PDC may refer to:

In science and technology

Chemistry, biology and medicine

Phosducin Phosducin, also known as PDC, is a human protein and gene. It belongs to the phosducin family of proteins. This gene encodes a phosphoprotein, which is located in the outer and inner segments of the rod cells in the retina. This protein may part ...

, a human protein and gene in the retina * Pyridinium dichromate (Cornforth reagent), a chromium-based oxidant *

Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is a complex of three enzymes that converts pyruvate into acetyl-CoA by a process called pyruvate decarboxylation. Acetyl-CoA may then be used in the citric acid cycle to carry out cellular respiration, and t ...

, an enzyme complex * Plasmacytoid dendritic cell

Computing

Peripheral DMA controller A peripheral DMA controller (PDC) is a feature found in modern microcontrollers. This is typically a FIFO with automated control features for driving implicitly included modules in a microcontroller such as UARTs. This takes a large burden from th ...

Personal decompression computer A dive computer, personal decompression computer or decompression meter is a device used by an underwater diver to measure the elapsed time and depth during a dive and use this data to calculate and display an ascent profile which according to th ...

, for scuba divers * Personal Digital Cellular, a Japanese 2G mobile phone standard * Primary Domain Controller * Professional Developers Conference, by Microsoft * Programme Delivery Control, a teletext standard

Other uses in science and technology

* Power distribution center, electrical equipment * Pulsed DC, type of electric current * Pyroclastic density current or pyroclastic flow of a volcano

Politics and government

* Centrist Democratic Party (Rwanda) * Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland * Partido Demócrata Cristiano (disambiguation), several parties in Central & South America * Christian Democratic Party (Brazil) (''Partido Democrata Cristão'') * Catalan European Democratic Party * Portland Development Commission, later Prosper Portland, Oregon, US * Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, US * Former Constitutional Democratic Party, Italy * Parlementair Documentatie Centrum (Parliamentary Documentation Centre), (Netherlands), an institute that documents Dutch parliamentary history

Organizations

* PDC (gang), later rap group, London, UK * Pacific Disaster Center, disaster preparedness institute based in Hawaii * Partisan Defense Committee, a Trotskyist legal defense organization * Phi Delta Chi, pharmaceutical fraternity at the University of Michigan * Philosophy Documentation Center, a publisher * Producers Distributing Corporation, 1920s US film company * Professional Darts Corporation, operates darts competitions

Other uses

* Pennsylvania Dutch language (ISO 639-3 language code) * Pocket Dream Console, a game console * Permaculture Design Certificate course on sustainable systems by Geoff Lawton#Career, Geoff Lawton {{disambiguation