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* [[Windows Computer]] <ref name="rms">[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases to Avoid (or Use with Care)], Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of [[Richard M. Stallman]].</ref> |
* [[Windows Computer]] <ref name="rms">[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases to Avoid (or Use with Care)], Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of [[Richard M. Stallman]].</ref> |
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* [[Wrong Chat]], a term used when a person types text in a different form of chat than they intended (is often used in computer games) |
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Revision as of 23:15, 1 March 2010
Look up wc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
WC or Wc commonly refers to a Water Closet (i.e. a flush toilet). It may also refer to: Winston Churchill
In computing:
- Warcraft, a computer game series
- Welcome, used to reply on thanks
- Water cooled, in reference to cooling computer devices via water
- wc, a Unix utility used for counting words and lines in a file (short for word count)
- web cache, by which web documents are stored to save bandwidth
- Wikimedia Commons, an image repository website
- Wing Commander, the Origin Systems computer game series and related franchise
- Work computer, as opposed to home computer (commonly used in Internet forums)
- Write-combining, a computing performance method of combining multiple memory writes before sending them
- The War Chiefs is the first official expansion pack for the real-time strategy game Age of Empires III
- We Cheer, video game
- Windows Computer [1]
- Wrong Chat, a term used when a person types text in a different form of chat than they intended (is often used in computer games)
In industry:
- Islena Airlines, IATA code
- White Castle (restaurant), the oldest American hamburger fast food restaurant chain
- Will call, when a buyer picks up product directly from the seller
- Wired Country, a New Zealand Internet Service Provider
- Wisconsin Central Ltd., a former Class II Railroad
- Wisconsin Central Railroad
- Workers' compensation, a payment for employees to cover medical costs
- Working Capital
- Week Closing
- Week Commencing
In film:
- W.C (film), Irish feature film set in the toilets of a late night jazz bar.
In music:
- WC (band), a Polish punk rock band
- WC (rapper), a rapper from Los Angeles, California
- Westside Connection, a rap group made up of Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10
- Whitechapel (band), an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee
In science:
- Winogradsky column, an ecological experiment
- Tungsten carbide, a high-boiling point metallic alloy (chemical formula WC)
- Water column, a conceptual column of water from surface to bottom sediments
In sports:
- World championships, a type of global sporting competition
- World cup, another type of global sporting competition
- Washington Capitals, a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.
- Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player
- Wild Card, an invitation entry to a tournament, with no needed qualification to participate
In other uses:
- Wade Cederlund, A Professional
- Wah Ching (華青), a Chinese American gang
- Warren Commission, an investigation into the JFK assassination
- Wayside Church
- Wing Chun, a Chinese Kung fu system
- Winx Club, an Italian animated series
- Wolfe City, a small town in Texas
- Wellington College (New Zealand), a public high school in Wellington, New Zealand
- West Coast
- Williams College
- Wellesley College
- ^ Some Confusing or Loaded Words and Phrases to Avoid (or Use with Care), Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman.