DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to:

Places

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(District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia *

Dubai City Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.The Government and Politics of ...

, as distinct from the Emirate of Dubai

Science, technology and mathematics

* DC or

Direct current Direct current (DC) is one-directional flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through semiconductors, insulators, or even ...

, electric current which flows in only one direction **

DC bias In signal processing, when describing a periodic function in the time domain, the DC bias, DC component, DC offset, or DC coefficient is the mean amplitude of the waveform. If the mean amplitude is zero, there is no DC bias. A waveform with no DC ...

, a waveform's mean value ** Coulomb, 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 * Differential cryptanalysis, a form of cryptanalysis * DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme * Direct Connect (protocol) * Domain Component, an LDAP#Naming structure, 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), ''D.C.'' (TV series) * DC Comics, the American comic book publisher DC Comics, Detective Comics * DC Inside, a South Korean internet forum * DC (Succession), 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), ''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 * List of Dyson products, 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'' * D/C, stage name of British singer-songwriter Dan Caplen * 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) * D. C. 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 * D. C. Reeves, American businessman, journalist and politician

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 * Dhaka College, in Dhaka, Bangladesh * 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, former name of the Buffalo, New York institution now known as D'Youville University

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 * Discharge (disambiguation) * Dream character, an imaginary person that only appears in dreams