Places

• Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C.
  Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
  
   (District of Columbia) - the capital of the United States of America

Organizations

• DC Comics
  DC Comics
  DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
  
  , a comic book publisher
• DC Inside, a South Korean internet forum
• DC Recordings, a record label
• DC Shoes
  DC Shoes
  DC Shoes is an American company that specializes in footwear for extreme sports, skateboarding, snowboarding as well as snowboards, shirts, jeans, hats, and jackets.The company was founded in 1993 by Ken Block and Damon Way, and is based in Vista, California...
  
  , a footwear company
• Deccan Chronicle, a newspaper
• Democrazia Cristiana, the leading Italian party in the second half of the 20th century
• Christian Democrat Party of Chile
  Christian Democrat Party of Chile
  The Christian Democratic Party is a political party in Chile and governs as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. In the 2009 election it won 19 congress seats and 9 senate seats....
  
  
• Deccan Chargers
  Deccan Chargers
  Hyderabad Deccan Chargers known in short as DC or 'Chargers' is a cricket franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League...
  
  , an Indian cricket franchise
• Delaware County Christian School
  Delaware County Christian School
  Delaware County Christian School is a Pre-K to 12 independent, coeducational, interdenominational day school with an enrollment of approximately 900 students located on two campuses in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania in the United States...
  
  , a private school in Pennsylvania, United States
• Dottrinari
  Dottrinari
  The Christian Doctrine Fathers, or Doctrinaries , are a religious institute of male consecrated Catholics...
  
  , or the Preti della Dottrina Cristiana, a Catholic organization
• Douglas Aircraft Company
  Douglas Aircraft Company
  The Douglas Aircraft Company was an American aerospace manufacturer, based in Long Beach, California. It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas...
  
  
• Dulwich College
  Dulwich College
  Dulwich College is an independent school for boys in Dulwich, southeast London, England. The college was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift". It currently has about 1,600 boys,...
  
  , an English secondary school
• Dutch Crossing, an academic journal on interdisciplinary Low Countries Studies
• DC, abbreviation for several Christian democratic parties throughout the world

Science and technology

• DC, the author abbreviation used in citing plant names published by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
• Dynamic contrast, a technology related to LCD screens
• DigiCipher, a digital encoding scheme for digital television
• DCxx, product code for all Dyson vacuum cleaners
• Axiom of dependent choice
  Axiom of dependent choice
  In mathematics, the axiom of dependent choices, denoted DC, is a weak form of the axiom of choice which is still sufficient to develop most of real analysis...
  
  , a concept in mathematics

Electricity

• Direct current
  Direct current
  Direct current is the unidirectional flow of electric charge. Direct current is produced by such sources as batteries, thermocouples, solar cells, and commutator-type electric machines of the dynamo type. Direct current may flow in a conductor such as a wire, but can also flow through...
  
  , the unidirectional flow of electric charge
• DC offset, the mean amplitude of a waveform
• DC bias
  DC bias
  When describing a periodic function in the frequency domain, the DC bias, DC component, DC offset, or DC coefficient is the mean value of the waveform...
  
  , the mean value of a waveform in regard to a periodic function in the frequency domain
• decicoulomb, one-tenth coulomb, a unit of electric charge

Computers

• dc (computer program), a desktop calculator
• Device Context, a programming object within the Microsoft Windows API
• Direct Connect (file sharing)
  Direct Connect (file sharing)
  Direct connect 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....
  
  , a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol
• Distributed computing
  Distributed computing
  Distributed computing is a field of computer science that studies distributed systems. A distributed system consists of multiple autonomous computers that communicate through a computer network. The computers interact with each other in order to achieve a common goal...
  
  
• Domain controller
  Domain controller
  On Windows Server Systems, a domain controller is a server that responds to security authentication requests within the Windows Server domain...
  
  , a Microsoft Windows server that responds to security authentication requests
• Data center
  Data center
  A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems...
  
  
• Dublin Core
  Dublin Core
  The Dublin Core metadata terms are a set of vocabulary terms which can be used to describe resources for the purposes of discovery. The terms can be used to describe a full range of web resources: video, images, web pages etc and physical resources such as books and objects like artworks...
  
  , a metadata standard
• Domain Component, an attribute for DNS names in LDAP
• DC-frames or DC-pictures, type of frames/pictures in MPEG encoding
• Dining cryptographers problem
  Dining cryptographers problem
  In cryptography, the dining cryptographers problem studies how to perform a secure multi-party computation of the boolean-OR function. David Chaum first proposed this problem in 1988, and used it as an illustrative example to show it was possible to send anonymous messages with unconditional sender...
  
  

Video games

• Dreamcast, a video game console
• Da Capo (visual novel)
• Dark Cloud
  Dark Cloud
  is a role-playing video game for the PlayStation 2 video game console. It was developed by Level-5 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2000 and 2001 in Japan and American/PAL regions respectively. The gameplay of Dark Cloud combines action role-playing with elements of city-building...
  
  , a video game series
• Dream Chronicles
  Dream Chronicles (series)
  Dream Chronicles is an adventure, hidden object and puzzle casual game series created by KatGames and published by PlayFirst. It is also the name of the first game in the series...
  
  , a casual video game and series
• DC, Dark Crystal, items for the MMORPG Lineage II
  Lineage II
  Lineage II is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game for Microsoft Windows. It is a prequel to Lineage, and is set 150 years before the earlier game. It has become very popular since its October 1, 2003 launch in South Korea, reporting 1,000,918 unique users during the month of March 2007...
  
  
• Drift City
  Drift City
  Drift City is a MMOR video game developed by NPluto and sponsored by several major automotive companies such as Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and U1 Technology.-Plot:...
  
  , a racing game

Medicine and biology

• Dendritic cell
  Dendritic cell
  Dendritic cells are immune cells forming part of the mammalian immune system. Their main function is to process antigen material and present it on the surface to other cells of the immune system. That is, dendritic cells function as antigen-presenting cells...
  
  , a type of immune cell
• Doctor of Chiropractic
• Dilation and Curettage

Television, film, and music

• Da capo
  Da capo
  Da Capo is a musical term in Italian, meaning from the beginning . It is often abbreviated D.C. It is a composer or publisher's directive to repeat the previous part of music, often used to save space. In small pieces this might be the same thing as a repeat, but in larger works D.C...
  
  , a musical term
• D.C. (TV series)
  D.C. (TV series)
  D.C. is a short-lived American television series that premiered and ended in April 2000 on The WB Network.Mason Scott , a young man fresh out of college who has dreamed his entire life of coming to Washington, D.C.. He truly believes that he can make a difference in this world of questionable...
  
  
• Dashboard Confessional
  Dashboard Confessional
  Dashboard Confessional is an American rock band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba. The name of the band is derived from the song "The Sharp Hint of New Tears" from the debut album The Swiss Army Romance....
  
  , an American rock band
• Desert Combat
  Desert Combat
  Desert Combat is a mod for the first-person shooter computer game Battlefield 1942, created by Frank Delise, Brian Holinka, Tim Brophy, and Stephen Wells. DC features many new weapons and new Conquest and Capture the flag Maps. DC is set in Iraq during the first Gulf War...
  
  , a mod of Battlefield 1942
• Destiny's Child
  Destiny's Child
  Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final line-up comprised lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in their pre-teens under the name Girl's Tyme...
  
  , a musical group
• Detective Conan, a manga also known as Case Closed
• Dick Clark Productions
  Dick Clark Productions
  Dick Clark Productions is an entertainment production company founded by entertainer Dick Clark...
  
  
• Discovery Channel
  Discovery Channel
  Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
  
  
• Disney Channel
  Disney Channel
  Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
  
  
• The Dixie Chicks, a country music group
• Drum Connection
  Drum Connection
  Drum Connection is a German musical ensemble and pop group.The group was founded 1995 by Max van der Rose and had its first gig at the legendary Dance Of Elements....
  
  , a German musical group

People

• David Cameron
  David Cameron
  David William Donald Cameron is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Leader of the Conservative Party. Cameron represents Witney as its Member of Parliament ....
  
   (born 1966), British Prime Minister
• A. P. de Candolle
  A. P. de Candolle
  Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelled Augustin Pyrame de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at an herbarium...
  
   (1778–1841), botanist abbreviated as DC in botanical nomenclature
• Dave Chappelle
  Dave Chappelle
  David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle is an American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist. Chappelle began his film career in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and continued to star in minor roles in the films The Nutty Professor, Con Air, and Blue Streak. His...
  
   (born 1973), African-American comedian
• David Coulthard
  David Coulthard
  David Marshall Coulthard, MBE, , sometimes known as DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland.Coulthard, who was born in Dumfries and raised nearby in Twynholm, made his Formula One debut in 1994 and won 13 Grands Prix in a career spanning 15 seasons...
  
   (born 1971), British racing driver
• D. C. Fontana
  D. C. Fontana
  Dorothy Catherine "D. C." Fontana is an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original Star Trek series.-Work with Gene Roddenberry:...
  
   (born 1939), screenwriter
• Dane Cook
  Dane Cook
  Dane Jeffrey Cook is an American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed; Retaliation; Vicious Circle; Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden; and Isolated Incident. In 2006, Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album...
  
  , American comedian whose self-given nickname is DC
• Dan Carter, New Zealand
  New Zealand
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
  
   Rugby player, often nicknamed 'DC'
• David Cook (singer)
  David Cook (singer)
  David Roland Cook is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol...
  
  , winner of the seventh season of American Idol
• Donald L. Cox
  Donald L. Cox
  Donald Lee Cox , known as Field Marshal DC, was an early member of the leadership of the African American revolutionary leftist organization the Black Panther Party, joining the group in 1967...
  
   (1936–2011), Field Marshal of the Black Panther Party

Business and finance

• Defined contribution, a type of pension plan
• Distribution center
  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 to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers. A distribution center is a principal part, the order...
  
  
• Debit card
  Debit card
  A debit card is a plastic card that provides the cardholder electronic access to his or her bank account/s at a financial institution...
  
  

Transportation

• Golden Air
  Golden Air
  Golden Air is a regional airline based in Trollhättan, Sweden. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as ad hoc charter services. Its main base is Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport, with hubs at Helsinki Airport, Stockholm-Bromma Airport and...
  
  , an airline, DC in IATA code
• NZR DC class
  NZR DC class
  The NZR DC class locomotive is the most common class of locomotive currently in operation on the New Zealand rail network. Primarily employed to haul freight trains operated by KiwiRail, the class is also used for long-distance passenger trains operated by Tranz Scenic and suburban passenger trains...
  
  , the most common class of locomotive on New Zealand's railway network

Government, police, law and courts

• Detective Constable, rank in the British police
• Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
  Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
  The Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, commonly referred to simply as the Deputy Commissioner, is the second-in-command of London's Metropolitan Police Service. The rank is senior to Assistant Commissioner, but junior by one rank to Commissioner...
  
  , London Metropolitan Police Service senior rank
• Dossier criminal
  Dossier criminal
  Dossier Criminal is a term used extensively in the Indian Police forces for the classification of criminals. A dossier criminal is a person who has committed specific crimes across police circles or sub-divisions. In most of the cases a D.C would have already been in the Known Depredator list...
  
  
• Development control in the United Kingdom, the process of regulating land use and new building in the UK
• District Court
  District court
  District courts are a category of courts which exists in several nations. These include:-Australia:District Court is the name given to the intermediate court in most Australian States. They hear indictable criminal offences excluding treason, murder and, in some States, manslaughter...
  
  

Other uses

• DC, the number 600
  600 (number)
  For the year 600, see 600 BC or 600 AD.600 is the natural number following 599 and preceding 601.-Mathematical properties:Six hundred is a composite number, an abundant number, a pronic number and a Harshad number.-In other fields:...
  
   in Roman numerals
• Dené–Caucasian, a speculative language family
• Developed country
  Developed country
  A developed country is a country that has a high level of development according to some criteria. Which criteria, and which countries are classified as being developed, is a contentious issue...
  
  
• Diet Coke
  Diet Coke
  Diet Coke is a sugar-free soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company. It was first introduced in the United States on August 9, 1982, as the first new brand since 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark...
  
  , a sugar-free soft drink