HDC
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HDC is an acronym that can stand for:
Technology and computing
Biology and Science
- The Home Depot Center, a 27,000-seat soccer stadium in Carson, CA that serves as home to the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA
- The Human Defense CorpsHuman Defense CorpsThe Human Defense Corps are a fictional comic book military organization published by DC Comics. They first appeared in Human Defense Corps #1 , and were created by writer Ty Templeton and artist Clément Sauvé.- Publication history :...
, a fictional branch of the United States Armed Forces appearing in stories published by DC Comics - Henry Draper CatalogueHenry Draper CatalogueThe Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...
, a star catalogue - Holder in due courseHolder in due courseThe Holder in Due Course doctrine is a rule in commercial law that protects a purchaser of debt. The doctrine insulates the purchaser of debt, or other obligation to pay, against charges that either party to the original transaction might have had against the other.-Example:Suppose A promised to...
, a term used in law - Herräng Dance CampHerräng Dance CampHerräng Dance Camp is the largest annual dance camp that focuses on African American jazz dances such as Lindy Hop, boogie woogie, tap, authentic jazz, and balboa...
, an annual international dance camp in Sweden - half double crochet
Technology and computing
- /dev/hdc, the master device on the second ADA channel
- High-Definition CodingHigh-Definition CodingHDC with SBR is a proprietary lossy audio compression codec developed by iBiquity for use with HD Radio. It replaced the earlier PAC codec in 2003. It is thought to be a modified form of MPEG-4 HE-AAC....
, an audio compression codec - Handle of Device Context (hDC), Handle for Device Context in GDI (Windows Programming)
- Hard Disk controllerDisk controllerThe disk controller is the circuit which enables the CPU to communicate with a hard disk, floppy disk or other kind of disk drive.Early disk controllers were identified by their storage methods and data encoding. They were typically implemented on a separate controller card...
, a component of the hard disk drive - half.comHalf.comHalf.com is a subsidiary of eBay, in which sellers offer items at fixed prices, usually items that have a UPC, ISBN or other kind of SKU, rather than rare, old or collectible items...
, a fixed price site owned by eBay - the "DC" standing for "dot com"
Biology and Science
- Histidine decarboxylaseHistidine decarboxylaseHistidine decarboxylase is the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction that produces histamine from histidine with the help of vitamin B6 as follows:C6H9N3O2 → C5H9N3 + CO2...
, the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction which produces histamine from histidine - Heat-denatured CaseinCaseinCasein is the name for a family of related phosphoprotein proteins . These proteins are commonly found in mammalian milk, making up 80% of the proteins in cow milk and between 60% and 65% of the proteins in human milk....
, used with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) as a blocking buffer