DOC
Encyclopedia
Media
- Doc (TV series)Doc (TV series)Doc is a medical drama/family drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It ran from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on PAX...
, a 2001-2004 PAX series - Doc (1975 TV series)Doc (1975 TV series)Doc is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from September 1975 to October 1976.-Synopsis:Doc starred Barnard Hughes as Dr. Joe Bogert, an elderly, kind-hearted general practitioner who divided his time between dealing with his dysfunctional patients and his even more dysfunctional family...
, a 1975-1976 CBS sitcom - "D.O.C." (Lost)D.O.C. (Lost)"D.O.C." is the 18th episode of the 3rd season of Lost and the 67th episode overall. It was aired on April 25, 2007. The episode was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed by Fred Toye. The character of Sun-Hwa Kwon was featured in the episode's flashbacks.-Flashbacks:In...
, a television episode - Doc FilmsDoc FilmsThe Documentary Film Group, better known as Doc Films, is a student-operated film society at the University of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is—according to a 2007 Chicago Tribune article—"the longest-running collegiate film society in the country" and may be the oldest film society of any...
, a University of Chicago film society - Doc (film)Doc (film)Doc is a 1971 American western film, which tells the story of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral and of one of its protagonists, Doc Holliday. It stars Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway and Harris Yulin. It was directed by Frank Perry, while Pete Hamill wrote the original screenplay...
, a 1971 Western film - Documentary Organization of CanadaDocumentary Organization of CanadaThe Documentary Organization of Canada is a non-profit organization representing the interests of independent documentary filmmakers in Canada...
, known as DOC, is a non-profit organization supporting documentary filmmakers in Canada
Computing
- DOC (computing)DOC (computing)In computing, DOC or doc is a filename extension for word processing documents; most commonly for Microsoft Word. Historically, the extension was used for documentation in plain-text format, particularly of programs or computer hardware, on a wide range of operating systems...
, a word processing file format, typically used by Microsoft Word. - DiskOnChip, a type of flash memory device
- Dave's own version of CitadelDave's own version of CitadelDave's own version of Citadel is a variant of the Citadel/UX Bulletin board system software which was developed specifically to run ISCA BBS in the late 1980s. It is based on Citadel/UX 3.0 but very heavily modified to suit the specific needs of ISCA BBS, which at its peak was a massive system...
, a bulletin board software variant
Food and wine appellations
- Denominazione di origine controllataDenominazione di Origine ControllataDenominazione di origine controllata is a quality assurance label for food products, especially wines and various formaggi . It is modelled after the French AOC...
, an Italian level of classification - Denominação de Origem ControladaDenominação de Origem ControladaThe Denominação de Origem Controlada is the system of protected designation of origin for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products from Portugal.-Wines:...
, a Portuguese level of classification - Denominación de Origen Calificada, a Spanish level of classification
People
"Doc" is a common slang term for a physicianPhysician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
; dentist
Dentist
A dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aides in providing oral health services...
; or, in the US Military, a Hospital Corpsman.
- DOC (rapper), Romanian rapper
- Doc BlanchardDoc BlanchardFelix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard is best known as the college football player who became the first ever junior to win the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and was the first ever football player to win the James E. Sullivan Award, all in 1945. He played football for the United States Military Academy at...
(1924-2009), American football player and fighter pilot - Doc Brown (rapper)Doc Brown (rapper)Doc Brown is a former British rapper, currently an established comedian, actor, screenwriter and voiceover artist.- Early Work :...
, British rapper and comedian - Doc HammerDoc HammerEric A. "Doc" Hammer is an American musician, actor, film and television writer, voice actor, and painter. He performed in the gothic rock bands Requiem in White from 1985 to 1995 and Mors Syphilitica from 1995 to 2002, both with his then-wife Lisa Hammer...
, American musician and writer of The Venture Bros - Doc HollidayDoc HollidayJohn Henry "Doc" Holliday was an American gambler, gunfighter and dentist of the American Old West, who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral...
(1851-1887), American dentist, gunfighter, and gambler - Doc MedichDoc MedichGeorge Francis "Doc" Medich in Aliquippa, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1972-1982...
(b. 1948), American baseball player - Doc NeesonDoc NeesonBernard "Doc" Neeson is an Australian rock singer. Neeson is known as the lead singer and frontman for Australian hard rock band The Angels.-Early life:...
(b. 1947), Irish-born Australian rock singer - Doc PomusDoc PomusJerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...
(1925-1991), American blues singer and songwriter - Doc RiversDoc RiversGlenn Anton "Doc" Rivers is a former professional basketball player and the current head coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics. Rivers was known for his defense while playing in the NBA...
(b. 1961), American basketball player and coach - Doc SearlsDoc SearlsDavid "Doc" Searls , co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, is an American journalist, columnist, author and a widely-read blogger, a fellow at the Center for Information Technology & Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a fellow alumnus of the Berkman Center for Internet &...
(b. 1947), journalist and author - Doc SeverinsenDoc SeverinsenCarl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an American pop and jazz trumpeter. He is best known for leading the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.-Early life:...
(b. 1927), American trumpeter and bandleader - Doc Shaw (b. 1992), American actor, singer and rapper
- Doc WatsonDoc WatsonArthel Lane "Doc" Watson is an American guitar player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music. He has won seven Grammy awards as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Watson's flatpicking skills and knowledge of traditional American music are highly regarded...
(b. 1923), American musician and songwriter - A.A. Ames (1842-1911), American politician
- Mike EmrickMike EmrickMichael "Doc" Emrick, is an American sports commentator noted mostly for his work in ice hockey. Emrick is currently the lead announcer for NHL national telecasts on both NBC and Versus...
(b. 1946), American hockey broadcaster - Dwight GoodenDwight GoodenDwight Eugene Gooden , nicknamed "Doc Gooden" or "Dr. K", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the National League in the middle and late 1980s.-Career:...
(b. 1964), American baseball player - Roy HalladayRoy HalladayHarry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III , nicknamed "Doc", is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies...
(b. 1977), American baseball player - Donald MinneganDonald MinneganDonald Minnegan , more commonly known by his nickname Doc, is a former coach and athletic director at Towson University. He is most notably known for coaching two championship soccer teams at Towson.-Career:...
(1902-2002), former coach and athletic director at Towson University - Donncha O'CallaghanDonncha O'CallaghanDonncha O'Callaghan is an Irish rugby union footballer. He plays as a lock for Munster and Ireland.- Early career :He began his rugby education in Highfield Rugby Club, on the Model Farm Road in Cork. During the 1997/98 season he won a Schools Senior Cup with the Christian Brothers College, Cork,...
(b. 1979), Irish rugby union footballer - Krzysztof RaczkowskiKrzysztof RaczkowskiKrzysztof Raczkowski , also known as Docent or Doc, was a Polish drummer, member of death metal bands Vader and Dies Irae...
(1970-2005), musician - E. E. SmithE. E. SmithEdward Elmer Smith, Ph.D., also, E. E. Smith, E. E. "Doc" Smith, Doc Smith, "Skylark" Smith, and Ted was a food engineer and early science fiction author who wrote the Lensman series and the Skylark series, among others...
(1890-1965), American science fiction writer - The D.O.C.The D.O.C.Tracy Lynn Curry , primarily known by his stage name The D.O.C., is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas. In addition to a solo career, he was a member of the hip hop group Fila Fresh Crew, and a creative force behind the gangsta rap group N.W.A, where he co-wrote many of their releases. He has...
, American rapper
Fictional characters
- Doc (Buffyverse), a character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Doc (Chrono Cross)
- Doc (G.I. Joe)Doc (G.I. Joe)Doc is the code name of two fictional characters from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toyline, comic book and cartoon series....
, two characters in the G.I. Joe universe - Doc (cartoon character), an animated cat introduced by Walter Lantz Studios in 1959
- Doc DaneekaDoc DaneekaDoc Daneeka is a fictional character in the novel Catch-22 by Joseph Heller.Doc Daneeka is the squadron physician and a friend of the novel's protagonist, Yossarian. "Catch-22" itself is first explained in the novel when Yossarian asks Doc Daneeka to excuse him from combat duty...
, a character in the novel Catch-22 - Doc Hudson, a character in the film Cars
- Doc Louis, a character in the video game series Punch-Out!!
- Doc SavageDoc SavageDoc Savage is a fictional character originally published in American pulp magazines during the 1930s and 1940s. He was created by publisher Henry W. Ralston and editor John L...
, a character in pulp fiction - Emmett BrownEmmett BrownDoctor Emmett Lathrop "Doc" Brown, Ph.D. is a fictional character and one of the lead characters in the Back to the Future film trilogy, in which he is the inventor of the first time machine, which he builds out of a DeLorean sports car...
, a scientist from Back to the Future - Monte 'Doc' Parker, a character in the series Third Watch
- Doc, a character in the series Fraggle RockFraggle RockFraggle Rock is a children's live action puppet television program series created by Jim Henson. The central characters were a set of "Muppet" creatures called Fraggles. The show ran from January 10, 1983, to March 30, 1987, on CBC Television in Canada, ITV in the UK, HBO in the United States,...
- Doc, a character in the series Red vs. Blue
- Doc, a character in the film Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
(generally considered to be the head dwarf, as he leads them from the diamond mine home and makes the decision to allow Snow White to become their resident housekeeper) - Doc Saturday, a character in the series The Secret SaturdaysThe Secret SaturdaysThe Secret Saturdays is an American animated television series created by Canadian cartoonist Jay Stephens for Cartoon Network. It debuted on October 3, 2008, in the United States...
- Doc Boy, a character from the Garfield series
Other uses
- Dartmouth Outing ClubDartmouth Outing ClubThe Dartmouth Outing Club is the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the United States. Proposed in 1909 by Dartmouth College student Fred Harris to "stimulate interest in out-of-door winter sports", the club soon grew to encompass the College's year-round outdoor recreation and has had...
- Day-old cockerel, a term in falconry
- Department of Conservation (New Zealand)
- Department of CorrectionsDepartment of CorrectionsA Department of Corrections is a governmental agency responsible for overseeing the incarceration of persons convicted of crimes within a particular jurisdiction. Entities serving that purpose include:* Department of Corrections...
(various) - United States Department of CommerceUnited States Department of CommerceThe United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. It was originally created as the United States Department of Commerce and Labor on February 14, 1903...
- Diesel Oxidation Catalyst, a diesel retrofit system for automobiles
- Dissolved organic carbon, a molecule classification
- Doc (mascot)Doc (mascot)Doc is the official mascot of Towson University. He is named after former sports department head Donald "Doc" Minnegan.-The Golden Knights:The Knights mascot may have come from the 1920s and 1930s, when an elaborate Olde English Christmas dinner was held with knights and ladies costumes, music and...
, the Towson University mascot - Dominion of Canada
- DócDócDóc is a village in Csongrád county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 813 people ....
, a village in Csongrád County, Hungary - Dóc, the Hungarian name for Dolaţ village, LivezileLivezile, TimisLivezile is a commune in Timiş County, Romania, composed of two villages, Dolaţ and Livezile. From 1972 to 2006, its villages were part of Banloc Commune.-References:...
Commune, Timiş County, Romania - ISO 639-3 code for the North Dong language or dialect
- DOC, an abbreviation for either of two different drugs:
- 11-Deoxycorticosterone11-Deoxycorticosterone11-Deoxycorticosterone is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal gland that possesses mineralocorticoid activity and acts as a precursor to aldosterone. As its names indicate, it can be understood as 21-hydroxy- variant of progesterone or a 11-deoxy- variant of corticosterone...
, a steroid hormone, or - 2,5-Dimethoxy-4-chloroamphetamine, a psychedelic amphetamine
- 11-Deoxycorticosterone