DNC

The acronym DNC can mean:

• Daigaku Nyūshi Center, a Japanese Independent Administrative Institution which administers the National Center Test for University Admissions
• Declared net capacity, a measure of the contribution that a power station makes to the distribution grid (developed net capacity in British English)
• Delaware North Companies
• Democratic National Committee, the principal campaign and fund-raising organization affiliated with the United States Democratic Party
• Democratic National Convention, a national convention of the United States Democratic Party
• Den norske Creditbank (DnC), merged with Bergen Bank to create Den norske Bank (DnB)
• Denotified Communities list based on the rules of reservation of the Government of Tamil Nadu
• "Did Not Compete", in the Racing Rules of Sailing (in Appendix A) a boat registered to race that did not come to the starting area of the race
• Dilation and curettage (D&C), a medical procedure to remove the contents of the uterus
• Direct Numerical Control, in manufacturing, means to network CNC equipment to one or more PCs
• Director of Naval Communications, a post in the British Admiralty (changed in October 1945 to Chief of Naval Communications
• Director of Naval Construction, a senior post in the British Admiralty
• Digital Nautical Chart, the electronic data necessary to present a nautical chart on a PC running an ECDIS (Electronic Chart Display and Information System) or ECS (Electronic Chart System) software program for marine navigation
• Do not call list, a registry of telephone numbers in several western countries whose owners have opted out of unsolicited telephone marketing calls
  • Do Not Call Register (Australia)
  • National Do Not Call List (Canada)
  • National Do Not Call Registry (United States)
• "Does not compute", a phrase often uttered by robots in works of science fiction
• United States District Court for the District of North Carolina, a former U.S. District Court