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ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to:


Arts, entertainment, and media


Broadcasting

* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster **
Disney–ABC Television Group Disney General Entertainment Content, doing business as Walt Disney Television, is an American entertainment company that oversees television content and assets owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. Forming the company's General Enterta ...
, the former name of the parent organization of ABC * Australian Broadcasting Corporation, one of the national publicly funded broadcasters of Australia ** ABC Television (Australian TV network), the national television network of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ***
ABC TV (Australian TV channel) ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and ...
, the flagship TV station of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ***
ABC Canberra (TV station) ABC Television in the ACT comprises national and local programming on the ABC television network in the Australian Capital Territory, which includes the capital city of Australia, Canberra, and broadcasts on a number of channels under the ABC ...
, Canberra, and other ABC TV local stations in state capitals *** ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel), an international pay TV channel *
ABC Radio (disambiguation) ABC Radio may refer to: Australia * History of ABC Radio (Australia), the division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) responsible for: ** ABC Classic, a classical music radio station ** ABC Classic 2, an un-presented streaming-only c ...
, various radio stations including the American and Australian ABCs * Associated Broadcasting Corporation, one of the former names of TV5 Network, Inc., a Philippine television company **
ABC-5 TV5 (also known as 5 and formerly known as ABC) is a Philippine free-to-air television network based in Mandaluyong, with its alternate studios located in Novaliches, Quezon City. It is the flagship property of TV5 Network, Inc. with Cignal TV ...
, the former name of TV5 (Philippines), a Philippine free-to-air network * ''ABC'' (Swedish TV programme), a former Swedish regional news programme * ABC Weekend TV, a former British television company *
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation is a certified broadcasting holding company headquartered in Osaka, Japan. Until March 31, 2018, it was a unified radio and television broadcaster serving in the Kansai region. On April 1, 2018, its radio and television broadcasting divisions ...
, a Japanese commercial television and radio station * Associated Broadcasting Company, a former name of Associated Television, a British television company


Music


Albums

* ''ABC'' (Jin album), a 2007 album by rapper MC Jin * ''ABC'' (Kreidler album), a 2014 album by Kreidler * ''ABC'' (The Jackson 5 album), a 1970 album by The Jackson 5


Groups

* A.B.C., the former name of Japanese boy band A.B.C-Z * ABC (band), an English pop band * Acid Black Cherry, a Japanese rock band *
Alien Beat Club Alien Beat Club (often abbreviated as ABC) were a Danish pop/ R&B group, best known as second-place winners on Series 2 of ''The X Factor''. Its members - Kasper Spring Ehlers, Marcel Mark Gbekle, Patricia Namakula Mbabazi and Stephanie Lykkehøj ...
, a Danish pop and R&B band *
Another Bad Creation Another Bad Creation (sometimes called ABC for short) Overview )))"> allmusic ((( Another Bad Creation > Overview ))) Retrieved November 7, 2007. Demetrius and Marliss ("Red" and "Mark", respectively) Pugh, as well as Adrian "G.A." (General Austi ...
, an American hip hop and new jack swing group


Labels

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ABC Classics ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...
, an Australian record label *
ABC Records ABC Records was an American record label founded in New York City in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the Impulse! jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels befo ...
, an American record label


Other uses in music

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ABC song (disambiguation) ABC song or similar terms may refer to: * Alphabet song, any song intended to help teach an alphabet, including "The A.B.C.", a popular alphabet song for children first copyrighted in 1835 * "ABC" (The Jackson 5 song), 1970 * "ABC", a song by Jin ...
, various songs with this title * ABC notation, a musical notation language * O2 ABC Glasgow, a music venue


Periodicals

* ''ABC'' (magazine), an Italian magazine published between 1960 and 1977 * ''ABC'' (newspaper), a Spanish daily newspaper founded in 1903 * ''ABC'' (Monterrey newspaper), a Mexican newspaper founded in 1985 * ''
ABC Color ''ABC Color'' is a major Paraguayan newspaper with offices in the city of Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at ...
'', a Paraguayan newspaper founded in 1967


Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

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ABC Cinemas ABC Cinemas (Associated British Cinemas) was a cinema chain in the United Kingdom. Originally a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC), it operated between the 1930s and the 1980s. The brand name was reused in ...
, a UK cinema chain * Alphabet book, any of several children's books depicting the alphabet * '' America's Best Comics'', an imprint of DC Comics


Brands and enterprises


Companies


Financial

* Agricultural Bank of China, a bank in the People's Republic of China *
Arab Banking Corporation Arab Banking Corporation (also called Bank ABC) is an international bank with headquarters in the Diplomatic Area of Manama, in Bahrain. It was incorporated as a joint stock company in 1980 through a special decree by the Amir of Bahrain. It obtai ...
, an international bank headquartered in Bahrain


Food and beverage

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ABC (food) PT Heinz ABC Indonesia is an Indonesia-based food and drink subsidiary of Kraft Heinz, based in Jakarta, and manufactures sauces, condiments, juices and syrups. ABC brand was previously owned by PT ABC Central Food Industry, a company that was boug ...
, an Indonesian-based food division of the H. J. Heinz Company * Aerated Bread Company, a British bakery and tea-room chain * Appalachian Brewing Company, an American brewery


Transport

* ABC (1906 automobile), an American car * ABC (1920 automobile), an English car * ABC (1922 automobile), a planned American car * ABC Motors, an English manufacturer of aircraft, aero engines and cars * ''ABC Rail Guide'', British railway guide published between 1853 and 2007 * ABC motorcycles, a British motorcycle manufacturer


Other companies

* ABC Learning, a former Australian childcare business * ABC Stores, a chain of convenience stores in Hawaii * Aircraft Builders Council, a provider of aviation products liability insurance * Anglo Belgian Corporation, a diesel engine manufacturer * Audit Bureau of Circulations (disambiguation), publication circulation auditing companies ** Audit Bureau of Circulations (India), a non-profit circulation-auditing organisation ** Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America), Audit Bureau of Circulations, former name for the North American non-profit industry organization Alliance for Audited Media ** Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK), a non-profit organisation


Mathematics

* ABC formula * Approximate Bayesian computation, a family of statistical techniques * abc conjecture, ''abc'' conjecture, a concept in number theory


Organizations


Political organizations and unions

* ABC (Cuba), Cuban political organization 1931–1952, named after the system for labeling its clandestine cells * All Basotho Convention, a political party in Lesotho * Alliance for Barangay Concerns, a political party in the Philippines * American Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union, a predecessor to the contemporary Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union * Americans Battling Communism, an anti-communist organization founded in 1947 * Anarchist Black Cross, an anarchist support organization * Anything But Conservative, a 2008 Canadian political campaign * Association of Barangay Captains, former name for an organization of all the barangays (villages) in the Philippines, now known as the League of Barangays in the Philippines * Association of British Counties, a non-party-political society


Religious organizations

* American Baptist Convention, former name of American Baptist Churches USA * Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, in Ireland and the United Kingdom


Sports organizations

* ABC Futebol Clube, a football (soccer) club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil * American Bowling Congress, which merged in 2005 with other bowling organizations to form the United States Bowling Congress * Association of Boxing Commissions, a North American not-for-profit professional boxing and mixed martial arts organization * Indianapolis ABCs, a 1900s Negro league baseball team


Other organizations

* Academia Británica Cuscatleca, a school in Santa Tecla, El Salvador * Accessible Books Consortium, a subunit of the World Intellectual Property Organization * Afrikan Black Coalition, a University of California student organization * American Bird Conservancy, a non-profit membership organization * Association of Black Cardiologists, a North American non-profit * Australian Bird Count, a project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union * Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, public safety agency


Places

* ABC countries, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile * ABC Islands (Alaska), Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island * ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao * ABC Region, an industrial area outside of São Paulo, Brazil * Albacete Airport, a joint civilian/military airport serving Albacete, Spain (IATA: ABC) * Altnabreac railway station, Scotland, by National Rail code * Appa Balwant Chowk, area of Pune, India, noted for its bookshops


Science and technology


Biology and medicine

* Abacavir, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS * ABC (medicine), a mnemonic for "Airway, Breathing, Circulation" * ABC model of flower development, a genetic model * Abortion–breast cancer hypothesis, a posited connection between breast cancer and abortion * Phantom cat, Alien Big Cat, large feline outside its indigenous range * Aneurysmal bone cyst, a kind of lesion * ATP-binding cassette transporter, a transmembrane protein


Computing


Hardware

* ABC, a line of computers by Dataindustrier AB * Acorn Business Computer, a series of microcomputers announced at the end of 1983 by the British company Acorn Computers * Atanasoff–Berry computer, an early electronic digital computer


File formats


Other uses in computing

* ABC (computer virus), a memory-resident, file-infecting computer virus * ABC (programming language), a programming language and environment * ABC (stream cipher), a stream cipher algorithm * Abstract base class, a programming language concept * Artificial bee colony algorithm, a search algorithm


Economics

*ABC analysis, an inventory categorization technique *Activity-based costing, an accounting method *Assignment for the benefit of creditors, a concept in bankruptcy law


Psychology

*ABC data collection, a descriptive functional behavior assessment method in applied behavior analysis * Affective-behavioral-cognitive model, an Attitude (psychology)#Attitude component model, attitude component model


Transportation

* Active Body Control, a type of automobile suspension technology * Automatic Buffer Couplers, a type of railway couplers


Other uses in science and technology

* ABC dry chemical, a fire extinguishing agent * ABC weapon, a weapon of mass destruction * Accelerated bridge construction, a technique for building bridges * Aerial bundled cable, for power lines * Airborne Cigar, a British military electronic countermeasure system used during World War II (WWII) to jam Luftwaffe night fighter communications * Atomic, biological, and chemical defense, now rendered as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense


Other uses

* ABC strategy, for "abstinence, be faithful, use a condom", a sex-education strategy * ABC trial of Crispin Aubrey, John Berry and Duncan Campbell in 1978 in the United Kingdom * Advance Booking Charter, a type of air travel * ''Air batu campur'', also known as ''ais kacang'', a Malaysian dessert * American-born Chinese, people of Chinese ethnicity born in the United States * Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), nicknamed ABC, British WWII admiral * Architectural, building and construction, an industry; for example, see Industry Foundation Classes * Australian-born Chinese, people of Chinese ethnicity born in Australia


See also

* .abc (disambiguation) * Alcoholic Beverage Control (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation