DBC may refer to:

dBc, decibels relative to carrier, a measurement in RF engineering dB(C), C-weighted decibels, a loudness measurement in acoustics Baicheng Chang'an Airport CAN DBC files, standardized ASCII files defining the format and purpose of CAN bus messages Database connection DBC News, a Bangladeshi news channel DBC Pierre (born 1961), Australian-born author Dead Brain Cells, a Canadian thrash metal band Design by contract, a methodology for designing computer software Detroit Boat Club, a historic rowing club Digital Broadcasting Corporation, a Hong Kong radio broadcaster Dread Broadcasting Corporation, the UKs first black music radio station Direct-buried cable, a kind of electrical cable Direct Bonded Copper, a power electronic substrate Martin Nemley, a member of the American hip hop band Stetsasonic

See also DBC 1012, a computer produced by Teradata Corporation in the early 1980s DBC1 (disambiguation) DBCS (disambiguation)