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* [[American-born Chinese]], people of Chinese ethnicity born in the USA |
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* [[Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope]] (1883–1963), nicknamed ABC, a British World War II admiral |
* [[Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope]] (1883–1963), nicknamed ABC, a British World War II admiral |
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* Already Been Chewed, as in ABC Gum. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
Revision as of 17:15, 3 August 2010
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin alphabet. They may refer to:
Broadcasting media
- American Broadcasting Company, a private US broadcaster
- ABC Radio, an American radio network, currently owned by Citadel Broadcasting and formerly owned by the American Broadcasting Company
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, national publicly funded broadcaster of Australia
- ABC Radio and Regional Content
- ABC Television
- ABC Online, including iview, online news and mobile services.
- ABC (Swedish news programme)
- Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, a Japanese commercial television and radio station
- Associated Broadcasting Company, a Philippine television network
- Associated British Corporation, a former British film and television company
Cars
- ABC (1920 automobile), an English car
- ABC (1906 automobile), an American 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
Companies
- ABC Stores (Hawaii), a chain of convenience stores
- ABC Group, a department store
- ABC Learning Centres, an Australian child care business
- Agricultural Bank of China, a bank in the People's Republic of China
- Aerated Bread Company, a former and once famous British bakery and tea-room chain
- Appalachian Brewing Company, an American brewery
- Arab Banking Corporation
- ABC Cinemas, a UK cinema chain
Computer science
- ABC (block cipher), a block cipher algorithm
- ABC (computer virus), virus
- ABC (programming language)
- ABC (stream cipher), a stream cipher algorithm
- ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client)
- ABC, a line of computer models designed by Dataindustrier AB of Sweden
- Abc notation, a language for notating music using the ASCII character set
- Abstract base class, a programming language concept
- Acorn Business Computer
- Alcatel Business Communications, a telecommunications protocol
- Atanasoff–Berry Computer, an early electronic digital computer
Mathematics
- abc conjecture, a concept in number theory
- Approximate Bayesian computation, a family of statistical techniques
Medicine and biology
- 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
Music
Songs and albums
- ABC (album), an album by The Jackson 5
- "ABC" (song), a song by The Jackson 5
- ABC (Jin album)
- "ABC" (Pipettes song)
- Alphabet song, or "the abc's", a song used to teach children the alphabet
- ABCs (K'naan song)
Groups
- 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
Record labels
- ABC Classics, an Australian record label
- ABC Records, an American record label
Other music
- O2 ABC Glasgow, a music venue
- abc notation, a musical notation language
Organizations and projects
Ornithological
- African Bird Club, a British ornithological charity
- Australian Bird Count, a project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
Political
- All Basotho Convention, a political party in Lesotho
- Anarchist Black Cross, an anarchist political support organization
- Anything But Conservative, or ABC campaign, 2008 Canadian federal election political campaign
- Association of British Counties, an advocacy group
Religious
- Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland, a Republic of Ireland and a United Kingdom based Christian denomination
Other organizations and projects
- 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
Places
- ABC nations, a political term referring to Argentina, Brazil and Chile
- ABC Islands (Alaska), a term referring to Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island
- ABC islands (Lesser Antilles), a term referring to Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao
- ABC Region, an industrial area outside of São Paulo, Brazil
- Academia Británica Cuscatleca (ABC), a school in Santa Tecla, El Salvador
- Altnabreac railway station (National Rail code) in Scotland
- American Bank Center, an arena located in Corpus Christi, Texas
Publications and media organizations
- ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK), a circulation-auditing organization in the UK and Ireland
- ABC (newspaper), a Spanish newspaper founded in 1903
- Alphabet book, or ABC book, any of several children's books depicting the alphabet
- America's Best Comics, an imprint of DC Comics
- Audit Bureau of Circulations, a circulation-auditing organization in North America
Technology
- ABC Dry Chemical, a fire extinguishing agent
- ABC weapon or Weapon of mass destruction
- Aerial bundled cable, for power lines
- Automatic Buffer Couplers, railway couplers
Other uses
- ABC Futebol Clube, a football (soccer) club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Activity-based costing, an accounting method
- Advanced Booking Charter, a kind of air travel
- Air batu campur, also known as ais kacang, a Singaporean 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
- Alphabet
- American-born Chinese, people of Chinese ethnicity born in the USA
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), nicknamed ABC, a British World War II admiral
- Already Been Chewed, as in ABC Gum.
See also
- "ABC-DEF-GHI", a song from the television show Sesame Street