Editing DC

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'''DC''' most often refers to:
* [[Washington, D.C.]] (District of Columbia), the capital of the United States
* [[DC Comics]], an American comic book publisher
* [[Direct current]], electric current which flows in only one direction

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

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== Places ==

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

== Science, technology and mathematics ==

* dC, decicoulomb, a tenth of a [[Coulomb]], the SI unit of electric charge
* [[New Zealand DC class locomotive]]
* [[Methylphosphonyl dichloride]], a chemical weapons precursor
* A [[don't care term]], in digital logic

=== Biology and medicine ===

* [[Dendritic cell]], a class of immune cell
* [[Doctor of Chiropractic]], a qualification in alternative medicine

=== Computing ===

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

=== Mathematics ===

* [[dc (elliptic function)]], in complex analysis
* [[Axiom of dependent choice]], in set theory
* DC, [[600 (number)|600]] in Roman numerals
* DC, [[220 (number)|220]] in hexadecimal

== Arts, entertainment and media ==

* [[D.C. (TV series)|''D.C.'' (TV series)]]
* [[Detective Comics]], a comic book series published by DC Comics
* [[DC Inside]], a South Korean internet forum
* [[DC (Succession)|"DC" (''Succession'')]], a television episode

=== Music ===

* ''[[Da capo]]'', a musical term
* [[Destiny's Child]], an American R&B group
* [[Drum Connection]], a German pop group

=== Video games ===

* [[Da Capo (visual novel)|''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]], 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]] (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)]], a political party
* [[Christian Democracy (Brazil)]], a political party
* [[Detective constable]], a police rank
* [[District collector]], an Indian Administrative Service position
* [[Deputy commissioner]], an administrative rank
* [[Dossier criminal]], in Indian policing

== People ==

* D/C, stage name of British singer-songwriter [[Dan Caplen]]
* [[Daniel Cormier]] (born 1979) Olympic wrestler and heavyweight mixed martial artist
* [[David Coulthard]] (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]]
* [[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
* [[Deuterocanon]], books of the Bible which are considered non-canonical by Protestant denominations

== Schools ==

* [[Delaware County Christian School]], in Pennsylvania, US
* [[Dhaka College]], in Bangladesh
* [[Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo]], a Catholic high school for girls in Zimbabwe
* [[Dominican Convent Primary School, Bulawayo]], a Catholic preparatory school for girls in Zimbabwe

== Sports ==

* [[Delhi Capitals]], an Indian Premier League cricket franchise
* [[Deccan Chargers]], a former Indian Premier League cricket franchise

== Other uses ==

* [[Distribution center]], a building stocked with goods for delivery
* [[Dream character]], an imaginary entity in a person's dreams
* [[Drower Collection]], a collection of [[Mandaic manuscripts]] held at the [[Bodleian Library]] in Oxford, United Kingdom

== See also ==
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* [[D&C (disambiguation)]]
* [[AC/DC (disambiguation)]]
* [[Divide and conquer (disambiguation)]]

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