HDC

HDC is an acronym that can stand for:

  • Hyundai Development Company, a Engineering & Construction Company in South Korea
  • The Home Depot Center, a 27,000-seat soccer stadium in Carson, CA that serves as home to the Los Angeles Galaxy and Chivas USA
  • The Human Defense Corps, a fictional branch of the United States Armed Forces appearing in stories published by DC Comics
  • Henry Draper Catalogue, a star catalogue
  • Holder in due course, a term used in law
  • Herräng Dance Camp, an annual international dance camp in Sweden
  • half double crochet
Technology and computing
  • /dev/hdc, the master device on the second ADA channel
  • High-Definition Coding, an audio compression codec
  • Handle of Device Context (hDC), Handle for Device Context in GDI (Windows Programming)
  • Hard Disk controller, a component of the hard disk drive
  • half.com, a fixed price site owned by eBay - the "DC" standing for "dot com"
  • hackers.com, an old and now extinguished anonymous BBS about technologies - the "DC" standing for "dot com"
Biology and Science
  • Histidine decarboxylase, the enzyme that catalyzes the reaction which produces histamine from histidine
  • Heat-denatured Casein, used with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) as a blocking buffer