ABC

.abc is the name of several file extensions: * .abc (ActionScript), or ActionScript Byte Code, used in virtual machines * .abc (Alembic), a computer graphics file format * .abc (Clean), an intermediate compiling language used in Clean * .abc (music notation), a language for notating music using ASCII characters

ABC, abc, or Abc commonly refers to: ABC, the first three letters of the Latin script ABC, abc, or Abc may also refer to: ==Arts, media, and entertainment== ===Broadcasting=== American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American TV broadcaster Disney–ABC Television Group, the former name of the parent organization of ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation, one of the national publicly funded broadcasters of Australia ABC Television (Australian TV network), the national television network of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC TV (Australian TV channel), the flagship TV station of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Canberra (TV station), Canberra, and other ABC TV local stations in state capitals ABC Australia (Southeast Asian TV channel), an international pay TV channel ABC Radio (disambiguation), several radio stations Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, a Philippine broadcast company Associated Broadcasting Corporation, the former name of TV5 Network, Inc., a Philippine media company ABC-5, the former name of TV5, a Philippine free-to-air television network ABC (Swedish TV programme), a former Swedish regional news programme ABC Weekend TV, a former British television company Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, a Japanese commercial television and radio station Associated Broadcasting Company, a former name of Associated Television, a British television company African Barter Company, a pan-African barter broadcast syndication company TVP ABC, a Polish children's television channel ABC Television-Africa, a defunct Sierra Leone television channel Asociación Boliviana de Canales, a defunct Bolivian television network ===Music=== ====Albums==== ABC (Jin album), 2007, by rapper MC Jin ABC (Kreidler album), 2014, by Kreidler ABC (The Jackson 5 album), a 1970 album by The Jackson 5 ====Groups==== A.B.C., the former name of Japanese boy band A.B.C-Z ABC (band), an English pop band Acid Black Cherry, a Japanese rock band Active Bird Community, an American indie rock band Alien Beat Club, a Danish pop and R&B band Andrus, Blackwood and Company, a Christian pop and R&B duo Another Bad Creation, an American hip hop and new jack swing group ====Labels==== ABC Classics, an Australian record label ABC Records, an American record label ====Other uses in music==== ABC song (disambiguation), several songs ABC notation, a musical notation language O 2 ABC Glasgow, a music venue ===Periodicals=== ABC (magazine), an Italian magazine (1960-1977) ABC (newspaper), a Spanish daily newspaper (founded 1903¹) ABC (Monterrey newspaper), a Mexican newspaper (founded 1985) ABC Color, a Paraguayan newspaper (founded 1967) Audit Bureau of Circulations, a private organization that provides industry-agreed standards for media brand measurement of print publications and other media outlets Audit Bureau of Circulations (India), a non-profit circulation-auditing organisation Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America), the former name for the North American non-profit industry organization Alliance for Audited Media Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK), a non-profit organisation ===Other uses in arts, media, and entertainment=== ABC Cinemas, a British cinema chain ==Economics and law== ===Finance=== Agricultural Bank of China, a bank in the People's Republic of China Bank ABC, an international bank headquartered in Bahrain ===Other uses in economics and law=== ABC analysis, an inventory categorization technique Activity-based costing, an accounting method Assignment for the benefit of creditors, a concept in bankruptcy law ABC trial, of Crispin Aubrey, John Berry, and Duncan Campbell in 1978 in the UK ==Places== ABC countries, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile ABC Islands (Alaska), Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island ABC islands (Leeward Antilles), Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao ABC Region, an industrial area outside of São Paulo, Brazil Appa Balwant Chowk, area of Pune, India, noted for its bookshops ==Science and technology== ===Biology and medicine=== ====Other uses in biology and medicine==== Association of Black Cardiologists, a North American nonprofit organization Abacavir, an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS ABC (medicine), a mnemonic for "Airway, Breathing, Circulation" ABC model of flower development, a genetic model Abortion–breast cancer hypothesis, a posited connection between breast cancer and abortion Aneurysmal bone cyst, a kind of lesion ATP-binding cassette transporter, a transmembrane protein ===Computing=== ====Hardware==== ABC, a line of computers by Dataindustrier AB Acorn Business Computer, a series of microcomputers announced at the end of 1983 by the British company Acorn Computers Atanasoff–Berry computer, an early electronic digital computer ====Software==== ABC (computer virus), a memory-resident, file-infecting computer virus ABC (programming language), a programming language and environment ABC (stream cipher), an algorithm Abstract base class, a programming language concept Artificial bee colony algorithm, a search algorithm .abc, several file formats ===Mathematics=== ABC formula, an expression that provides the solutions to a quadratic equation Absorbing boundary condition, a kind of technique for numerical analysis of outgoing waves Approximate Bayesian computation, a computational method in Bayesian statistics abc conjecture, a statement in number theory ===Other science and technology=== ABC dry chemical, a fire extinguishing agent ABC weapon (atomic, biological, and chemical), a weapon of mass destruction Atomic, biological, and chemical defense; now CBRN defense (chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear) Accelerated bridge construction, a technique for building bridges Aerial bundled cable, for power lines Airborne Cigar, a British military electronic countermeasure system used during World War II ==Transportation== ===Cars=== Active Body Control, a type of automobile suspension technology ABC (1906 automobile), an American car by Albert Bledsoe Cole ABC (1920 automobile), an English car by ABC Motors ABC (1922 automobile), a planned American car ===Other uses in transportation=== ABC Motors, an English manufacturer of aircraft, aero engines and cars Anglo Belgian Corporation, a diesel engine manufacturer ABC, a Finnish gas station chain owned by the ABC motorcycles, a British motorcycle manufacturer ==Other uses== Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883–1963), nicknamed ABC, a British WWII admiral Architectural, building and construction, an industry; see Industry Foundation Classes American-born Chinese, people of Chinese ethnicity born in the US Australian-born Chinese, people of Chinese ethnicity born in Australia Abecedarium, an inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet Ambala Ayta language (ISO 639-3 code: abc) ==See also== AB (disambiguation) ABCC (disambiguation) ABCD (disambiguation)

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