DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to:

Places

* Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City, as distinct from the Emirate of Dubai

Science, technology and mathematics

* DC or Direct current, electric current which flows in only one direction ** DC bias, a waveform's mean value ** Coulomb, Decicoulomb (dC), a unit of electric charge * Dené–Caucasian languages, of east Asia and western North America * New Zealand DC class locomotive * Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor

Biology and medicine

* DC., standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841) * Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell * Doctor of Chiropractic, a qualification in alternative medicine

Computing

* dc (computer program), a desktop calculator * DC coefficient a.k.a. constant component in discrete cosine transform * Data center, a physical location housing computing-related gear * Device Context, part of the Microsoft Windows API * Differential cryptanalysis, a form of cryptanalysis * DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme * Direct Connect (protocol) * Domain Component, an LDAP#Naming structure, attribute in LDAP * Domain controller, a server used to manage a Windows domain * Dublin Core, a metadata standard * Dynamic contrast, an LCD technology

Mathematics

* dc (elliptic function), one of Jacobi's elliptic functions * Axiom of dependent choice, in set theory * 600 (number), in Roman numerals * 220 (number), in hexadecimal

Arts, entertainment and media

* D.C. (TV series), ''D.C.'' (TV series) * DC Comics, the American comic book publisher DC Comics, Detective Comics * DC Inside, a South Korean internet forum * DC (Succession), DC (''Succession''), an episode of television series ''Succession'' * Director's cut, a version of a film edited by its director

Music

* ''Da capo'', a musical term * DC Recordings, owned by Jonathan Saul Kane * Destiny's Child, an American R&B group * Drum Connection, a German pop group * DC Talk, a Christian rap and rock trio.

Video games

* Da Capo (visual novel), ''Da Capo'' (visual novel) * ''Deadly Creatures'', a 2009 action video game * ''Desert Combat'', a ''Battlefield 1942'' mod * Digital Chaos, a professional ''Dota 2'' eSports team * ''Dino Crisis'', a survival horror game series * Dreamcast, a video game console * Donut County, a video game by Ben Esposito

Companies and products

* DC Recordings * DC Shoes, an American sports footwear company * Deloitte Consulting, a multinational management consulting firm * Delta Clipper, a proposed rocketship series by McDonnell Douglas * Dick Clark Productions * Diet Coke, a soft drink * Disney Channel * Doritos chips * Douglas Commercial, a series of aircraft by the Douglas Aircraft Company (and later McDonnell Douglas) * Drawception, an online game where a person comes up with something to draw, someone else draws it, someone else interprets that drawing, then someone tries to draw that interpretation, and so on * List of Dyson products, Dyson vacuum cleaners, which use product code prefix DC * Golden Air, an airline (IATA code DC)

Government, law, and military

* Christian Democracy (Italy), a political party * Christian Democracy (Brazil), a political party * Detective constable, a rank in the British and several other police forces * Development control in the United Kingdom, a land regulation process * District collector, an Indian Administrative Service officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district * District Commissioner, a rank in the British former Colonial Service * District Court * Dossier criminal, in Indian policing

People

* D. C. Douglas, American voice actor and director * D. C. Fontana (Dorothy Catherine Fontana) (1939–2019), American screenwriter known primarily for work on ''Star Trek'' * D/C, stage name of British singer-songwriter Dan Caplen * Dalton Castle (wrestler) (born 1986) * Daniel Cormier (born 1979) Olympic wrestler and heavyweight mixed martial artist * David Coulthard (born 1971) British racing driver, known as DC * ''DC.'', taxonomic author abbreviation of Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841) * D. C. Drake (born 1957), American addictions counselor, and retired professional wrestler * Donald L. Cox (1936–2011), American leader of the Black Panther Party, known as Field Marshal DC * D. C. Reeves, American businessman, journalist and politician

Religion

* DC, a dominical letter indicating a leap year starting on Thursday * Christian Doctrine Fathers, a Catholic organization * Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church

Schools

* Delaware County Christian School, in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States * Dhaka College, in Dhaka, Bangladesh * Diné College, in the Navajo Nation, United States * Dominican Convent High School, Harare, a Catholic high school for girls in Harare, Zimbabwe * Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo, a Catholic high school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe * Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo, a Catholic preparatory school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe * D'Youville College, former name of the Buffalo, New York institution now known as D'Youville University

Sports

* Defensive coordinator, a coaching position in American and Canadian football * Delhi Capitals, an Indian Premier League cricket franchise * Deccan Chargers, a former Indian Premier League cricket franchise

Other uses

* Distribution center, a building housing goods to be distributed to retailers, wholesalers, or consumers * Dust collector, equipment in a woodworking shop * Driverless car * Discharge (disambiguation) * Dream character, an imaginary person that only appears in dreams