ABC
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ABC are the first three letters in the Latin alphabet.
ABC is a three-letter acronym that may also refer to:
[edit] Broadcasting media
- American Broadcasting Company, an American television network
- ABC Radio, an American radio network, formerly owned by the American Broadcasting Company
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation, an Australian media broadcaster
- ABC Radio (Australia), the radio division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- ABC Television, the television division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- ABC (TV station), the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Canberra-based TV station
- 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
[edit] Cars
- ABC (1906 automobile), an American car
- ABC (1920 automobile), an English car
- ABC (1922 automobile), a planned (but never built) American car
- ABC (1999 automotive innovation), Active Body Control, a type of automobile suspension technology
[edit] Companies
- ABC Stores (Hawaii), a chain of convenience stores
- Aerated Bread Company, a British bakery and tea room chain
- Appalachian Brewing Company, an American brewery
- Arab Banking Corporation
- Associated British Cinemas, a UK cinema chain
- Atlanta Bread Company, a bakery and café
- ABC Group, a department store
[edit] Computer science
- ABC (block cipher), a block cipher algorithm
- ABC (programming language)
- ABC (stream cipher), a stream cipher algorithm
- ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client)
- Abstract base class, a programming construct
- Atanasoff–Berry Computer, an early electronic digital computers
- Several computer models designed by Dataindustrier AB of Sweden
[edit] Mathematics
- abc conjecture, a concept in number theory
- Approximate Bayesian computation, a family of statistical techniques
[edit] Medicine and biology
- ABC (medicine), a mnemonic acronym for "Airways, Breathing, Circulation"
- ABC transporter, a transmembrane protein
- 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
[edit] Music
[edit] 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)
- "ABC-DEF-GHI", a song from the television show Sesame Street
- Alphabet song, any of several songs used to teach children the alphabet
[edit] Groups
- ABC (band), a UK pop band
- Another Bad Creation, an American R&B and rap musical group
[edit] Record labels
- ABC Classics, an Australian record label
- ABC Records, an American record label
[edit] Other
- ABC Glasgow, a music venue
- Abc notation, a musical notation language
[edit] Organizations and projects
[edit] Political
- All Basotho Convention, a political party in Lesotho
- Anarchist Black Cross, an anarchist political support organization
- Association of British Counties, an advocacy group
[edit] Ornithological
- African Bird Club, a British ornithological charity
- American Bird Conservancy, a charitable organization
- Australian Bird Count, a project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
[edit] Sport
- American Bowling Congress, a governing body for the sport of bowling
- Asian Badminton Confederation, a governing body for the sport of badminton
[edit] Other
- African Black Coalition, a University of California student organization
[edit] Places
- ABC countries or "ABC Powers", 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
[edit] Publications
- America's Best Comics (DC), an imprint of DC Comics
- ABC (newspaper), a Spanish newspaper founded in 1903
- Alphabet book, any of several children's books depicting the alphabet
- Audit Bureau of Circulations, a circulation-auditing organization in North America
- ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK), a circulation-auditing organization in the UK and Ireland
[edit] Other meanings
- ABC Dry Chemical, a fire extinguishing agent
- ABC weapons, a classification referring to Atomic, Biological, and/or Chemical warfare
- Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, a sex education strategy
- Activity-based costing, an accounting method
- Advanced Booking Charter, a kind of air travel
- Air batu campur, a Malaysian/Singaporean dessert
- Alcoholic beverage control, the American system of state regulation of alcoholic beverage sales
- Alien big cat, a fringe science phenomenon also known as "phantom cats"
- "Always be closing", a sales phrase
- American-born Chinese, an ethnic categorization