ETC

ETC or etc may refer to:

Computers

• /etc, a computer directory in Unix (see Unix directory structure)
• Ericsson Texture Compression, a texture compression algorithm
• Extended Text Composer, an IBM mainframe based software text formatting utility originally published by Applied Data Research
• EVE Time Code, one method of extending play time in the MMORPG Eve Online

Banking and finance

• Equipment trust certificate, a financial security
• Exchange-traded commodity/currency/certificate (see commodity ETFs or ETCs)
• Estimate to Complete, a component in earned value management
• Electronic Trade Confirmation, a post-trade confirmation service used by electronic markets.

Transportation

• Electronic throttle control, an automobile technology
• Electronic toll collection, a system for management of roadway access fees
• Cadillac Eldorado, a large luxury coupe made by Cadillac from 1953 to 2002 which used the name ETC
• Electron transport chain, a process in mitochondria responsible for creating a proton gradient that allows ATP-formation

Organisations

• ETC Group, a global organization concerned with diversity (cultural and ecological) and human rights
• European Travel Commission, an organisation responsible for the promotion of Europe as a tourist destination
• Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation, the sole telecommunication service provider in Ethiopia

Media and culture

• ETC (TV channel), a local terrestrial television network in the Philippines
• Electrical Till Corporation, a fictionalized IBM in Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon
• Eric Cartman, full name Eric Theodore Cartman, a character on South Park
• Electronic Theatre Controls, a company that makes lighting, controls, and other electrical systems for theatres
• Experimental Theatre Club, a student dramatic society at University of Oxford, England

Other

• et cetera, a Latin expression meaning "and other things" or "and so on"
• Eastern tent caterpillar, a species of caterpillar
• Electrothermal-chemical technology, a military research project involving tank projectiles
• Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers, an on-line database of information related to the geometry of triangles
• ETC: A Review of General Semantics, published by the Institute of General Semantics
• Extratropical cyclone, large weather systems that usually occur in the middle latitudes
• European Team Championships
• European Technical Center, a U.S. National Security Agency facility in Wiesbaden, Germany

See also

• Etcetera (disambiguation)