DC most often refers to: *

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

(District of Columbia), the capital of the United States *

DC Comics DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book seri ...

, an American comic book publisher *

Direct current Direct current (DC) is one-directional electric current, flow of electric charge. An electrochemical cell is a prime example of DC power. Direct current may flow through a conductor (material), conductor such as a wire, but can also flow throug ...

, electric current which flows in only one direction DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to:

Places

* Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City

Science, technology and mathematics

* dC, decicoulomb, a tenth of a

Coulomb The coulomb (symbol: C) is the unit of electric charge in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined to be equal to the electric charge delivered by a 1 ampere current in 1 second, with the elementary charge ''e'' as a defining c ...

, the SI unit of electric charge *

New Zealand DC class locomotive The New Zealand DC class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric mainline Locomotives of New Zealand, locomotive on the Rail transport in New Zealand, New Zealand rail network, operated by KiwiRail on freight trains, and formerly on The Great Jo ...

* Methylphosphonyl dichloride, a chemical weapons precursor * A don't care term, in digital logic

Biology and medicine

Dendritic cell A dendritic cell (DC) is an antigen-presenting cell (also known as an ''accessory cell'') of the mammalian immune system. A DC's main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system ...

, a class of immune cell *

Doctor of Chiropractic Chiropractic education trains students in chiropractic. The entry criteria, structure, teaching methodology and nature of chiropractic programs offered at chiropractic schools vary considerably around the world. Accredited Doctor of Chiropractic p ...

, a qualification in alternative medicine

Computing

dc (computer program) dc (''desk calculator'') is a cross-platform reverse-Polish calculator which supports arbitrary-precision arithmetic. It was written by Lorinda Cherry and Robert Morris at Bell Labs. It is one of the oldest Unix utilities, preceding even the i ...

, a command-line based calculator on Unix-derived systems * DC coefficient, in a

discrete cosine transform A discrete cosine transform (DCT) expresses a finite sequence of data points in terms of a sum of cosine functions oscillating at different frequency, frequencies. The DCT, first proposed by Nasir Ahmed (engineer), Nasir Ahmed in 1972, is a widely ...

Data center A data center is a building, a dedicated space within a building, or a group of buildings used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. Since IT operations are crucial for busines ...

, a physical location housing computing-related gear * Device context, part of the legacy Microsoft Windows graphics API *

Differential cryptanalysis Differential cryptanalysis is a general form of cryptanalysis applicable primarily to block ciphers, but also to stream ciphers and cryptographic hash functions. In the broadest sense, it is the study of how differences in information input can a ...

DigiCipher DigiCipher 2, or simply DCII, is a proprietary standard format of digital signal transmission and it doubles as an encryption standard with MPEG-2/MPEG-4 signal video compression used on many communications satellite television and audio signals. ...

, a digital encoding scheme *

Direct Connect (protocol) Direct Connect (DC) is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. Direct Connect clients connect to a central hub and can download files directly from one another. Advanced Direct Connect can be considered a successor protocol. Hubs feature a list ...

, for file sharing * Domain Component, an attribute in LDAP *

Domain controller A domain controller (DC) is a Server (computing), server that responds to security authentication requests within a computer network domain. It is a Network (computing), network server that is responsible for allowing Host (network), host access to ...

, a server used to manage a Microsoft Windows domain *

Dublin Core 140px, Logo of DCMI, maintenance agency for Dublin Core Terms The Dublin Core vocabulary, also known as the Dublin Core Metadata Terms (DCMT), is a general purpose metadata vocabulary for describing resources of any type. It was first developed ...

, a metadata standard *

Dynamic contrast The contrast ratio (CR) is a property of a display system, defined as the ratio of the luminance of the brightest shade (white) to that of the darkest shade (black) that the system is capable of producing. A high contrast ratio is a desired aspe ...

, an LCD technology

Mathematics

dc (elliptic function) In mathematics, the Jacobi elliptic functions are a set of basic elliptic functions. They are found in the description of the pendulum (mechanics), motion of a pendulum, as well as in the design of electronic elliptic filters. While trigonometry, ...

, in complex analysis *

Axiom of dependent choice In mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. T ...

, in set theory * DC, 600 in Roman numerals * DC, 220 in hexadecimal

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''D.C.'' (TV series) *

Detective Comics ''Detective Comics'' (later retitled as ''Batman Detective Comics'') is an American comic book series published by Detective Comics, later shortened to DC Comics. The first volume, published from 1937 to 2011 (and later continued in 2016), is ...

, a comic book series published by DC Comics *

DC Inside DC Inside (), also known as DC, is a South Korean internet forum that was founded in 1999. It is a prominent online platform in the country, allowing users to engage in discussions on a diverse range of subjects with little moderation, such as ...

, a South Korean internet forum * "DC" (''Succession''), a television episode

Music

* ''

Da capo Da capo ( , , ; often abbreviated as D.C.) is an Italian musical term that means "from the beginning" (literally, "from the head"). The term is a directive to repeat the previous part of music, often used to save space, and thus is an easie ...

'', a musical term *

Destiny's Child Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final lineup comprised Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams (singer), Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Hou ...

, an American R&B group * Drum Connection, a German pop group

Video games

* ''Da Capo'' (visual novel) * '' Desert Combat'', a ''Battlefield 1942'' mod * '' Dino Crisis'', a survival horror game series

Companies and products

* DC Recordings, a record label *

DC Shoes DC Shoes, Inc. is an American brand specializes in footwear for action sports such as skateboarding and snowboarding. The company also manufactures apparel, bags, accessories, hats, t-shirts, and posters. History DC was founded in June 1994 by ...

, an American sports footwear company * Delta Clipper, a proposed rocketship series by McDonnell Douglas * DC (Douglas Commercial), a series of aircraft by the

Douglas Aircraft Company The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, aerospace and military, defense company based in Southern California. Founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr., it merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell D ...

(and later McDonnell Douglas) * Dyson vacuum cleaners, which use product code prefix DC * Golden Air, an airline (IATA code DC)

Government, law, and military

Christian Democracy (Italy) Christian Democracy (, DC) was a Christian democratic political party in Italy. The DC was founded on 15 December 1943 in the Italian Social Republic (Nazi-occupied Italy) as the nominal successor of the Italian People's Party (1919), Italian ...

, a political party * Christian Democracy (Brazil), a political party *

Detective constable A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads the ...

, a police rank *

District collector The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India. The specific name depends on the state or union territo ...

, an Indian Administrative Service position *

Deputy commissioner A deputy commissioner is a police, income tax or administrative official in many countries. The rank is commonplace in police forces of Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, usually ranking below the Commissioner. Australia In all Aust ...

, an administrative rank *

Dossier criminal Dossier Criminal (DC) is a term used extensively in the Indian Police The police are Law enforcement organization, a constituted body of Law enforcement officer, people empowered by a State (polity), state with the aim of Law enforcement, ...

, in Indian policing

People

* D/C, stage name of British singer-songwriter

Dan Caplen Daniel Caplen (born 27 March 1992), also known as his stage name D/C, is a British R&B singer, songwriter and musician based in Brixton in London. He was educated at St Edmund's School Canterbury. He is signed to Atlantic Records UK and releas ...

Daniel Cormier Daniel Ryan Cormier (; born March 20, 1979) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, freestyle wrestler, and current color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As a former UFC Light Heavyweight and Heavyweig ...

(born 1979) Olympic wrestler and heavyweight mixed martial artist *

David Coulthard David Marshall Coulthard (born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver and sports broadcasting, broadcaster from Scotland who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "DC", Coulthard was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' ...

(born 1971) British racing driver, known as DC * DC., the standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841) * Donald L. Cox (1936–2011), American leader of the Black Panther Party, known as Field Marshal DC

Religion

* DC, a dominical letter indicating a

leap year starting on Thursday A leap year starting on Thursday is any year with 366 days (i.e. it includes 29 February) that begins on Thursday 1 January, and ends on Friday 31 December. Its dominical letters hence are DC. The most recent year of such kind was 2004, and the n ...

* Christian Doctrine Fathers, a Catholic organization *

Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul (; abbreviated DC), commonly called the Daughters of Charity or Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, is a society of apostolic life for women within the Catholic Church. ...

, a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church * Deuterocanon, books of the Bible which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations

Schools

* Delaware County Christian School, in Pennsylvania, US *

Dhaka College Dhaka College (), informally known as DC, is a public educational institution of Bangladesh located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. It is one of the oldest educational institutions in the subcontinent. It offers Honours degree, honours and Master's degree ...

, in Bangladesh *

Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo Dominican Convent High School (informally referred to as Convent or DC) is a Catholic, independent, day school A day school — as opposed to a boarding school — is an educational institution where children are given instruction during the day ...

, a Catholic high school for girls in Zimbabwe *

Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo Dominican Convent Primary School (also known as Convent or DC) is a Catholic, independent, preparatory day school for girls in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The school was founded in 1895 by the Dominican Sisters, laying its claim to being the oldest s ...

, a Catholic preparatory school for girls in Zimbabwe

Sports

Delhi Capitals The Delhi Capitals, formerly the Delhi Daredevils, also known as DC, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Delhi that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is owned by GMR Group and JSW Sports. Its home groun ...

, an Indian Premier League cricket franchise *

Deccan Chargers Deccan Chargers (also sometimes known as the Chargers) is a defunct cricket franchise that competed in the Indian Premier League. It was based in the city of Hyderabad. The franchise was one of the eight inaugural members of the IPL in 2008 and ...

, a former Indian Premier League cricket franchise

Other uses

Distribution center A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products (goods) to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to c ...

, a building stocked with goods for delivery * Dream character, an imaginary entity in a person's dreams *

Drower Collection This article contains a list of Mandaic manuscripts, which are almost entirely Mandaean religious texts written in Classical Mandaic. Well-known Mandaean texts include the ''Ginza Rabba'' (also known as the ''Sidra Rabbā''), the ''Mandaean B ...

, a collection of Mandaic manuscripts held at the

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1602 by Sir Thomas Bodley, it is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second-largest library in ...

in Oxford, United Kingdom