DBC
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DBC may refer to:
- DBC Pierre, a contemporary writer
- Detroit Boat ClubDetroit Boat ClubThe Detroit Boat Club, established in 1839, is the oldest sport rowing club in the United States. It is also the second oldest continuous rowing club in the world. It was first created on the Detroit River during a time in which Detroit, Michigan was just starting to grow.E. A. Brush, Alpheus S....
, a historic rowing club - Design by contractDesign by contractDesign by contract , also known as programming by contract and design-by-contract programming, is an approach to designing computer software...
, a methodology for designing computer software - Direct Bonded Copper, a power electronic substratePower electronic substrateThe role of the substrate in power electronics is to provide the interconnections to form an electric circuit , and to cool the components. Compared to materials and techniques used in lower power microelectronics, these substrates must carry higher currents and provide a higher voltage isolation...
- Dead Brain CellsDead Brain CellsDead Brain Cells are a Canadian thrash metal band from the late 1980s. Called DBC for short, the band started in 1985 in Montreal as a small project named "Final Chapter" by guitar players Eddie Shahini and Gerry Ouellette, who put an ad in a magazine looking for a drummer...
, a Canadian thrash metal band - Dynamic Brake Control, when the driver seeks to stop in an emergency situation, the system speeds up and reinforces the brakeBrakeA brake is a mechanical device which inhibits motion. Its opposite component is a clutch. The rest of this article is dedicated to various types of vehicular brakes....
application in order to provide maximum braking in the minimum distance - dBcDBcdBc is the power ratio of a signal to a carrier signal, expressed in decibels. For example, phase noise is expressed in dBc/Hz at a given frequency offset from the carrier...
, decibels relative to carrier, a common measurement in RF engineering to specify the power of a sideband in a modulated signal relative to the carrier in decibels - dB(C), C-weighted decibels, a loudness measurement in acoustics
- Claude DebussyClaude DebussyClaude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
, a FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media... - database connectionDatabase connectionA database connection is a facility in computer science that allows client software to communicate with database server software, whether on the same machine or not. A connection is required to send commands and receive answers....
libraries, e.g., jdbc