Dominican Convent High School, Harare, a Catholic high school for girls in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo, a Catholic high school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo, a Catholic preparatory school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
- D'Youville College, a chiropractic school in Buffalo, New York
Sports
- Defensive coordinator, a coaching position in American and Canadian football
- Delhi Capitals, an Indian Premier League cricket franchise
- Deccan Chargers, a former Indian Premier League cricket franchise
Other uses
- Distribution center, a building housing goods to be distributed to retailers, wholesalers, or consumers
- Dust collector, equipment in a woodworking shop
- Driverless car
See also
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- All pages with titles containing DC or DCs
- All pages with titles beginning with DC
- D&C (disambiguation)
- AC/DC (disambiguation)
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