ASC may refer to:

Educational institutions

* Anglican Schools Commission, Australia * Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines * Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia

Organizations

Australia

* Australian Singing Competition *

Australian Sports Commission The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government commission responsible for supporting and investing in sport in Australia. The Commission incorporates the Australian Institute of Sport. From 2018 to 2022, it was known as S ...

ASC Pty Ltd ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered in Osborne, South Australia. It is notable for the construction and main ...

(former Australian Submarine Corporation), a naval shipbuilder *

ASC Shipbuilding ASC Shipbuilding, formerly the shipbuilding division of ASC Pty Ltd, is a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia and will remain a subsidiary for the duration of the contract to build the ''Hunter'' class frigates. It was structurally separate ...

established by ASC Pty Ltd but now a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia

Canada

Advertising Standards Canada Ad Standards (formerly Advertising Standards Canada) is the advertising industry's non-profit self-regulating body created in 1957 to ensure the integrity and viability of advertising in Canada. The organization's members include major advertise ...

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Agence spatiale canadienne The Canadian Space Agency (CSA; french: Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the ''Canadian Space Agency Act''. The president is Lisa Campbell, who took the position on September 3, 2020 ...

'', the Canadian Space Agency *

Association des Scouts du Canada L'Association des Scouts du Canada (ASC) is a Canadian Scouting organization. ASC is a World Organization of the Scout Movement "affiliated organization" through affiliation with Scouts Canada. Scouts du Canada primarily serves French speaking S ...

United Kingdom

Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland The Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland (ASC) was a trade union representing foundry workers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1902 by a large number of local unions, with a total membership of less than 1, ...

, former trade union * Army Service Corps, the name of the Royal Army Service Corps between 1870 and 1918 *

Association of Speakers Clubs The Association of Speakers Clubs (ASC) is a British confederation of about 150 clubs around the country that promote the skill of public speaking. History The ASC was formed by de-merger from Toastmasters International (TI) in 1973. Most of ...

, a group of public speaking clubs

United States

Accounting Standards Codification In US accounting practices, the Accounting Standards Codification is the current single source of United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). It is maintained by the Financial Accounting Standards Board The Financial Accou ...

, an official publication of financial accounting standards known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles * Accredited Standards Committee, an organizational division of the American National Standards Institute **

ASC X9 __FORCETOC__ The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9, Inc.) is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited standards developing organization, responsible for developing voluntary open consensus standards for the financial ...

, responsible for standards for the financial services industry **

ASC X12 The Accredited Standards Committee X12 (also known as ASC X12) is a standards organization. Chartered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1979, it develops and maintains the X12 Electronic data interchange (EDI) and Context In ...

, responsible for standards for business-to-business electronic data interchange *

Aeronautical Systems Center The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) is an inactivated Air Force product center that designed, developed and delivered weapon systems and capabilities for U.S. Air Force, other U.S. military, allied and coalition-partner warfighters. ASC managed ...

, inactivated Air Force product center * Airflow Sciences Corporation, an engineering consulting company in Livonia, Michigan * American Shakespeare Center, a theatre company in Staunton, Virginia * American Signal Corporation, a Tornado Siren company founded in 1942 * American Society for Cybernetics, an American non-profit scholastic organization * American Society of Cinematographers, members use postnominal letters ASC * American Society of Criminology * American Society of Cytopathology * American Softworks Corporation (ASC Games, 1992–2000), a former video game publishing company * American Southwest Conference, an athletic conference * American Specialty Cars, an automobile parts manufacturer

International

* Adorers of the Blood of Christ * Aquaculture Stewardship Council, non-profit organisation and ecolabel * Anti-Spyware Coalition, against computer spyware * Asian Socialist Conference

Elsewhere

* Indian Army Service Corps, India * Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden (African Studies Centre), Netherlands * Army Service Corps, a unit of the Pakistan Army * Aviation Safety Council (now the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board), Taiwan * Assets Scrutiny Committee, former government agency

Science and technology

* Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD, a protein encoded by the PYCARD gene * Application Session Controller, an element of a telecommunications network * Arnhem Space Centre, a spaceport in northern Australia * Autism spectrum condition, a form of neurodivergence

Automotive

* Active Stability Control, Mitsubishi electronic stability control#Product names, Electronic Stability Control system * Automatic Stability Control, BMW traction control system, used in motorcycles such as BMW R1200RT

Computing

* Additional Sense Code, extension to a Key Code Qualifier error-code returned by a SCSI device * .asc, computer Alphabetical list of filename extensions (A–E)#A, filename extension used for some ASCII text files, and Server-Side ActionScript * Asynchronous serial communication * Asynchronous serial controller, alternate name for universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter * Australia Singapore Cable, submarine telecommunications cable * TI Advanced Scientific Computer, 1966 supercomputer architecture

Other uses

* Admiralty Sailing Craft, a UK sailing dinghy * ''After School Club'', South Korean TV show * Al Ahly SC, a sports club based in Cairo, Egypt * Altered state of consciousness * Ambulatory surgery center, healthcare facility * American Solar Challenge, solar car race * American Song Contest, an American music competition * Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station (UK National Rail code) * Asian Science Camp * ASC (musician), a musician producing electronic music