IDC may refer to:

Organizations

* Independent Democratic Conference, members of the New York State Senate * Industrial Development Corporation, also known as Castle Grande, an Arkansas company involved in the Whitewater political controversy * Information Dominance Corps, a group of US Navy military information specialties * Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, a think tank based in Paris *

Interactive Data Corporation ICE Data Services (formerly known as Interactive Data) was an American 1960s-founded Time-sharing services company that later became known for providing financial market data (financial data vendor), analytics and related solutions to financial ...

, a financial services company * InterDigital Communications, a telecommunications company *

Interdnestrcom Interdnestrcom is a Transnistrian telecommunication company providing mobile communication services for Transnistria, a breakaway unrecognized state internationally recognized as part of Moldova. It was established in 1998. As well as providing mo ...

, a mobile telephone broadband provider in Transnistria, Moldova *

International Data Corporation International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry. IDG, Inc.’s mission is centered around supporting the technology industry through research, data, marketing technol ...

, a market research company * International Detention Coalition, a non-government organization advocating for human rights *

Invensys Invensys Ltd. was a multinational engineering and information technology company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It was formed in 1999 through the merger of BTR plc and Siebe plc. It had offices in more than 50 countries and its produc ...

Development Centre, a global common software development centre * Islands District Council, the district council for the Islands District in Hong Kong

Schools

* Imperial Defence College, former name of the Royal College of Defence Studies, a British military academy (and post nominal letters used by graduates) *

Industrial Design Centre The IIT Bombay Industrial Design Centre School of Design (IITB IDC School of Design) is a design school part of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, a public research university in Powai, Mumbai. It offers four-year Bachelor of Design (B. ...

, part of IIT Bombay, India * Institut de Cognitique, a school of engineering in France *

Institute of Design and Construction Institute of Design and Construction (IDC), was a non-profit technical college, now defunct, located in Brooklyn, NY. It was founded in 1947 by Vito P. Battista, R.A., a first generation Italian-American architect, civic leader and member of the Ne ...

, a technical school in Brooklyn, NY, US * Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, the former name of Reichman University, Israel *

Paris Institute of Comparative Law The Paris Institute of Comparative Law ( French: ''Institut de droit comparé de Paris'', commonly referred to as "IDC") is a public institution of research and higher education which was founded in 1931 by Henri Capitant and Henri Lévy-Ullmann. ...

, France

Science and technology

Medical

* Dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle * Immature dendritic cells, a type of

dendritic cell Dendritic cells (DCs) are antigen-presenting cells (also known as ''accessory cells'') of the mammalian immune system. Their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system. ...

Indwelling catheter In medicine, a catheter (/ˈkæθətər/) is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure. Cath ...

, a tube inserted into the urinary bladder for drainage *

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma Invasive carcinoma of no special type (NST) also known as invasive ductal carcinoma or ductal NOS and previously known as invasive ductal carcinoma, not otherwise specified (NOS) is a group of breast cancers that do not have the "specific different ...

or invasive ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer

Technology

Insulation-displacement connector An insulation-displacement contact (IDC), also known as insulation-piercing contact (IPC), is an electrical connector designed to be connected to the conductor(s) of an insulated cable by a connection process which forces a selectively sharpe ...

, a connector that pierces the insulation on a wire

Computing

Ideographic Description Characters (Unicode block) Ideographic Description Characters is a Unicode block containing graphic characters used for describing CJK Unified Ideographs, CJK ideographs. They are used in Chinese character description language#Ideographic Description Sequences, Ideographic ...

Internet data center A data center (American English) or data centre (British English)See spelling differences. is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunic ...

, a facility run by a service provider to house computer systems and associated components for their customers * Inter-domain controller, implements Inter-domain Controller protocol for dynamic networking across administrative domains

Music

IDC (musician) IDC is David McCarthy, an English recording artist and DJ from London, England. An extensive programme of DJ dates at major European music Festivals, headline sets at 'Top 100' club venues throughout Europe and SE Asia and a succession of critica ...

, a British musician * "I Don't Care" (Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber song), also referred to as "IDC" * "IDC", a 2015 song by Chastity Belt from their album ''

Time to Go Home ''Time to Go Home'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band, Chastity Belt. It was released on March 23, 2015 by Hardly Art. Music and lyrics The album opens with the track "Drone". A line from Sheila Heti's ''How Should a Person ...

'' * "IDC", a 2023 song by Collar

Other uses

* Ideographic Description Characters, symbols for describing the composition of CJK characters * Independent duty corpsman, a US Navy medical staff position; see

United States Marine Air-Ground Task Force Reconnaissance The reconnaissance mission within the United States Marine Corps is divided into two distinct but complementary aspects; Marine Division Recon and Force Reconnaissance. The United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Battalions (or commonly calle ...

* Industrial Development Certificate, UK planning licence from the late 1940s to early 1980s * Intangible drilling costs, an oil and gas industry term * "I don't care", in Internet/chat slang {{Disambiguation