HDC may refer to:

Computing

Handle of Device Context The Graphics Device Interface (GDI) is a legacy component of Microsoft Windows responsible for representing graphical objects and transmitting them to output devices such as monitors and printers. Windows apps use Windows API to interact with GD ...

, part of the GDI API *

High-Definition Coding HDC (Hybrid Digital Coding or High-Definition Coding) with SBR (spectral band replication) is a proprietary lossy audio compression codec developed by iBiquity for use with HD Radio. It replaced the earlier PAC codec in 2003. In June 2017, the for ...

, an audio compression codec * ; Unix-like ATA

device file In Unix-like operating systems, a device file or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. There are also special files in DOS, OS/2, and Windows. These special files allow a ...

Organizations

Halal Industry Development Corporation Halal Development Corporation Berhad, or HDC (formerly known as Halal Industry Development Corporation Sdn Bhd), is a Malaysian federal government agency mandated as the custodian of Malaysia's Halal economy, and featured as a trusted partner ...

, Malaysia *

Health and Disability Commissioner The Health And Disability Commissioner is a New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 7 ...

, New Zealand *

Health Data Consortium The Health Data Consortium (HDC) is a Washington, D.C.-based public-private partnership that advocates for the Open data, availability and use of health data, in particular Open government, government health datasets, and the improvement of health ...

, US *

Historic Districts Council The Historic Districts Council (HDC) is a New York City-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that serves as the advocate for New York City's historic buildings, neighborhoods, and public spaces. HDC'YouTube channelprovides a large catalog of free w ...

, New York City, US *

Honeysuckle Development Corporation Honeysuckle Development Corporation (HDC) was a corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for a major urban renewal project on the harbourside of Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to: *Newcastle upon Tyne, a city ...

, NSW, Australia *

HDC Hyundai Development Company HDC Hyundai Development Company ( ko, HDC현대산업개발) was created in 2018 through a spin-off from HDC Group's holding company HDC Holdings. The company is active in real estate development, construction and hospitality. History HDC Hy ...

, South Korea

Transportation

Haldia Dock Complex Port of Kolkata or Kolkata Port, officially known as Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port Trust (formerly Kolkata Port Trust), is the only riverine major port of India, located in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, around from the sea. It is the olde ...

, of the Port of Kolkata, India *

Hammond Northshore Regional Airport Hammond Northshore Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use, joint civil-military, general aviation airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Hammond, a city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisia ...

(FAA LID code), Louisiana, US *

Hill descent control system Hill descent control (HDC, or hill mode descent control) is a driver-assistance system allowing for a controlled hill descent in rough terrain without any brake input from the driver. Overview A vehicle can perform controlled descent using the ...

, of an automobile

Other uses

Heavyweight Dub Champion Heavyweight Dub Champion is a music and art collective founded in Gold Hill, Colorado in 1997 by Resurrector & Patch.

, an American electronic music group *

Herräng Dance Camp Herräng Dance Camp (commonly abbreviated HDC, officially Herräng Dance Camp Aktiebolag) is the largest annual dance camp that focuses on Lindy Hop, boogie woogie, Tap dance, jazz dance, and balboa. It is held for 5 weeks annually from late J ...

, Sweden *

Histidine decarboxylase The enzyme histidine decarboxylase (, HDC) is transcribed on chromosome 15, region 21.2, and catalyzes the decarboxylation of histidine to form histamine. In mammals, histamine is an important biogenic amine with regulatory roles in neurotransmis ...

, an enzyme *

Holder in due course In commercial law, a holder in due course (HDC) is someone who takes a negotiable instrument in a value-for-value exchange without reason to doubt that the instrument will be paid. If the instrument is later found not to be payable as written, a h ...

, a concept in commercial law *

Home Detention Curfew Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a detention scheme in the United Kingdom whereby fixed-term offenders serving between three months and four years in prison may be released between 15 days and four and a half months (depending on sentence length) ea ...

, in the UK {{disambiguation