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AC may refer to any of the following, broken down by subject area.
Science
- Actinium (Ac), a chemical element
- Acetaldehyde (also Ac), an organic ion
- Acetate (also Ac), an organic ion
- Acetyl (Ac), a functional group in chemistry
- Acromioclavicular joint in humans and other animals, frequently injured in sport
- Adenylate cyclase, an enzyme
- Alpha Centauri, a star system in the constellation Centaurus
- Alternating current, a type of electric current
- AC power, a net transfer of energy over a complete cycle of the alternating current waveform
- Anterior commissure, a small bundle of nerve fibres that connect the right and left temporal lobes
- Anticipated convection, the code for severe thunderstorm forecasts issued daily for the contiguous U.S. by the Storm Prediction Center
- Armored Cable, a type of power cable used by electricians
- Artificial consciousness
- Astrographic Catalogue, a star catalogue
- attocoulomb (aC), an SI unit of electric charge
- Axiom of choice, a mathematical set theory concept
Places
- Aachen - a German city, using AC as number plate code
- Acre (state) - a Brazilian state, using AC as abbreviation.
- Atlantic City, a Coastal City in New Jersey, U.S., known for its boardwalk, casino gambling, sandy beaches, and the inspiration for the board game Monopoly
- Västerbotten County, Sweden
Computing
- AC (complexity), a hierarchy of complexity classes found in circuit complexity
- .ac, Internet top-level domain name for Ascension Island
- .ac (second level), Internet second-level domain used to denote academic institutions in many countries
- Anonymous Coward, in the Slashdot online environment
- Authorization certificate or attribute certificate, a digital permission to use a service or resource
- Arctic Cooling, a Swiss manufacturer of heatsinks, cooling fans and computer cases.
- Auto clickers, which are commonly referred to in MMORPGs as ACs.
Transportation
- AC Cars, a brand of automobile
- AC Cobra, an Anglo-American sports car
- AC Propulsion a producer of electric vehicle drive systems in San Dimas, California, USA
- AC Schnitzer, an aftermarket tuner of BMW automobiles
- Hyundai Aero City, a bus built by the Hyundai Motor Company
- Air Canada, as its IATA airline designator
- Aircraft (usually A/C)
- Algoma Central Railway, a now out-of-service railway in Northern Ontario, Canada
- AC Transit, a public bus transit system in Oakland, California
Job titles / ranks
- A person apointed Companion Of The Order Of Australia
- Aircraftman
- Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- Aelod y Cynulliad, the title for Members of the National Assembly for Wales
People
- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- A.C. Green, former NBA player
- A.J. Cook
- Aaron Carter, American pop singer/rapper
- Abbie Cornish
- Abbot and Costello, comedy group
- Abigail Clancy
- Adam Carolla, American radio personality and comedic actor/host
- Adam Clayton
- Adam Copeland
- Adam Curry
- Adrianne Curry
- Alan Cox, Linux kernel developer
- Alan Cumming
- Aleister Crowley, in "magickal" contexts
- Alex Cora
- Alexa Chung
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Alice Cooper, hard rock, shock rock, and heavy metal singer
- Alicia Calaway
- Allen Covert
- Allysin Chaynes
- Amy McCarthy
- Anderson Cooper, Journalist
- Andrea Casiraghi
- Andrea Corr
- Andrew Cuomo
- Andrew Dice Clay
- Andrew McCarthy
- Ann Coulter
- Ann Curry
- Ann Cusack
- Anna Chlumsky
- Annabel Chong
- AnnaLynne McCord
- Anthony Clark
- Ashley Cole
- Ashley Lyn Cafagna
- Asia Carrera
- Aurelie Claudel
- Austin Carr, former NBA player
Sports
- Associazione Calcio (Italian for "Football (soccer) Association"), an identifier frequently found in the names of football clubs in Italy, most notably:
- A.C. Milan, one of the most storied clubs in that country
- Athletic Club
- Abbreviation for Athletic club
A.C. [Rapper/songwriter]
Entertainment
- The name of the ultimate computer at the end of time in Isaac Asimov's The Last Question
- After Colony, an alternate timeline in the Gundam metaseries for the universe of Gundam Wing
- Albert Clifford "A.C." Slater, a character in the American sitcom Saved by the Bell
- "Alt Cataclius" or "After Cataclysm", a historical era in the timeline for the Dragonlance fictional universe
- Armor Class, a combat-related parameter in the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game system
- Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, a movie sequel to the game Final Fantasy VII
- Arthur Curry, who goes by his initials during an appearance on Smallville
Video games
- Animal Crossing (series), a series of real-time village simulations by Nintendo
- Assassin's Creed, a platformer/stealth video game
- Armored Core, a video game series featuring the eponymous robotic fighter under the player's control.
- Asheron's Call, a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing genre
- The Ace Combat series of combat flight simulator games
- "AC" is sometimes used as an abbreviation for "arcade". Therefore, it is often used as a suffix to designate a new or separate version of a game, or even merely as the abbreviation for a revision:
- Melty Blood: Act Cadenza, a two-dimensional fighting game featuring characters from Tsukihime
- Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, a two-dimensional fighting game, part of the Guilty Gear series
- Tekken 5 on the PlayStation 2 features a mode that allows one to play the arcade versions of Tekken, Tekken 2, and Tekken 3, labeled "AC"
- Alliance Character as used by Horde players in the MMORPG World of Warcraft
- Arvoch Conflict, a shareware flight simulator by Star Wraith 3D Games
Music
- AC/DC, a rock group
- Adult contemporary music, a music genre also used to describe broadcast radio stations
- Animal Collective, an experimental musical collective.
- Anal Cunt, a grindcore band.
Organizations
- Anglican Communion
- Akademikernes Centralorganisation, the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.
- Civic Alliance Foundation, a Romanian NGO.
- Astronomy club, common in schools and tertiary institutions.
- Ad Council
- Ayala Corporation, via its ticker symbol "AC".
- Asociación Civil, a title for non profit organizations in Spanish speaking countries.
Schools
- Atlantic College, one of the twelve United World Colleges.
- Abbreviation for Assumption College located in Worcester, Massachusetts USA.
- Abbreviation for Aquinas College located in Perth, Western Australia.
Miscellaneous
- Another name for the Ansuz rune
- Air conditioning (and air conditioner), the mechanical process of cooling air in enclosed spaces
- Ante Christum, (AC), Latin meaning "before Christ" or BC
- Anthrocon, a furry fandom convention
- Antichrist, in the Christian religion
- Average cost, in economics
- post-nominal AC Order of Australia, Companion
- Naval auxiliary ship serving as a collier (Auxilary Collier) in the U.S. Navy's list of hull classifications
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