TC

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The abbreviations TC or T.C. may refer to multiple meanings:

In Biology

• Testicular Cancer
• Therapeutic Community, a treatment programme for addictions, personality disorder or other mental problems
• Total Cholesterol

In Chemistry and Physics

• Technetium (symbol Tc), a chemical element
• Teracoulomb, an SI unit for electric charge equal to 10¹² coulombs
• Tesla coil, a category of high-voltage discharge coils
• Thermocouple, a widely used type of temperature sensor.
• "To contain", on laboratory glassware
• Tonnes of carbon (tC)

In Computers

• IEEE Transactions on Computers, a computer science journal.
• TopCoder, company which administers contests in computer programming.
• Topic Creator, individual who starts an internet forum thread or discussion
• TrueCrypt, free open-source disk encryption software.
• .tc, the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Turks and Caicos Islands.
• Trusted Computing a scheme for adding additional controls on what computers may or may not do into hardware or software
• Total conversion, a game modification that completely changes the games content.
• Test Center, a duplicated server used for bug testing, often in MMORPGs.
• Turbo C, software development program by Borland

In Entertainment

• T.C. as per Theodore Calvin, a character from Magnum, P.I., played by actor Roger E. Mosley
• TC Smith, an American singer, for TCR.
• Tevin Campbell, musician
• Tom Cruise, an American actor
• Top Cat, a cartoon character
• TC Luoma an American magazine editor
• TC Music, an independent record label in New York.
• The Committee, a celebrity and Hollywood organization.
• TV Champion, a Japanese Super Game Boy video game
• Tom Constanten, an American musician from the Grateful Dead

In Geography

• Twin cities, often specifically the Minneapolis-St. Paul region.
• The Republic of Turkey, from the Turkish name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti
• Traverse City Self Proclaimed "Cherry Capital of the World"
• Turks and Caicos Islands
• Transport Canada a Canadian federal government department
• Trinity Cross, the highest national award in Trinidad and Tobago

In Textiles

• Thread Count

In Transportation

• Turismo Carretera, a popular stock car category in Argentina.
• Twincam, an alternative term for an overhead camshaft (OHC) engine.
• Air Tanzania (IATA code)
• Scion tC, a touring coupe made by Scion that's based on the Toyota Avensis
• TC, a Mazda piston engine
• TC 2000, a series of races for touring cars which is held each year in Argentina
• Traffic collision, an automobile accident
• Traffic Conference Areas, IATA areas (airlines)

Miscellaneous

• Taco Cabana, a fast food Mexican restaurant.
• Take care, a phrase
• TalkingCarlton, an internet based discussion forum for fans of the Carlton Football Club.
• Tank Commander, the senior-ranking member of a tank crew who oversees the duties of the other crew members.
• TC Bear, the mascot for the Minnesota Twins baseball team
• TC Tuning UK Based drag/track racing team, tcfurleifs.
• Telecine, a motion picture film transfer process identifier (usually abbreviated TK instead to avoid confusion with time code)
• Telecom Cambodia, Cambodia's principal telecom
• Teleconverter, the secondary lens mounted on SLRs between the camera and the photographic lens.
• Tierra Comunera, a Spanish political party.
• Time code, used in video and audio production
• Top of Curb, use in grading plans for construction of building sites.
• Total Communication a form of Sign Language
• Transfer Certificate, a certificate provided by school/college/university after completion of a course while leaving the school/college/university esp. in Indian educational system.
• Transcend Christ, an era designation in the Xenosaga game series
• Transcendental Consciousness, a unique state of consciousness apart from the waking, dreaming, and sleeping states of consciousness.
• Tropical cyclone, also known as a hurricane
• Ty Conklin, also known as ConkBlock among many others

In Chat or text messaging

• Take care thank you

T_c may refer to multiple meanings:

• Critical temperature
• Convective temperature