# DC

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**DC** most often refers to:

- [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington,_D.C.) (District of Columbia), the capital of the United States
- [DC Comics](/source/DC_Comics), an American comic book publisher
- [Direct current](/source/Direct_current), electric current which flows in only one direction

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

## Places

- [Bogotá, Distrito Capital](/source/Bogot%C3%A1,_Distrito_Capital), the capital city of Colombia
- [Dubai City](/source/Dubai_City)

## Science, technology and mathematics

- dC, decicoulomb, a tenth of a [Coulomb](/source/Coulomb), the SI unit of electric charge
- [New Zealand DC class locomotive](/source/New_Zealand_DC_class_locomotive)
- [Methylphosphonyl dichloride](/source/Methylphosphonyl_dichloride), a chemical weapons precursor
- A [don't care term](/source/Don't_care_term), in digital logic
- Drop center (DC) rim, see [Single-piece wheel manufacturing](/source/Single-piece_wheel_manufacturing)

### Biology and medicine

- [Dendritic cell](/source/Dendritic_cell), a class of immune cell
- [Doctor of Chiropractic](/source/Doctor_of_Chiropractic), a qualification in alternative medicine

### Computing

- [dc (computer program)](/source/Dc_(computer_program)), a command-line based calculator on Unix-derived systems
- DC coefficient, in a [discrete cosine transform](/source/Discrete_cosine_transform)
- [Data center](/source/Data_center), a physical location housing computing-related gear
- [Device context](/source/Device_context), part of the legacy Microsoft Windows graphics API
- [Differential cryptanalysis](/source/Differential_cryptanalysis)
- [DigiCipher](/source/DigiCipher), a digital encoding scheme
- [Direct Connect (protocol)](/source/Direct_Connect_(protocol)), for file sharing
- Domain Component, an [attribute in LDAP](/source/LDAP#Naming_structure)
- [Domain controller](/source/Domain_controller), a server used to manage a Microsoft Windows domain
- [Dublin Core](/source/Dublin_Core), a metadata standard
- [Dynamic contrast](/source/Dynamic_contrast), an LCD technology

### Mathematics

- [dc (elliptic function)](/source/Dc_(elliptic_function)), in complex analysis
- [Axiom of dependent choice](/source/Axiom_of_dependent_choice), in set theory
- DC, [600](/source/600_(number)) in Roman numerals
- DC, [220](/source/220_(number)) in hexadecimal

## Arts, entertainment and media

- [*D.C.* (TV series)](/source/D.C._(TV_series))
- [Detective Comics](/source/Detective_Comics), a comic book series published by DC Comics
- [DC Inside](/source/DC_Inside), a South Korean internet forum
- ["DC" (*Succession*)](/source/DC_(Succession)), a television episode

### Music

- *[Da capo](/source/Da_capo)*, a musical term
- [Destiny's Child](/source/Destiny's_Child), an American R&B group

### Video games

- [*Da Capo* (visual novel)](/source/Da_Capo_(visual_novel))
- *[Desert Combat](/source/Desert_Combat)*, a *Battlefield 1942* mod
- *[Dino Crisis](/source/Dino_Crisis)*, a survival horror game series

## Companies and products

- [DC Recordings](/source/DC_Recordings), a record label
- [DC Shoes](/source/DC_Shoes), an American sports footwear company
- [Delta Clipper](/source/Delta_Clipper), a proposed rocketship series by McDonnell Douglas
- DC (Douglas Commercial), a series of aircraft by the [Douglas Aircraft Company](/source/Douglas_Aircraft_Company) (and later McDonnell Douglas)
- [Dyson vacuum cleaners](/source/Dyson_vacuum_cleaners), which use product code prefix DC
- [Golden Air](/source/Golden_Air), an airline (IATA code DC)

## Government, law, and military

- [Christian Democracy (Italy)](/source/Christian_Democracy_(Italy)), a political party
- [Christian Democracy (Brazil)](/source/Christian_Democracy_(Brazil)), a political party
- [Detective constable](/source/Detective_constable), a police rank
- [District collector](/source/District_collector), an Indian Administrative Service position
- [Deputy commissioner](/source/Deputy_commissioner), an administrative rank
- [Dossier criminal](/source/Dossier_criminal), in Indian policing

## People

- D/C, stage name of British singer-songwriter [Dan Caplen](/source/Dan_Caplen)
- [Daniel Cormier](/source/Daniel_Cormier) (born 1979) Olympic wrestler and heavyweight mixed martial artist
- [David Coulthard](/source/David_Coulthard) (born 1971) British racing driver, known as DC
- [DC.](/source/DC.), the standard author abbreviation for botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841)
- [Donald L. Cox](/source/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](/source/Leap_year_starting_on_Thursday)
- [Christian Doctrine Fathers](/source/Christian_Doctrine_Fathers), a Catholic organization
- [Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul](/source/Daughters_of_Charity_of_Saint_Vincent_de_Paul), a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church
- [Deuterocanon](/source/Deuterocanon), books of the Bible which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations

## Schools

- [Delaware County Christian School](/source/Delaware_County_Christian_School), in Pennsylvania, US
- [Dhaka College](/source/Dhaka_College), in Bangladesh
- [Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo](/source/Dominican_Convent_High_School,_Bulawayo), a Catholic high school for girls in Zimbabwe
- [Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo](/source/Dominican_Convent_Primary_School,_Bulawayo), a Catholic preparatory school for girls in Zimbabwe

## Sports

- [Delhi Capitals](/source/Delhi_Capitals), an Indian Premier League cricket franchise
- [Deccan Chargers](/source/Deccan_Chargers), a former Indian Premier League cricket franchise

## Other uses

- [Demon Cat](/source/Demon_Cat), a ghost cat in American folklore
- [Distribution center](/source/Distribution_center), a building stocked with goods for delivery
- [Dream character](/source/Dream_character), an imaginary entity in a person's dreams
- [Drower Collection](/source/Drower_Collection), a collection of [Mandaic manuscripts](/source/Mandaic_manuscripts) held at the [Bodleian Library](/source/Bodleian_Library) in Oxford, United Kingdom
- West Sulawesi ([vehicle registration](/source/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Indonesia) prefix DC)

## See also

- [D&C (disambiguation)](/source/D%26C_(disambiguation))
- [AC/DC (disambiguation)](/source/AC/DC_(disambiguation))
- [Divide and conquer (disambiguation)](/source/Divide_and_conquer_(disambiguation))

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