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WC

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WC or wc may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

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Businesses and brands

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Economics and finance

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Science and technology

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Computing

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  • wc (Unix), a Unix utility used for counting words and lines in a file
  • Web Components, a set of features that allow for the creation of reusable widgets or components in web documents and web applications
  • Write combining, a computing performance method of combining multiple memory writes

Other uses in science and technology

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  • Wall cloud, compounded area of a thunderstorm at the updraft-downdraft interchange where tornadoes may form
  • Water cooler, a device that cools and dispenses water
  • WC, the chemical formula for tungsten carbide, a metallic compound with a high boiling point
  • WC or wc, a short form for inches water column, a unit of measure of pressure often used in HVAC contexts
  • Weil–Châtelet group, in mathematics

Sport

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  • Wild card (sports), a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play
  • World Cup, a type of global sporting competition

Other uses

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