AC
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Template:Wiktionarypar2 AC may refer to:
Science:
- Accurentum, a fictional chemical element from Star Trek
- Acetaldehyde (also Ac), an organic ion
- Acetate (also Ac), an organic ion
- Actinium (Ac), a chemical element
- Alternating current, a type of electric current
- Anticipated Convection, the code for severe thunderstorm forecasts issued daily for the contiguous U.S. by the Storm Prediction Center
- Armored Cable, a type of power cable used by electricians
- attocoulomb (aC), an SI unit of electric charge
- Axiom of choice, a mathematical set theory concept
Places:
- Antigua and Barbuda, an obsolete NATO digram
- Ascension Island, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean (ISO 3166-1 country code)
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
Computing:
- .ac, Internet top-level domain name for Ascension Island
- .ac (second level), Internet second-level domain used to denote academic institutions in many countries
- Anonymous Coward, in the Slashdot online environment
- Authorization certificate or attribute certificate, a digital permission to use a service or resource
Transportation:
- AC Schnitzer, an aftermarket tuner of BMW automobiles
- AC Cars, a brand of automobile
- AC Cobra, an Anglo-American sports car
- Aero City, a bus built by the Hyundai Motor Company
- Air Canada, as its IATA airline designator
- Aircraft (usually A/C)
- Algoma Central Railway, a now out-of-service railway in Northern Ontario, Canada
Ranks:
- Aircraftman
- Assistant Commissioner
- Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
People:
- Aleister Crowley, in "magickal" contexts
Sport:
- AC Milan, an Italian football club
- Athletic Club
Music:
- AC/DC, a rock group
- Adult contemporary music, a music genre also used to describe broadcast radio stations
Entertainment:
- The name of the ultimate computer at the end of time in Isaac Asimov's The Last Question
- After Colony, an alternate timeline in the Gundam metaseries for the universe of Gundam Wing
- "Alt Cataclius" or "After Cataclysm", a historical era in the timeline for the Dragonlance fictional universe
- Animal Crossing, a real-time village video game for the Nintendo Game Cube and Nintendo DS
- Armor Class, a combat-related parameter in the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game system
- A robotic fighter that is under the player's control in the video game series Armored Core
- Asheron's Call, a fantasy game in the massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) genre
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Organizations:
- Akademikernes Centralorganisation, the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
- Astronomy Club, common in schools and tertiary institutions
Miscellaneous:
- Ac, another name for the Ansuz rune
- Air conditioning (and air conditioner), the mechanical process of cooling air in enclosed spaces
- Ante Christum, Latin for "before Christ"
- Anthrocon, a furry fandom convention
- Antichrist, in the Christian religion
- Associación Civil, a title for non profit organizations in Spain
- Atlantic College, one of the ten United World Colleges
- Companion of the Order of Australia
- Member of the National Assembly for Wales
- Average cost in economics
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