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Meaning of DC

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the nation's capital and carve out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia
  2. [n]  an electric current that flows in one direction steadily
 
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 Synonyms: direct current, District of Columbia
 
 Antonyms: AC, alternating current
 
 See Also: America, American capital, capital of the United States, electrical energy, electricity, federal district, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, Washington

 

 

Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

The Unix arbitrary precision postfix calculator and its language.

Here is an example program which prints out factorials:

        echo "[la1+dsa*pla2220>y]sy0sa1lyx" | dc

Unix manual page: dc(1).

bc provides a somewhat more readable syntax which is compiled into dc. There is also a GNU DC.

 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: absorption current, AC, active current, alternating current, conduction current, convection current, cycle, delta current, dielectric displacement current, direct current, displacement current, eddy current, electric current, electric stream, emission current, exciting current, free alternating current, galvanic current, high-frequency current, idle current, induced current, induction current, ionization current, juice, low-frequency current, magnetizing current, multiphase current, pulsating direct current, reactive current, rotary current, single-phase alternating current, stray current, thermionic current, thermoelectric current, three-phase alternating current, voltaic current, watt current
 

 

 

 

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