DC

DC may refer to:

Capitals

District of Columbia, also known as Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
Distrito capital, the capital district of a Spanish-speaking nation
Bogotá, D.C., the capital of Colombia

Computing and technology

Douglas Aircraft Company
dc (computer program), a desktop calculator
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
DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme for digital television
DCxx, product code for all Dyson vacuum cleaners
DC-frames or DC-pictures, type of frames/pictures in MPEG

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

Biology and medicine

Dendritic cell, a type of immune cell
Doctor of Chiropractic

Media, music and entertainment

D.C. (TV series)
DC Comics, a comic book publisher
DC Recordings, a record label
The Deccan Chargers, a cricket team which represents hyderabad in the Indian Premier League
Da capo, a musical term
Da Capo (visual novel)
Dark Cloud, a video game series
Dashboard Confessional, an American rock band
Dane Cook, American comedian whose self-given nickname is DC
David Cook (singer), winner of the seventh season of American Idol
The Deccan Chronicle, a newspaper
Destiny's Child, a musical group
Detective Conan, a manga also known as Case Closed
Discovery Channel
Disney Channel
The Dixie Chicks, a country music group
Dreamcast, a video game console
Drum Connection, a German musical group

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
Dave Chappelle, African-American comedian

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
Dulwich College, an English secondary school
Development control in the United Kingdom, the process of regulating land use and new building in the UK
DC, abbreviation for several Christian democratic parties throughout the world
DC, the number 600 in Roman numerals
DC, an Engrish abbreviation meaning "discount"
Dossier criminal

Translation

The word "DC" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Korean, Indonesian, Italian, Hebrew, Latvian, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simple English, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish, Chinese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Esperanto: Dc, Ripuarian: DC (Watt ėßß datt?), Serbian: ДЦ, Vietnamese: Dc.