ASC may refer to:

Educational institutions

Anglican Schools Commission The Anglican Schools Commission (ASC) was established in 1985, following the passage of a resolution by the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Perth Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia. It was given the role of creating affordable Christ ...

, Australia *

Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig Bislig, officially the City of Bislig ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Bislig; fil, Lungsod ng Bislig), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 99,290 people. It is t ...

, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines *

Agnes Scott College Agnes Scott College is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is considered one of the ...

, Decatur, Georgia

Organizations

Australia

Australian Singing Competition The Australian Singing Competition (ASC) evolved from the Marianne Mathy Scholarship, established in 1982 through a bequest made in the will of Marianne Mathy-Frisdane, a coloratura soprano opera singer and distinguished teacher of opera and class ...

* Australian Sports Commission *

ASC Pty Ltd ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered in Osborne, South Australia. It is notable for the construction and main ...

(former Australian Submarine Corporation), a naval shipbuilder *

ASC Shipbuilding ASC Shipbuilding, formerly the shipbuilding division of ASC Pty Ltd, is a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia and will remain a subsidiary for the duration of the contract to build the ''Hunter'' class frigates. It was structurally separated ...

established by ASC Pty Ltd but now a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia

Canada

* Advertising Standards Canada * ''

Agence spatiale canadienne The Canadian Space Agency (CSA; french: Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the ''Canadian Space Agency Act''. The President of the Canadian Space Agency, president is Lisa Campbell (ci ...

'', the Canadian Space Agency *

Association des Scouts du Canada L'Association des Scouts du Canada (ASC) is a Canadian Scouting organization. ASC is a World Organization of the Scout Movement "affiliated organization" through affiliation with Scouts Canada. Scouts du Canada primarily serves French speaking S ...

United Kingdom

Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland The Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland (ASC) was a trade union representing foundry workers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1902 by a large number of local unions, with a total membership of less than 1, ...

, former trade union * Army Service Corps, the name of the

Royal Army Service Corps The Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) was a corps of the British Army responsible for land, coastal and lake transport, air despatch, barracks administration, the Army Fire Service, staffing headquarters' units, supply of food, water, fuel and dom ...

between 1870 and 1918 * Association of Speakers Clubs, a group of public speaking clubs

United States

Accounting Standards Codification In US accounting practices, the Accounting Standards Codification is the current single source of United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). It is maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board The Financial Accou ...

, an official publication of financial accounting standards known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles * Accredited Standards Committee, an organizational division of the

American National Standards Institute The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organi ...

ASC X9 __FORCETOC__ The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9, Inc.) is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited standards developing organization, responsible for developing voluntary open consensus standards for the financial ...

, responsible for standards for the financial services industry ** ASC X12, responsible for standards for business-to-business electronic data interchange *

Aeronautical Systems Center The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) is an inactivated Air Force product center that designed, developed and delivered weapon systems and capabilities for U.S. Air Force, other U.S. military, allied and coalition-partner warfighters. ASC managed ...

, inactivated Air Force product center *

Airflow Sciences Corporation {{Short description, Organization Airflow Sciences Corporation (ASC) is an engineering consulting company based in Livonia, Michigan, USA that specializes in the design and optimization of equipment and processes involving flow, heat transfer, comb ...

, an engineering consulting company in Livonia, Michigan *

American Shakespeare Center The American Shakespeare Center (ASC) is a regional theatre company located in Staunton, Virginia, that focuses on the plays of William Shakespeare; his contemporaries Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Christopher Marlowe; and works related t ...

, a theatre company in Staunton, Virginia *

American Signal Corporation American Signal Corporation (ASC) is an outdoor warning siren and mass notification company in the United States. ASC was founded in 1942 as Biersach and Niedermeyer (B&N). After performing poorly, the company reformed as The Alerting Communi ...

, a Tornado Siren company founded in 1942 * American Society for Cybernetics, an American non-profit scholastic organization * American Society of Cinematographers, members use postnominal letters ASC *

American Society of Criminology The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization based on the campus of Ohio State University whose members focus on the study of crime and delinquency. It aims to grow and disseminate scholarly research, with members wo ...

* American Society of Cytopathology *

American Softworks Corporation ASC Games (abbreviated from American Softworks Corporation) was an American video game publisher founded in 1992. Formerly based in Darien, Connecticut, the company quickly became a major publisher for games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, ...

(ASC Games, 1992–2000), a former video game publishing company * American Southwest Conference, an athletic conference * American Specialty Cars, an automobile parts manufacturer

International

Adorers of the Blood of Christ The Adorers of the Blood of Christ ( la, Sorores Adoratrices Pretiossimi Sanguinis) are a Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women founded by Maria De Mattias in 1834. Their post-nominal letters a ...

Aquaculture Stewardship Council The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is an independent non-profit organisation and labelling organization that establishes protocol on farmed seafood while ensuring sustainable aquaculture. The ASC provides producers with a certification of e ...

, non-profit organisation and ecolabel * Anti-Spyware Coalition, against computer spyware *

Asian Socialist Conference The Asian Socialist Conference (ASC) was an organisation of socialism, socialist political party, political parties in Asia that existed between 1953 and 1965. It was established in an effort to build a Pan-Asianism, Pan-Asian multinational soci ...

Elsewhere

Indian Army Service Corps The Indian Army Service Corps (IASC) is a corps and an arm of the Indian Army which handles its logistic support function. It is the oldest and the largest administrative service in the Indian Army. While the history of supply and transport serv ...

, India *

Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden The African Studies Centre (Afrika-Studiecentrum) is a scientific institute in the Netherlands that undertakes social-science research on Africa with the aim of promoting a better understanding of historical, current and future social developments ...

(African Studies Centre), Netherlands * Army Service Corps, a unit of the

Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased to exist following the partition of India, Partition of British India, wh ...

* Aviation Safety Council (now the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board), Taiwan *

Assets Scrutiny Committee The Assets Examination Committee ( Thai: คณะกรรมการตรวจสอบการกระทำที่ก่อให้เกิดความเสียหายแก่รัฐ; RTGS: ''Khana Kammakan Truat Sop Kan Kr ...

, former government agency

Science and technology

* Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD, a protein encoded by the PYCARD gene *

Application Session Controller In computer networking, the Application Session Controller (ASC) network element resides at the application layer and sits between the application layer and the core network to provide and manage connectivity to the evolving telecom network. The ...

, an element of a telecommunications network * Arnhem Space Centre, a spaceport in northern Australia *

Autism spectrum condition The autism spectrum, often referred to as just autism or in the context of a professional diagnosis autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autism spectrum condition (ASC), is a neurodevelopmental condition (or conditions) characterized by difficulti ...

, a form of neurodivergence

Automotive

* Active Stability Control, Mitsubishi

Electronic Stability Control Electronic stability control (ESC), also referred to as electronic stability program (ESP) or dynamic stability control (DSC), is a computerized technology that improves a vehicle's stability by detecting and reducing loss of traction ( skiddi ...

system * Automatic Stability Control, BMW traction control system, used in motorcycles such as BMW R1200RT

Computing

* Additional Sense Code, extension to a Key Code Qualifier error-code returned by a SCSI device * .asc, computer

filename extension A filename extension, file name extension or file extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file (e.g., .txt, .docx, .md). The extension indicates a characteristic of the file contents or its intended use. A filename extension is typically d ...

used for some ASCII text files, and Server-Side ActionScript * Asynchronous serial communication * Asynchronous serial controller, alternate name for universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter * Australia Singapore Cable, submarine telecommunications cable * TI Advanced Scientific Computer, 1966 supercomputer architecture

Other uses

* Admiralty Sailing Craft, a UK sailing dinghy * '' After School Club'', South Korean TV show *

Al Ahly SC AL, Al, Ål or al may stand for: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Al (''Aladdin'') or Aladdin, the main character in Disney's ''Aladdin'' media * Al (''EastEnders''), a minor character in the British soap opera * Al (''Fullmetal ...

, a sports club based in Cairo, Egypt * Altered state of consciousness * Ambulatory surgery center, healthcare facility *

American Solar Challenge The American Solar Challenge (ASC), previously known as the North American Solar Challenge and Sunrayce, is a solar car race across the United States. In the race, teams from colleges and universities throughout North America design, build, test ...

, solar car race * American Song Contest, an American music competition *

Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station Ashchurch for Tewkesbury is a railway station serving the North Gloucestershire and South Worcestershire Area from the outskirts of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. The station is located less than from junction 9 of the M5 motorway and ...

(UK National Rail code) *

Asian Science Camp The Asian Science Camp (ASC) is an annual forum for pre- collegiate and college students which aims at promoting discussion and cooperation among Asian students for the betterment of science in the Asian region. The first ASC was held at Taipei in ...

ASC (musician) James Clements, better known as ASC, is a British electronic music producer who currently resides in Del Mar, California. He has been releasing music under the alias ASC since 1999, and originally gained popularity as a drum and bass producer. ...

, a musician producing electronic music