PDC

PDC may refer to:

In science and technology

Chemistry and biology

• Phosducin, the gene for a human protein found in the retina
• Pyridinium dichromate (Cornforth reagent), a chromium-based oxidant used in organic chemistry
• Pyruvate decarboxylase, a homotetrameric enzyme that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide
• Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, a complex of three enzymes that transform pyruvate into acetyl-CoA
• Polycrystalline diamond compact, a component developed for and used in earth formation drill bits to increase their strength and longevity

Computing

• Professional Developers Conference, a Microsoft conference for software developers
• Personal decompression computer, a device used by scuba divers to monitor their decompression obligation
• Personal Digital Cellular, a 2G mobile phone standard developed and used exclusively in Japan
• Programme Delivery Control, a standard to control video recorders using hidden codes in the teletext service
• Primary Domain Controller, a server computer in a pre-Windows 2000 NT server Domain
• Peripheral DMA controller, A feature of microcontrollers automating internal feeds for data streams
• Position-dependent code, machine instruction code that executes properly only when it is positioned at a particular location in memory (the opposite of position-independent code)

Other uses in science and technology

• Parking Distance Control, is a system used in cars to measure the distance between the car and obstacles
• Plasmacytoid dendritic cell, a type of mammalian cell that functions as a component of the innate immune system
• Power distribution center, a piece of equipment that distributes power to plant equipment
• Pulsed DC, the form of wave produced from a half-wave rectifier or a full-wave rectifier
• Pyroclastic density current, a highly energetic ground current of superheated gases containing a high density of suspended pyroclastic fragments resulting from a volcanic explosion
• Physics Dynamics Coupling meeting, a meeting series on the coupling between physical parameterizations and geophysical dynamical cores

Politics and government

• Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland, a political party in Switzerland
• Partido Demócrata Cristiano (disambiguation), several parties
• Christian Democratic Party (Brazil) (Partido Democrata Cristão)
• Portland Development Commission, a Portland, Oregon government agency
• Washington State Public Disclosure Commission, a Washington state government agency
• Constitutional Democratic Party, historical political party in Italy

Organizations

• Pacific Disaster Center, an international organization
• Partisan Defense Committee, a legal defense organization
• Phi Delta Chi, an association formed to advance the science of pharmacy and allied interests
• Philosophy Documentation Center, a specialized non-profit publisher
• Pittsburgh Dance Council, a presenting organization based in downtown Pittsburgh
• Professional Darts Corporation, a professional darts organization
• Popstars Dance Company, a German dance company

Other uses

• California State University, San Bernardino Palm Desert Campus
• Pennsylvania German language (ISO 639-3 language code)
• Pocket Dream Console, a small handheld game device created by Tomy and Conny in 2006