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Business

* Aircraft Radio Corporation, a major avionics manufacturer from the 1920s to the '50s *
Airlines Reporting Corporation The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is a company that provides ticket transaction settlement services between airlines and travel agencies (both traditional and online) and the travel management companies that sell their products in the United ...
, an airline-owned company that provides ticket distribution, reporting, and settlement services * Airport Regions Conference, a European organization of major airports *
Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation (ARC) was a British stone quarrying company. History Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation Ltd. was formed on 23 April 1935 to acquire six quarry companies in Britain. These were Betty and Tom Ltd, Carreg-y-Liam Qu ...
, a British stone quarrying company * American Record Company (1904–1908, re-activated 1979), one of two United States record labels by this name *
American Record Corporation American Record Corporation (ARC), also referred to as American Record Company, American Recording Corporation, or ARC Records, was an American record company. Overview ARC was created in January 1929 by Louis G. Sylvester, president of Scran ...
(1929–1938), a United States record label also known as American Record Company * ARC (American Recording Company) (1978-present), a vanity label for Earth, Wind & Fire * ARC Document Solutions, a company based in California, formerly American Reprographics Company * Amey Roadstone Construction, a former British construction company *
Aqaba Railway Corporation The Aqaba Railway Corporation (ARC) was a railway operating in southern Jordan. The railway was formed in 1979 to transport phosphate to the port in Aqaba. It uses the tracks of the Hejaz Railway partly. History In 1908 the Ottoman Empire bui ...
, a freight railway in Jordan * ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts *
ARC Diversified American Manufacturing & Packaging (AMP), previously ARC Diversified, was a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation located in Cookeville, Tennessee, mainly concerned with hiring and training the severely disabled in the manufacturing of food products. T ...
, a Cookeville, Tennessee non-profit that employs the severely disabled * ARC International, a computer processor designer, and a subsidiary of Synopsys * ARC Resources, a Canadian oil and natural gas company *
Arena Racing Company Arena Racing Company, also called ARC Racing and Leisure Group is a UK private company, created in 2012 by the merger of Arena Leisure and Northern Racing. It owns and operates 16 racecourses in Great Britain, accounting for 39% of British rac ...
, a British racecourse owning group


Computing

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Adaptive replacement cache Adaptive Replacement Cache (ARC) is a page replacement algorithm with better performance than LRU (least recently used). This is accomplished by keeping track of both frequently used and recently used pages plus a recent eviction history for both ...
, a cache management algorithm *
Advanced Resource Connector Advanced Resource Connector (ARC) is a grid computing middleware introduced by NorduGrid. It provides a common interface for submission of computational tasks to different distributed computing systems and thus can enable grid infrastructures of ...
, middleware for computational grids * Advanced RISC Computing, a specification *
Google App Runtime for Chrome Android Runtime for Chrome (ARC) is a compatibility layer and sandboxing technology for running Android applications on desktop and laptop computers in an isolated environment. It allows applications to be safely run from a web browser, independe ...
, a compatibility layer and sandboxing technology to run Android applications on Chromebook computers * ARC (file format), a lossless data compression and archival file format *
Automatic Relay Computer Automatic may refer to: Music Bands * Automatic (band), Australian rock band * Automatic (American band), American rock band * The Automatic, a Welsh alternative rock band Albums * ''Automatic'' (Jack Bruce album), a 1983 electronic rock ...
, an early electromechanical computer * ARC (processor), a family of embedded microprocessors * ARC Macro Language, a high-level algorithmic language * Audio Return Channel, a feature of HDMI 1.4 * Authenticated Received Chain, an email authentication system * Automatic Reference Counting, an Objective-C and Swift memory management feature * Intel Arc, a brand of graphics processing units designed by Intel


Culture

* Advance reading copy of a book, for reviewers, etc. * ARC Europe, association of motoring clubs * ARChive of Contemporary Music, a music repository in New York City, US * '' ARC Magazine'' (Art. Recognition. Culture.), Caribbean *
Art Renewal Center The Art Renewal Center (ARC) is a non-profit, educational organization, which hosts an online museum dedicated to realist art. The ARC was founded by New Jersey businessman, author, and art collector Fred Ross. Particular emphasis is given to ...
, online realist art museum * Canadian artist-run centres


Government and politics

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Administrative Reforms Commission The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) is the committee appointed by the Government of India for giving recommendations for reviewing the public administration system of India. The first ARC was established on 5 January 1966.Administrative Reform Council, the military regime that governed Thailand following the 2006 coup d'état * Alien registration card (Japan), for foreign residents of Japan *
Alien Resident Certificate A Resident Certificate () is the identity document issued to long-term or permanent residents of the Taiwan area of the Republic of China who do not have Household registration in Taiwan. In Taiwanese laws, all nationals with household registrat ...
, for foreign residents of Taiwan * Appalachian Regional Commission, a United States federal-state partnership * Atlanta Regional Commission, a regional planning and intergovernmental coordination agency *
Auckland Regional Council The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) was the regional council (one of the former local government authorities) of the Auckland Region. Its predecessor the Auckland Regional Authority (ARA) was formed in 1963 and became the ARC in 1989. The AR ...
, a former New Zealand local government entity *
Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
, a government agency for allocating research funding *
Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,
, an internationally recognized autonomous republic in Ukraine *
Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...
(French: ')


Humanitarian, activist and religious organizations

* Abortion Rights Campaign, Ireland *
African Rainforest Conservancy The African Rainforest Conservancy (ARC), works to conserve and restore African rainforests, particularly focusing on the Eastern Arc mountains of Tanzania located about southeast of Mount Kilimanjaro. These lush mountains are among the oldest a ...
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Alliance of Reformed Churches The Alliance of Reformed Churches (the Alliance) is a community of Reformed congregations built for the 21st century. As an alliance, it serves a group of congregations who have chosen to ally with one another as friends and partners in Christ, se ...
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Alliance of Religions and Conservation The Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) was a United Kingdom-based international organisation founded by Prince Philip, in 1995. ARC was a secular body whose aim was to assist the major religions of the world to develop environmental prog ...
, UK *
American Red Cross The American Red Cross (ARC), also known as the American National Red Cross, is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief, and disaster preparedness education in the United States. It is the desi ...
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American Refugee Committee Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC), is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has provided humanitarian assistance and training to millions of beneficiaries over the last 40 years. In 2011, Alight helped ...
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Anti-Recidivism Coalition The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC) is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit organization founded by Scott Budnick. ARC is a support network for formerly incarcerated individuals and advocates for criminal justice reform. ARC's mission is to reduce i ...
, Los Angeles, US *
ARC Association for Real Change ARC Association for Real Change is a UK membership organisation, which supports providers of services to people with a learning disability. History Association for Reach Change (known as ARC) was founded in 1976 as the Association of Residential C ...
, of UK providers of services to people with a learning disability *
Arc of the United States The Arc of the United States is an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The organization was founded in the 1950s by parents of people with developmental disabilities. Since then, the organization has estab ...
* Arthritis Research Campaign, UK * Australian Red Cross *
Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture The Society for the Arts, Religion, and Contemporary Culture, or ARC, was founded in October 1961 by three people: Alfred Barr, the art critic and founder of the Museum of Modern Art, the theologian Paul Tillich, and Marvin Halverson, an American Pr ...
, US


Research and science

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Agricultural Research Council The Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) was a British Research Council responsible for funding and managing scientific and technological developments in farming and horticulture. History The AFRC was formed in 1983 from its predecessor, ...
, a former British organisation that funded agricultural research *
Alberta Research Council Alberta Innovates (AI) is an Alberta government provincial corporation whose appointed Board of Directors is accountable to the Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation and is responsible for promoting innovation in the province. AI was created ...
, government funded applied R&D corporation *
ARC fusion reactor The ARC fusion reactor (affordable, robust, compact) is a design for a compact fusion reactor developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC). ARC aims to achieve an engineering breakeven of th ...
, Affordable, Robust Compact reactor, a reactor design from MIT * Ames Research Center, a NASA facility located at Moffett Federal Airfield, California * Archival Research Catalog,
National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...
catalog * Arthritis Research Campaign, a British medical research charity *
Astrophysical Research Consortium The Apache Point Observatory (APO; List of observatory codes, obs. code: IAU code#705, 705) is an astronomy, astronomical observatory located in the Sacramento Mountains in Sunspot, New Mexico, Sunspot, New Mexico, United States, approximately so ...
, the organization that operates the Apache Point Observatory *
Augmentation Research Center SRI International's Augmentation Research Center (ARC) was founded in the 1960s by electrical engineer Douglas Engelbart to develop and experiment with new tools and techniques for collaboration and information processing. The main product to come ...
, a center founded by electrical engineer Douglas Engelbart *
Australian Research Council The Australian Research Council (ARC) is the primary non-medical research funding agency of the Australian Government, distributing more than in grants each year. The Council was established by the ''Australian Research Council Act 2001'', ...
, the Australian Government's main research funding body for tertiary institutions *
Auto Research Center Auto Research Center, also known as ARC Indy, is a research and development company with headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana USA. It was founded as Reynard Motorsports North American headquarters, and became its own company in 2002. History AR ...
, a specialized aerodynamics and automotive research and consulting company * Aviation Research Centre, a part of the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) of the Cabinet Secretariat, India *
ARC (protein) Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein is a plasticity protein that in humans is encoded by the ''ARC'' gene. It was first characterized in 1995. ''ARC'' is a member of the immediate-early gene (IEG) family, a rapidly activated class ...
(activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein) * AIDS-related complex, a condition in which antibody tests are positive for HIV * Agulhas Return Current, an ocean current in the Indian Ocean * ''
Archaeological Review from Cambridge The ''Archaeological Review from Cambridge'' (ARC) is a biannual academic journal of archaeology. It is managed and published on a non-profit, voluntary basis by postgraduate researchers in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Ca ...
'', a UK journal * ''
Automation and Remote Control ''Automation and Remote Control'' (russian: italic=yes, Автоматика и Телемеханика, translit=Avtomatika i Telemekhanika) is a Russian scientific journal published by MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica Press and distributed in English ...
'', a Russian periodical *
Arcuate nucleus The arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (also known as ARH, ARC, or infundibular nucleus) is an aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus, adjacent to the third ventricle and the median eminence. The arcuate nucleus includes several ...
, an aggregation of neurons in the mediobasal hypothalamus *
Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is inflammation of the conjunctiva (the membrane covering the white part of the eye) due to allergy. Although allergens differ among patients, the most common cause is hay fever. Symptoms consist of redness (mainly due ...
, inflammation of the conjunctiva and nose due to allergy *
Augmented renal clearance In pharmacology, augmented renal clearance (ARC) is a phenomenon where certain critically ill patients may display increased clearance of a medication through the kidneys. In many cases, it is observed as a measured creatinine clearance above that ...
, a pharmacokinetic consideration in critically ill persons


Sports

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Adelaide Rowing Club The Adelaide Rowing Club (ARC) is a rowing club located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Patron of the ARC is the Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Mr Martin Haese. The club is affiliated to the South Australian Rowing Association (SAR ...
, in Adelaide, South Australia * African Rally Championship, international automobile rally *
Anteater Recreation Center The Anteater Recreation Center (ARC) is an indoor gym facility that is part of campus recreation at the University of California, Irvine (UCI); the anteater is the mascot of the UC Irvine athletics team (see University of California, Irvine#Athl ...
, an indoor gym at the University of California, Irvine *
American Rivers Conference The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) is an NCAA Division III athletic conference. From 1927 until August 9, 2018, it was known officially as the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) and commonly as the Iowa Conference. History The A ...
, an NCAA Division III athletic conference operating mainly in Iowa with one member in Nebraska * Americas Rugby Championship *
SV ARC ARC (Alphense Racing Club) is a Dutch association football club from Alphen aan den Rijn. In the 2017–18 season it competes in the Eerste Klasse. ARC played several times in the national KNVB Cup. History ARC was established on 22 February 1 ...
(Alphense Racing Club), Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, a Dutch football club *
Athletics–Recreation Center The Athletics–Recreation Center, also known as the ARC, is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. It serves as the home court for Valparaiso Beacons men's and women's basket ...
, a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana *
Atlanta Rowing Club Atlanta Rowing Club (ARC) is a non-profit 501(c)(4) masters rowing club located in Roswell, Georgia. ARC's colors are red and white. As a masters organization, it is the only club in the Atlanta area for rowers who are beyond high school or colle ...
, Roswell, Georgia *
Atlantic Rally for Cruisers The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (''ARC'') is an annual transatlantic sailing event for cruiser yachts held since 1986. It also includes a sailing competition for racers. ARC starts at the end of November in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and ends bef ...
, a transatlantic sailing competition *
Australian Rally Championship The Australia Rally Championship (ARC) is Australia's leading road motor rally competition. A multi-event national championship has been held each year since 1968. Competition - to 2010 The Australia Rally Championship takes in some of the c ...
* Australian Rugby Championship (August–October 2007), rugby union


Other uses

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Anti-reflective coating An antireflective, antiglare or anti-reflection (AR) coating is a type of optical coating applied to the surface of lenses, other optical elements, and photovoltaic cells to reduce reflection. In typical imaging systems, this improves the effic ...
* American River College, Sacramento County, California, US *
Academy of Richmond County The Academy of Richmond County is a high school located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Known previously as Richmond County Military Academy, it is commonly known as Richmond Academy or ARC. Chartered in 1783, it is listed as the sixth old ...
, Augusta, Georgia, US * Access to the Region's Core, cancelled commuter rail project, New York, US *
Anaheim Rapid Connection Anaheim Rapid Connection (ARC) was a proposed streetcar line in Anaheim, California. It would have been located in the Anaheim Resort and Platinum Triangle, with stops at the Disneyland Resort, the Anaheim Convention Center, and the Anaheim Regio ...
, a proposed streetcar line *
Activity relationship chart An activity relationship chart (ARC) is a tabular means of displaying the closeness rating among all pairs of activities or departments. In an ARC there are six closeness ratings which may be assigned to each pair of departments, as well as nine re ...
, of closeness between activities * ARC, US Navy
hull classification symbol The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by ind ...
for cable repair ship *
Army Reconnaissance Course The United States Army Armoured warfare, Armor School (formerly Armored Force School) is a training school located at Fort Benning, Georgia. Its primary focus is the training of United States Army soldiers, non-commissioned officers, Warrant Of ...
, US Army Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky *
ARC (Callsign) ) , colors= , march= ''"Viva Colombia, soy marinero"'' , mascot= , battles= Battle of Lake MaracaiboThousand Days War (Civil war) Colombia-Peru War World War II Korean War Colombian Armed Conflict Operation Atalanta , notable_commanders=José Prud ...
, Colombian Navy abbreviation and ship prefix *
ARC triangle Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by American author L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement. It has been variously defined as a cult, a Scientology as a business, business, or a new religious movement. The most recent ...
, Affinity, Reality and Communication, in Scientology * ''
Attack Retrieve Capture ''Attack Retrieve Capture'' (ARC) was a free multiplayer, 2D computer game created by John Vechey and Brian Fiete, who would go on to co-found PopCap Games, as a college project and was later published by Hoopy Entertainment in 1995. The game w ...
'', a computer game * arc, the ISO 639-2 code for the
Aramaic language The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...


See also

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Arch (disambiguation) An arch is a curved structure capable of spanning a space while supporting significant weight. Arch, Arches, or The Arch may also refer to: * Arches of the foot * Arch (fingerprint), a basic pattern * Natural arch, a rock formation shaped like ...
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ARCS (disambiguation) Archaeosine synthase (, ''ArcS'', ''TgtA2'', ''MJ1022 (gene)'', ''glutamine:preQ0-tRNA amidinotransferase'') is an enzyme with systematic name ''L-glutamine:7-cyano-7-carbaguanine aminotransferase''. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical r ...
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Ark (disambiguation) Ark or ARK may refer to: Biblical narratives and religion Hebrew word ''teva'' * Noah's Ark, a massive vessel said to have been built to save the world's animals from a flood * Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses Hebrew ''aron'' * ...
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