ABC
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ABC are the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.
ABC may refer to:
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Broadcasting [edit]
- American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. broadcaster
- ABC Radio, the former name of the American radio network Cumulus Media Networks
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, national publicly funded broadcaster of Australia
- ABC (Swedish news programme), a regional news programme
- Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, a Japanese commercial television and radio station
- ABC Development Corporation, a Philippine television company
- Associated British Corporation, a former British film and television company
- ABC (newspaper), Spanish daily newspaper
Companies [edit]
- ABC Stores (Hawaii), a chain of convenience stores in Hawaii
- ABC Group, a department store
- ABC Learning Centres, an Australian childcare business
- Agricultural Bank of China, a bank in the People's Republic of China
- Aerated Bread Company, a once-famous British bakery and tea-room chain
- Appalachian Brewing Company, an American brewery
- Arab Banking Corporation
- ABC Cinemas, a UK cinema chain
- Anglo Belgian Corporation, diesel engine manufacturer
- Audit Bureau of Circulations, publication circulation auditing companies
Computers [edit]
- ABC (computer virus)
- ABC (programming language), a programming language and environment
- ABC (stream cipher), a stream cipher algorithm
- ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client), a BitTorrent client
- ABC, a line of computers by Dataindustrier AB
- ABC notation, a language for music notation
- Abstract base class, a programming language concept
- Acorn Business Computer, a series of microcomputers announced at the end of 1983 by the British company Acorn Computers
- .abc, ActionScript Byte Code files; see Comparison of application virtual machines
- Alcatel Business Communications, a telecommunications protocol
- Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm, a search algorithm
- Atanasoff–Berry Computer, an early electronic digital computer
Economics [edit]
- ABC analysis, an inventory categorization technique
- Activity-based costing, an accounting method
- Assignment for the benefit of creditors, a concept in bankruptcy law
Science and medicine [edit]
- Abacavir, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/Aids
- ABC (medicine), a mnemonic for "Airway, Breathing, Circulation"
- ABC model of flower development, a genetic model
- Abortion – breast cancer hypothesis, a posited connection between breast cancer and abortion
- Aneurysmal bone cyst, a kind of lesion
- ATP-binding cassette transporter, a transmembrane protein
- ABC strategy for "Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom", a sex-education strategy
Mathematics [edit]
- abc conjecture, a concept in number theory
- ABC formula
- Approximate Bayesian computation, a family of statistical techniques
Music [edit]
Songs and albums [edit]
- ABC (album), a 1970 album by The Jackson 5
- "ABC" (song), the title song
- ABC (Jin album), a 2007 album by Chinese-American rapper Jin
- "ABC" (Jin song), the title song
- "ABC" (Pipettes song)
- Alphabet song, or "the ABC's", a song used to teach children the alphabet
- ABCs (song), a single on the album Troubadour by rapper K'naan
Groups [edit]
- A.B.C-Z (A.B.C. till 2008), a Japanese boyband managed by Johnny's and Associates
- ABC (band), a UK New Wave band
- Another Bad Creation, an American R&B and rap musical group
- Acid Black Cherry, a Japanese Rock band
- Alien Beat Club, a Danish pop band
Other [edit]
- ABC Classics, an Australian record label
- ABC Records, an American record label
- O2 ABC Glasgow, a music venue
- ABC notation, a musical notation language
Organizations [edit]
Ornithology [edit]
- African Bird Club, a British ornithological charity
- Australian Bird Count, a project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
- American Bird Conservancy
Politics [edit]
- All Basotho Convention, a political party in Lesotho
- Americans Battling Communism, an anti-communist organization in the United States
- Anarchist Black Cross, an anarchist political support organization
- Anything But Conservative, 2008 Canadian federal election political campaign
- Association of British Counties, an advocacy group
- Anti-Bases Campaign, to remove foreign military bases from New Zealand
Religion [edit]
- American Baptist Convention, former name of American Baptist Churches USA
- Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Other [edit]
- African Black Coalition, a University of California student organization
- Aircraft Builders Council, a provider of aviation products liability insurance
- American Bowling Congress, now part of the United States Bowling Congress
- Indianapolis ABCs, a 1900s Negro league baseball team
Places [edit]
- ABC nations, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
- ABC Islands (Alaska), Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island
- ABC islands (Lesser Antilles), Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao
- ABC Region, an industrial area outside of São Paulo, Brazil
- Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal
- Academia Británica Cuscatleca, a school in Santa Tecla, El Salvador
- Altnabreac railway station, Scotland, by National Rail code
- American Bank Center, an arena located in Corpus Christi, Texas
Publications and media [edit]
- ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK), a circulation-auditing organization in the UK and Ireland
- ABC (newspaper), a Spanish newspaper founded in 1903
- ABC Color, a Paraguayan newspaper founded in 1967
- Alphabet book, any of several children's books depicting the alphabet
- America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics
- Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America), a circulation-auditing organization in North America
- Audit Bureau of Circulations (India), a circulation-auditing organization in the India
Technology [edit]
- ABC dry chemical, a fire extinguishing agent
- ABC weapon or weapon of mass destruction
- Aerial bundled cable, for power lines
Transport [edit]
Cars [edit]
- ABC (1906 automobile), an American car
- ABC (1920 automobile), an English car
- ABC (1922 automobile), a planned American car
- Active Body Control, a type of automobile suspension technology
- ABC Motors, an English manufacturer of aircraft, aero engines and cars
Other [edit]
- ABC motorcycles
- Advance Booking Charter, a type of air travel
- Automatic Buffer Couplers, railway couplers
Other uses [edit]
- ABC Futebol Clube, a football (soccer) club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Air batu campur, also known as ais kacang, a Malaysian dessert
- Alcoholic beverage control state, the American system of state regulation of alcoholic beverage sales
- Alien big cat or phantom cat, a large feline that has been purported to appear in regions outside its indigenous range
- atomic, biological, and chemical, now rendered as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
- Alphabet, a standardized set of letters
- American-born Chinese, people of Chinese ethnicity born in the United States
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), nicknamed ABC, a British World War II admiral
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