AC, A.C., A/C, or Ac most often refers to: An account that holds or records money, often abbreviated as a/c Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C Alternating current, a type of electrical current in which the current repeatedly changes direction
AC, A.C., A/C, or Ac may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Gaming Ace Combat, a series of combat flight simulator games Animal Crossing, a series of community simulation games Anonymous;Code, a visual novel in the Science Adventure series Another Code, a series of adventure games Armored Core, a series of mecha-based third person shooter games Asheron's Call, a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game Assassin's Creed, a series of action-adventure games Assetto Corsa, a racing simulator game Astral Chain, an action-adventure hack and slash game Armor class, a common property in role playing games used to determine the amount of armor a character has A.C., a character in Fortnite: Save the World
Music A. C. Newman, solo stage name for Canadian musician Carl Newman AC/DC, an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 Adult contemporary music, a genre description used mainly in radio broadcasting Adult Contemporary (chart) Anal Cunt, an American musical group
Other media AC Comics, a comic book publisher established in 1969 A.C. Slater, a fictional character in the American sitcom Saved by the Bell After Colony, an alternate timeline in the Gundam metaseries for the universe of Gundam Wing AC, the name of the "ultimate computer" in Isaac Asimov's novel The Last Question Asianovela Channel, a defunct Filipino TV channel
Organizations Businesses AC Cars, a British specialist automobile manufacturer AC Spark Plug, Delco, AC-Delco, and ACDelco, automotive parts brands owned by General Motors AC Hotels, a hotel chain owned by Marriott International AC Restaurants, a hotel and restaurant chain in the Benelux Air Canada, the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada (IATA code AC) Allis-Chalmers, a former industrial conglomerate Anderson, Clayton and Company, former American cotton trading firm Associated Content, an online publisher and distributor of original content Ayala Corporation, a holding company (Philippine Stock Exchange symbol AC)
Politics Action Congress of Nigeria, a political party Advisory Council on Youth, a non-governmental decision-making body in the Council of Europe Alternative for Change (Alternativa por el Cambio), a political party in Nicaragua Coast Alliance (Alianza Costeña), a former regional political coalition in Nicaragua
Other organizations AC – The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations, an umbrella organisation for several Danish trade unions AC Transit, a regional public transit agency in the San Francisco Bay Area Ad Council Japan (AC Japan), an organization that distributes Japanese public service announcements Civic Alliance Foundation (Alianţa Civică), a Romanian non-governmental organization Anthrocon, a furry convention held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US Aryan Circle, a white supremacist, Neo-Nazi prison gang spread throughout many U.S. correctional facilities Athletics Canada, the governing body of athletics in Canada Atlantic College, an international IB Diploma Programme residential Sixth Form College in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales Audit Commission (Hong Kong), a government department in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
People AC Bonifacio (born 2002), a Philippine-Canadian actress, singer and dancer A. C. Green (born 1963), retired professional basketball player A. C. Grayling (born 1949), British philosopher Al Cowlings (born 1947), retired American football player Andreas Christensen (born 1996), Danish footballer
Places .ac, Internet top-level domain name for Ascension Island Aachen, a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Acre (state), Brazil Aleksandrovac, Serbia (vehicle registration plate code AC) Ancol railway station, a railway station in Jakarta, Indonesia Antigua and Barbuda, obsolete two-letter FIPS and NATO codes Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Ranks, titles, and awards Aelod y Cynulliad, title for Members of the National Assembly for Wales Aircraftman, an air forces rank Ashoka Chakra (military decoration), India's highest peacetime military decoration Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, a rank in London's Metropolitan Police Companion of the Order of Australia First assistant camera or Second assistant camera, in film-making Aviation Cadet, a military rank sometimes written as A/C
Science and technology Biology and medicine Acromioclavicular joint (AC joint), the shoulder junction between the scapula and the clavicle Adenylate cyclase, a lyase enzyme Adriamycin and cyclophosphamide, a chemotherapy regimen used to treat breast cancer Ante cibum (ac), Latin for "before meal", commonly seen in medical prescriptions Anterior commissure, a bundle of nerve fibers connecting the two temporal lobes of the brain Anterior cruciate ligament (AC ligament or ACL), a major ligament in the knee Appropriateness criteria, when it is appropriate to perform a medical procedure or service Assist control, a former term for continuous mandatory ventilation, a mode of mechanical ventilation Adenocarcinoma, a type of cancerous tumor Allergic conjunctivitis, inflammation of the conjunctiva
Chemistry Acetyl group, a functional group in chemistry Actinium, symbol Ac, a chemical element Hydrogen cyanide, AC in chemical weapons classification
Computing and telecommunications .ac, Internet top-level domain name for Ascension Island .ac (second-level domain), Internet second-level domain used to denote academic institutions in many countries AC (complexity), a hierarchy of complexity classes found in circuit complexity AC, initialism of access control Artificial consciousness, a field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics Authorization certificate or attribute certificate, a digital permission to use a service or resource Arithmetic coding, a form of entropy encoding used in lossless data compression Alternating component a.k.a. AC coefficient in discrete cosine transform IEEE 802.11ac-2013, a wifi standard using 5 GHz, released in Dec 2013
Meteorology Altocumulus cloud, a medium-level cloud type Anticipated convection, convective outlooks issued by the U.S. National Weather Service
Other uses in science and technology Air conditioning, technologies for altering the temperature and humidity of air Across corners (A/C), a measure of external diameter of hexagonal nuts Alternating current, a type of electric current AC power, a net transfer of energy over a complete cycle of the alternating current waveform Asphalt concrete, a type of road or path surfacing Average cost, in economics Axiom of choice, a mathematical concept in set theory Collier (AC), a US Navy hull classification symbol
Sport AC Milan, an Italian football club based in the city of Milan Abkhazian Cup, football cup competition in Abkhazia Ards Circuit, motorsport racing circuit Athletics Canada, the governing body of athletics in Canada
Other uses Ac (rune) (ᚪ), a rune of the Anglo-Saxon fuþorc and a continuation of the Elder Fuþark ansuz Acre, a unit of area with the symbol ac Advisory circular, a publication to provide guidance for compliance with airworthiness regulations After Christ, known as the Common Era (CE) Ante Christum or A.C., a Latin term meaning "before Christ" Antichrist, a Biblical prophecy about one who will oppose Jesus Christ and substitute himself in Christ's place Appeal Cases, or A.C., a UK law reporter covering decisions of the House of Lords, Supreme Court, Privy Council, and Court of Appeal Army Corps, an operational formation, sometimes known as a field corps, which consists of two or more divisions Auto Calesa, a war-time short-body version of the Philippine jeepney
See also
AC/DC (disambiguation)