ETC

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The abbreviation etc may stand for:

• et cetera, a Latin expression meaning "and other things" or "and so on"
• /etc, a computer directory found in unix(-like) operating systems

ETC may also refer to:

In economics and finance:

• Electronic Trade Confirmation, a type of financial transaction
• Equipment trust certificate, a financial security
• Electronic Teller Card, a type of ATM card service by HSBC and Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong and Macau
• Exchange-traded commodity

In media and entertainment:

• Electronic Theatre Controls, a company that makes lighting, controls, and other electrical systems for theatres
• Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation, the sole telecommunication service provider in Ethiopia
• The European Team Championship of chess
• Experimental Theatre Club
• ETC Entertainment Central, a TV station in the Philippines
• Etcetera (cat), a fictional character in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats
• Et Cetera, a manga comic created by Tow Nakazaki
• A local television station in Argentina^{[clarification needed]} - It's ATC(Argentina Televisora Color) not ETC.
• Etc (band), a rock band and solo performer currently based in Singapore
• Electric Till Corporation, a fictionalized IBM in Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
• Eric Theodore Cartman, a character on South Park
• Et Cetera (song), Ireland's Eurovision 2009 entry performed by Sinéad Mulvey and Black Daisy
• Etc Agency, media & theatrical casting and recruitment company
• Earl Thomas Conley, a country music singer

In science and technology:

• Eastern tent caterpillar, a species of caterpillar
• Electron transport chain, a process in mitochondria responsible for creating a proton gradient that allows ATP-formation
• Electronic throttle control, an automobile technology
• Electronic toll collection, a system for management of roadway access fees
• Electrothermal-chemical technology, a military research project involving tank projectiles
• Energy Technology Center [1], a research and development centre for renewable fuels.
• Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers, an on-line database of information related to the geometry of triangles
• Establish Temporary Connection, a command in the software language INAP
• Extratropical cyclone, large weather systems that usually occur in the middle latitudes
• Educational Technology Consulting (ETC), is a company committed to providing products and services that support the adoption of information technology and communication (ICT's), through training and certification processes, enriching the teaching-learning process (www.etclatam.com/new).
• Ericsson Texture Compression, a texture compression algorithm

Other:

• Cadillac Eldorado, a large luxury coupe made by Cadillac from 1953 to 2002. In its later years it used the name ETC
• Chief Electronics Technician, a senior enlisted rating in the US Navy and Coast Guard
• Emergency and Trauma centre, the emergency Medical Service centre of India
• Estimated time to completion, a metric of project controlling
• European Travel Commission, an organisation responsible for the promotion of Europe as a tourist destination

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