AC

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Contents 1 Science 2 Medicine 3 Places 4 Computing 5 Transportation 6 Job Titles / Ranks 7 People 8 Sports 9 Entertainment 9.1 Music 10 Organizations 10.1 Schools 11 Miscellaneous 12 See also

AC may refer to any of the following, broken down by subject area.

[edit] Science

• Actinium (Ac), a chemical element
• Acetaldehyde (also Ac), an organic ion
• Acetate (also Ac), an organic ion
• Alternating current, a type of electric current
  • AC power, a net transfer of energy over a complete cycle of the alternating current waveform
• Anterior commissure, a small bundle of nerve fibers that connect the right and left temporal lobes
• 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
• Accessory cells, used in cell cultures
• Axiom of choice, a mathematical set theory concept
• Acromioclavicular joint in humans and other animals, frequently injured in sport
• Adenylate cyclase, an enzyme
• Alpha Centauri, a star system in the constellation Centaurus

[edit] Medicine

• ante cibum (before meals)

[edit] 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

[edit] Computing

• AC (complexity), a hierarchy of complexity classes found in circuit complexity
• .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

[edit] Transportation

• AC Schnitzer, an aftermarket tuner of BMW automobiles
• AC Cars, a brand of automobile
• AC Cobra, an Anglo-American sports car
• Hyundai 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

[edit] Job Titles / Ranks

• Aircraftman
• Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
• Assistant Camerman
• Aelod y Cynulliad, the title for Members of the National Assembly for Wales

[edit] People

• Aleister Crowley, in "magickal" contexts
• Alan Cox, Linux kernel developer
• Austin Carr, former NBA player
• A.C. Green, former NBA player

[edit] Sports

• Associazione Calcio (Italian for "Football (soccer) Association"), an identifier frequently found in the names of football clubs in Italy, most notably:
  • A.C. Milan, one of the most storied clubs in that country
• Athletic Club

[edit] Entertainment

• Aezhumazhai vs Chitra, a forthcoming tamil film.
• 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 (series), a real-time village Nintendo video game series.
• Assassin's Creed, an upcoming platformer/stealth game for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3
• 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
• Accurentum, a fictional chemical element from Star Trek
• Ace Combat
• Arthur Curry, who goes by his initials during an appearance on Smallville (TV series)

[edit] Music

• AC/DC, a rock group
• Adult contemporary music, a music genre also used to describe broadcast radio stations
• Animal Collective, an experimental music band
• Anal Cunt, a grindcore band.

[edit] Organizations

• Akademikernes Centralorganisation, the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations
• Civic Alliance Foundation, a Romanian NGO
• Astronomy club, common in schools and tertiary institutions
• Ad Council
  • Japan Ad Council
• Ayala Corporation, via its ticker symbol "AC"
• Associación Civil, a title for non profit organizations in Spain

[edit] Schools

• Atlantic College, one of the ten United World Colleges
• Abbrevation for Aquinas College located in Perth, Western Australia.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• 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
• Average cost in economics
• Assessment Centre in Human Resources
• Across Corners on technical drawings.
• post-nominal AC Order of Australia, Companion

[edit] See also

• List of people by name: Ac