"DRC" meaning in English

See DRC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /diːɑːˈsiː/ (note: rhotic), /diːɑɹˈsiː/ (note: non-rhotic)
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} DRC
  1. Initialism of Democratic Republic of (the) Congo, Congo-Kinshasa. Wikidata QID: Q974 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Democratic Republic of (extra: (the) Congo, Congo-Kinshasa) Coordinate_terms: ROC Translations (Democratic Republic of the Congo): 民主剛果 /民主刚果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ) (Chinese Mandarin), RDC [feminine] (French), RDK (Indonesian), ДРК (DRK) [feminine] (Russian), RDC [feminine] (Spanish), ДРК (DRK) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-DRC-en-name-en:Q974 Categories (other): Democratic Republic of the Congo Disambiguation of Democratic Republic of the Congo: 98 1 1

Noun

IPA: /diːɑːˈsiː/ (note: rhotic), /diːɑɹˈsiː/ (note: non-rhotic)
Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} DRC
  1. (radio) Initialism of dynamic range compression. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: dynamic range compression
    Sense id: en-DRC-en-noun-uxu5dv0N Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks, Radio, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 69 24 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 19 64 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 88 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 76 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 75 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 79 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 10 73 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 65 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 79 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 81 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 63 15 Topics: broadcasting, media, radio
  2. (electronics) Initialism of design rule check(ing). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: design rule check(ing)

Alternative forms

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