DCI

DCI may be an abbreviation for:

Technology

• D-chiro-inositol, an isomer of inositol
• Data, Context, and Interaction, an architectural pattern in computer software development
• Direct Count & Intersect, an algorithm for discovering frequent sets in large databases ^[1]
• Digitally Controlled Impedance, Impedance control function in FPGA.
• Display Control Interface, a standard developed by Microsoft and Intel using code from San Francisco Canyon Company for device drivers that control computer graphics cards
• Distributed Computing Infrastructure, a term used in Grid computing referring to the combination of distributed computer resources
• Ductile cast iron, another name of Ductile iron,a more flexible type of cast iron
• Dynamic Content Identification, a Technology that was invented by Clepsta Technologies for SafeLook application, a parental content filtering.

Businesses

• Défense Conseil International, a French company that provides technical assistance to customers of the French arms industry
• Digital Cinema Initiatives, a joint venture between the major Hollywood studios to establish a specification for a standard digital cinema architecture
• Dredging Corporation of India Limited, an Indian public sector company
• Discovery Communications, an American global media and entertainment company
• Dynamic Cassette International, a Boston, Lincolnshire, UK company that produces products under the Jet Tec brand name
• DCI Cheese Company
• DCI, Inc., formerly known as Dairy Craft, an American firm specializing in stainless steel tank fabrication for pharmaceutical, food production, and chemical storage businesses.

Organizations

• DCI (Wizards of the Coast) (formerly known as Duelists' Convocation International), the organization that sanctions official tournaments of Wizards of the Coast games, most notably Magic: The Gathering
• Defence for Children International, an independent non-governmental organisation that operates globally to promote and protect children’s rights
• Dental Council of India, an organisation which regulates dental education in India
• Dialysis Clinic, Inc, a nonprofit medical organization headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee
• Drum Corps International, the nonprofit organization governing modern junior drum and bugle corps
• DCI Global Partnerships, the community and work associated with DCI Trust—a UK charity committed to mobilising Christian leaders, providing micro-loans for the economically poor, networking a global Christian constituency and giving to bless the poor of the earth.

Other

• Development Cooperation Instrument
• Director of Central Intelligence, the former title of the head of the U.S. Intelligence Community and Central Intelligence Agency
• Detective Chief Inspector, a police rank in the United Kingdom
• Decompression illness, a medical condition brought on by rapid decompression
• Doctor of Creative Industries, a postgraduate qualification awarded by Queensland University of Technology
• Defence Capabilities Initiative, a 1999 NATO plan to ensure the effectiveness of future multinational operations in the present and foreseeable security environment with a special focus on improving interoperability among Alliance forces.

References

1. ^ "Direct Count and Intersect". Web Site. http://miles.cnuce.cnr.it/~palmeri/datam/DCI/.