DC

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DC may refer to:

[edit] Capitals

• District of Columbia, a Federal district of the United States (since 1871, Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, inherits this district) .
• Distrito capital, the capital district of a Spanish-speaking nation
  • Bogotá, D.C., the capital of Colombia

[edit] Computing and technology

• dc (computer program)
• Device Context, a programming object within the Microsoft Windows API
• Direct Connect (file sharing), a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
• Distributed computing
• Domain controller, a Microsoft Windows server that responds to security authentication requests
• Dublin Core, a metadata standard
• Dynamic contrast, a technology related to LCD screens
• Domain Component, an attribute for DNS names in LDAP

[edit] Electricity

• Direct current, the unidirectional flow of electric charge
• DC offset, the mean amplitude of a waveform
• DC bias, the mean value of a waveform in regard to a periodic function in the frequency domain

[edit] Biology and medicine

• Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell
• Doctor of Chiropractic, an academic degree

[edit] Media, music and entertainment

• D.C. (TV series)
• DC Comics, a comic book publisher
• Da capo, a musical term
• Da Capo (visual novel)
• Dark Cloud, a video game series
• Dashboard Confessional, band.
• The Deccan Chronicle, a newspaper
• The Dixie Chicks, a country music group
• Destiny's Child, a musical group
• David Cook (singer), winner of the seventh season of American Idol
• Dreamcast, a video game console
• Discovery Channel

[edit] People

• D. C. Fontana (b. 1939), screenwriter
• David Coulthard (b. 1971), British racing driver
• A. P. de Candolle (1778-1841), a botanist abbreviated as DC in botanical nomenclature

[edit] Other meanings

• DC Shoes, a footwear company
• Detective Constable, rank in the British police
• Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, London Metropolitan Police Service senior rank
• Deccan Chargers, an Indian cricket franchise
• Defined contribution, a type of pension plan
• Dené-Caucasian, a language family
• Developed country
• Distribution center
• Axiom of dependent choice, a concept in mathematics
• Dottrinari, or the Preti della Dottrina Cristiana, a Catholic organization
• Golden Air, an airline, DC in IATA code
• Several Christian democratic parties throughout the world
• The number 600 in Roman numerals

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