IDC

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IDC is an initialism that can stand for:

Contents 1 Business and organizations 2 Schools 3 Government 4 Medical 5 Other generic uses 6 Popular culture

[edit] Business and organizations

• International Data Corporation a research company and subsidiary of International Data Group
• Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
• Interactive Data Corporation, a computer time-sharing vendor in the 1960s
• International Datacasting Corporation, provides solutions for digital content distribution, located in Ottawa, Canada. www.intldata.ca
• Information Dominance Center, an element of the US Army Intelligence & Security Command, located at Ft Belvoir, VA
• IDC, Invensys Development Centre, a global common software development centre
• International Development Course, an association of one day courses in international development in various British universities, including Cambridge, Oxford and Cardiff.
• Industrial Development Corporation also know as Castle Grande a real estate development in Arkansas. It came into National news as a result of the Whitewater investigations.
• IDC, Inter Discipline Check, document check by other related disciplines.

[edit] Schools

• Institut de cognitique, a school of engineering in France
• Interdisciplinary Center, a college in Herzliya, Israel

[edit] Government

• Indigent Defense Coordinator, see Public defender.

[edit] Medical

• Dilated cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle
• Infiltrating ductal carcinoma, a type of breast cancer
• Indwelling Catheter, a tube inserted into the urinary bladder for ongoing drainage
• Interdigitating dendritic cells, antigen presenting cells of the immune system found in lymph nodes

[edit] Other generic uses

• Insulation-displacement connector, a connector that pierces the insulation on a wire to make the connection
• IDC scripting language, used in IDA Pro Interactive Disassembler
• indirect costs, in financial contexts, otherwise known as "facilities and administrative costs"
• "Intelligent design and Creationism", summary term for theories on the origin of life which de-emphasize or deny natural selection and/or advocate special creation
• Internet data center, a place established by a service provider to provide stable and wide-band networks and high performance computers as a service to their customers
• Interest During Construction, in project finance interest on debt paid during construction period (before start of operation).
• IDC, an un-named software production team.
• IDC is an Independent Duty Corpsmen for the US Navy.

[edit] Popular culture

• Iris deactivation code, in the Stargate SG-1 TV show, a code sent through an open stargate to request the iris be opened
• "I don't care.", Internet slang used in Instant Messenger conversations, first used in internet game RuneScape.
• "In due course"
• IDC (music), the recording artist/DJ/producer