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In science and technology


Chemistry, biology and medicine

* Phosducin, a human protein and gene in the retina *
Pyridinium dichromate The pyridinium dichromate (PDC) or Cornforth reagent is a pyridinium salt of dichromate with the chemical formula 5H5NHsub>2 r2O7 This compound is named after the Australian-British chemist Sir John Warcup Cornforth (b. 1917) who introduced it ...
(Cornforth reagent), a chromium-based oxidant * Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, an enzyme complex *
Plasmacytoid dendritic cell Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are a rare type of immune cell that are known to secrete large quantities of type 1 interferon (IFNs) in response to a viral infection. They circulate in the blood and are found in peripheral lymphoid organs. T ...


Computing

* Peripheral DMA controller * Personal decompression computer, for scuba divers *
Personal Digital Cellular Personal Digital Cellular (PDC) was a 2G mobile telecommunications standard used exclusively in Japan. After a peak of nearly 80 million subscribers to PDC, it had 46 million subscribers in December 2005, and was slowly phased out in favor of 3 ...
, a Japanese 2G mobile phone standard * Primary
Domain Controller A domain controller (DC) is a server computer that responds to security authentication requests within a computer network domain. It is a network server that is responsible for allowing host access to domain resources. It authenticates users, sto ...
*
Professional Developers Conference Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) was a series of conferences for software developers; the conference was held infrequently to coincide with beta releases of the Windows operating system, and showcased topics of interest to tho ...
, by Microsoft *
Programme Delivery Control Programme delivery control (PDC) is specified by the standard ETS 300 231 (ETSI EN 300 231), published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). This specifies the signals sent as hidden codes in the teletext service, indica ...
, a teletext standard


Other uses in science and technology

* Power distribution center, electrical equipment * Pulsed DC, type of electric current *
Pyroclastic density current A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of bu ...
or pyroclastic flow of a volcano


Politics and government

* Centrist Democratic Party (Rwanda) *
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland (german: Christlichdemokratische Volkspartei der Schweiz, CVP), also called the Christian Democratic Party (french: Parti démocrate-chrétien, PDC), Democratic People's Party ( it, Partito P ...
* Partido Demócrata Cristiano (disambiguation), several parties in Central & South America *
Christian Democratic Party (Brazil) The Christian Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Democrata Cristão, PDC) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1945. The PDC, a small party supporting traditional Christian values, never achieved electoral success and was banned by the military ...
(''Partido Democrata Cristão'') *
Catalan European Democratic Party The Catalan European Democratic Party ( ca, Partit Demòcrata Europeu Català, PDeCAT, sometimes stylized as PDECat), initially branded as the Catalan Democratic Party ( ca, Partit Demòcrata Català, PDC), is a liberal political party in Spain ...
* Portland Development Commission, later Prosper Portland, Oregon, US *
Washington State Public Disclosure Commission The Washington State Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) is an agency of the Washington state government that regulates candidates, campaigns and lobbyists. It enforces the state's disclosure and campaign finances laws, and provides public access to ...
, US * Former
Constitutional Democratic Party The Constitutional Democratic Party (russian: Конституцио́нно-демократи́ческая па́ртия, translit=Konstitutsionno-demokraticheskaya partiya, K-D), also called Constitutional Democrats and formally the Party of P ...
, Italy *
Parlementair Documentatie Centrum The Parlementair Documentatie Centrum (PDC), in English the Parliamentary Documentation Centre, is a Dutch institute connected to Leiden University that documents parliamentary history. It is part of the Montesquieu Institute on Campus The Hague ...
(Parliamentary Documentation Centre), (Netherlands), an institute that documents Dutch parliamentary history


Organizations

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PDC (gang) The PDC (Pray Days Change, Public Demand Cartel, or Poverty Driven Children, formerly Peel Dem Crew or Pussy Drugs Cash) was a street gang based in Brixton, London, England, mainly the Angell Town Estate. During the 1990s, they were the larges ...
, later rap group, London, UK *
Pacific Disaster Center Pacific Disaster Center (PDC) is an applied science, information and technology center, working to reduce disaster risks and impacts on life, property, and the economies worldwide. PDC's products and services are used to support sound decision ma ...
, disaster preparedness institute based in Hawaii *
Partisan Defense Committee The Partisan Defense Committee describes itself as "a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization that champions cases and causes in the interests of the whole of the working people." The PDC works in accordance with the po ...
, a Trotskyist legal defense organization *
Phi Delta Chi Phi Delta Chi ( or Phi Dex) is a coed. professional fraternity, founded on 2 November 1883 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan by eleven men, under the sponsorship of Dean Albert B. Prescott. The fraternity was formed to advance ...
, pharmaceutical fraternity at the University of Michigan *
Philosophy Documentation Center The Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC) is a non-profit publisher and resource center that provides access to scholarly materials in applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines. It publishes academic journal ...
, a publisher *
Producers Distributing Corporation Producers Distributing Corporation was a short-lived Hollywood film distribution company, organized in 1924 and dissolved in March 1927. In its brief heyday, film director Cecil B. DeMille was its primary shareholder and major talent. Corporat ...
, 1920s US film company * Professional Darts Corporation, operates darts competitions


Other uses

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Pennsylvania Dutch language Pennsylvania Dutch (, or ), referred to as Pennsylvania German in scholarly literature, is a variety of Palatine German, also known as Palatine Dutch, spoken by the Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonites, Fancy Dutch, and other descendants ...
(ISO 639-3 language code) *
Pocket Dream Console The Pocket Dream Console is a small handheld game console created by Conny in 2004.CONNY TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
Th ...
, a game console * Permaculture Design Certificate course on sustainable systems by Geoff Lawton {{disambiguation