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'''ABC''' are the first three letters of the [[Latin script]] known as the [[alphabet]].


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'''ABC''' or '''abc''' may refer to:
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==Broadcasting==
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* [[ABC Radio (disambiguation)]]
* [[American Broadcasting Company]], a commercial U.S. broadcaster
** ABC Radio, the former name of the American radio network [[Cumulus Media Networks]]
** [[Disney–ABC Television Group]], the parent organization of ABC Television Network
* [[ABC (newspaper)|''ABC'' (newspaper)]], a Spanish daily newspaper
* [[ABC (Swedish news programme)|''ABC'' (Swedish news programme)]], a regional news programme
* [[ABC Development Corporation]], former name of TV5 Network, Inc., a Philippine television company
* [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation]], a Japanese commercial television and radio station
* [[Associated British Corporation]], a former British film and television company
* Associated Broadcasting Company, a former name of [[Associated Television]], a British television company
* [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]], the national publicly funded broadcaster of Australia
** [[ABC (Australian TV channel)]], the flagship TV channel of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

==Companies==
* [[ABC (food)]], an Indonesian-based food division of the H. J. Heinz Company, manufactures of sauces and condiments
* [[ABC Cinemas]], a UK cinema chain
* [[ABC Group]], a department store
* [[ABC Learning]] Centres, a former Australian childcare business
* [[ABC Stores (Hawaii)]], a chain of convenience stores in Hawaii
* [[Aerated Bread Company]], a once-famous British bakery and tea-room chain
* [[Agricultural Bank of China]], a bank in the People's Republic of China
* [[Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control]]
* [[Anglo Belgian Corporation]], diesel engine manufacturer
* [[Appalachian Brewing Company]], an American brewery
* [[Arab Banking Corporation]]
* [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (disambiguation)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]], publication circulation auditing companies
** [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)]]
** [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America)]]
** [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]]

==Computing==
* [[ABC (computer virus)]]
* [[ABC (programming language)]], a programming language and environment
* [[ABC (stream cipher)]], a stream cipher algorithm
* [[ABC (Yet Another BitTorrent Client)]], a BitTorrent client
* [[ABC notation]], a language for music notation
* [[Abstract base class]], a programming language concept
* [[Acorn Business Computer]], a series of microcomputers announced at the end of 1983 by the British company Acorn Computers
* .abc, ActionScript Byte Code files; see [[Comparison of application virtual machines]]
* [[Alcatel Business Communications]], a telecommunications protocol
* [[Artificial bee colony algorithm]], a search algorithm
* [[Atanasoff–Berry computer]], an early electronic digital computer
* ABC, a line of computers by [[Dataindustrier AB]]

==Economics==
* [[ABC analysis]], an inventory categorization technique
* [[Activity-based costing]], an accounting method
* [[Assignment for the benefit of creditors]], a concept in bankruptcy law

==Science and medicine==
* [[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
* [[ABC strategy]] for "Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom", a sex-education strategy
* [[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

===Mathematics===
* [[abc conjecture]], a concept in number theory
* [[ABC formula]]
* [[Approximate Bayesian computation]], a family of statistical techniques

==Music==

===Songs and albums===
* [[ABC song (disambiguation)]]
* [[ABC (Anna Book song)|"ABC" (Anna Book song)]], from 1986
* [[ABC (Jin album)|''ABC'' (Jin album)]], a 2007 album by Chinese-American rapper Jin
** [[ABC (Jin song)|"ABC" (Jin song)]], the title song
* [[ABC (Kreidler album)|''ABC'' (Kreidler album)]], a 2014 album by the band Kreidler
* [[ABC (The Jackson 5 album)|''ABC'' (The Jackson 5 album)]], a 1970 album by The Jackson&nbsp;5
** [[ABC (The Jackson 5 song)|"ABC" (The Jackson 5 song)]], the title song
* [[ABC (The Pipettes song)|"ABC" (The Pipettes song)]]
* [[ABCs (song)|"ABCs" (song)]], a single on the album ''Troubadour'' by rapper K'naan
* [[Alphabet song]], or "the ABCs"

===Groups===
* [[ABC (band)]], an English new wave band
* [[A.B.C-Z]] (A.B.C. till 2008), a Japanese boyband managed by Johnny's and Associates
* [[Acid Black Cherry]], a Japanese Rock band
* [[Alien Beat Club]], a Danish pop band
* [[Another Bad Creation]], an American R&B and rap musical group

===Other music===
* [[ABC Classics]], an Australian record label
* [[ABC notation]], a musical notation language
* [[ABC Records]], an American record label
* [[O2 ABC Glasgow]], a music venue

==Organizations==

===Ornithology===
* [[American Bird Conservancy]]
* [[Australian Bird Count]], a project of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

===Politics===
* [[All Basotho Convention]], a political party in Lesotho
* [[Americans Battling Communism]], founded 1947
* [[Anarchist Black Cross]], political organization
* [[Anything But Conservative]], 2008 Canadian political campaign
* [[Association of British Counties]], of historic counties

===Religion===
* [[American Baptist Convention]], former name of American Baptist Churches USA
* [[Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland]], in Ireland and the United Kingdom

===Other organizations===
* [[Afrikan Black Coalition]], a University of California student organization
* [[Aircraft Builders Council]], a provider of aviation products liability insurance
* [[American Bowling Congress]], now part of the United States Bowling Congress
* [[Association of Boxing Commissions]]
* [[Indianapolis ABCs]], a 1900s Negro league baseball team

==Places==
* [[ABC Islands (Alaska)]], Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island
* [[ABC islands (Lesser Antilles)]], Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao
* [[ABC nations]], Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
* [[ABC Region]], an industrial area outside of São Paulo, Brazil
* [[Academia Británica Cuscatleca]], a school in Santa Tecla, El Salvador
* [[Altnabreac railway station]], Scotland, by National Rail code

==Publications and media==
* [[ABC (newspaper)|''ABC'' (newspaper)]], a Spanish newspaper founded in 1903
* [[ABC (magazine)|''ABC'' (magazine)]], an Italian magazine published between 1960 and 1977
* [[Alphabet book]], any of several children's books depicting the alphabet
* ''[[America's Best Comics]]'', an imprint of DC Comics
* [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)]], a circulation-auditing organization in India
* [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America)]], a circulation-auditing organization in North America
* [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)]], a circulation-auditing organization in the UK and Ireland
* ''[[Diario ABC Color]]'', a Paraguayan newspaper founded in 1967

==Technology==
* [[ABC dry chemical]], a fire extinguishing agent
* [[ABC weapon]] or weapon of mass destruction
* [[Aerial bundled cable]], for power lines

==Transport==

===Cars===
* [[ABC (1906 automobile)]], an American car
* [[ABC (1920 automobile)]], an English car
* [[ABC (1922 automobile)]], a planned American car
* [[ABC Motors]], an English manufacturer of aircraft, aero engines and cars
* [[Active Body Control]], a type of automobile suspension technology

===Others===
* [[ABC motorcycles]]
* [[Advance Booking Charter]], a type of air travel
* [[Automatic Buffer Couplers]], railway couplers

==Other uses==
* [[ABC Futebol Clube]], a football (soccer) club based in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
* [[Air batu campur]], also known as ''ais kacang'', a Malaysian dessert
* [[Alcoholic Beverage Control (disambiguation)|Alcoholic beverage control]], US; ABC board may run ABC stores
* [[Alien big cat]], large feline outside its indigenous range
* [[Alphabet]], and metaphorically the fundamentals of any subject (e.g. "the ABC[s] of finance")
** [[The A.B.C.]], the alphabet song, to learn the alphabet
* [[Ambala language]], a Sambalic language of the Philippines, ISO 639-3 code
* [[American-born Chinese]], people of Chinese ethnicity born in the United States
* [[Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope]], nicknamed ABC, British WWII admiral
* The [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
* Atomic, biological, and chemical, now rendered as [[chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear]]

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