DC

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:

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 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 in Roman numerals
 * DC, 220 in hexadecimal

Arts, entertainment and media

 * D.C. (TV series)
 * Detective Comics, a comic book series published by DC Comics
 * DC Inside, a South Korean internet forum
 * "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)
 * 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
 * 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., short form of the standard author abbreviation A.DC. 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