LOC
Encyclopedia
LOC, Loc, or LoC may refer to:
- Look out circularLook out circularLook out circular is a circular letter used by authorities to check whether a traveling person is wanted by the police. It may be used at immigration checks at international borders...
, a message used by interpolInterpolInterpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
in India to stop wanted people from leaving country - Life Orientation Course (ScientologyScientologyScientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by science fiction and fantasy author L. Ron Hubbard , starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics...
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Aviation
- LocalizerLocalizerIn aviation, a localizer is one of the components of an Instrument Landing System , and it provides runway centerline guidance to aircraft. In some cases, a course projected by localizer is at an angle to the runway . It is then called a Localizer Type Directional Aid...
, a component of an Instrument Landing System - Loss of control, a catastrophic condition in jet aircraft operations that results in the loss of control of the aircraft
Fiction and entertainment
- LOC KargilLOC KargilLOC Kargil is a 2003 Bollywood war film based on the Kargil War, directed and written by J. P. Dutta. The film stars a large number of Bollywood stars.- Plot :The film is an attempt to dramatize a synopsis of the 1999 Kargil War ....
, film - Leftöver CrackLeftöver CrackLeftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of the ska punk band Choking Victim. Primarily playing an amalgam of ska and hardcore punk, they classify themselves as "crack-rocksteady". The band is currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords for CD releases, and...
, American ska-punk band - Lord of ChaosLord of ChaosLord of Chaos is the sixth book of The Wheel of Time fantasy series written by American author Robert Jordan. It was published by Tor Books and released on October 15, 1994, and was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1995. Lord of Chaos consists of a prologue, 55 chapters, and...
, novel - Steel Battalion: Line of ContactSteel Battalion: Line of Contactis a 2004 video game created by Capcom for the Xbox console where the player controls a VT . It is the online-only sequel to Capcom's Steel Battalion game. The game was developed by Capcom Production Studio 4 and Nude Maker...
, videogame - Fictional character OG Loc in Grand Theft Auto game
- Letter of Comment (Science Fiction Fandom)
Military
- Line of ControlLine of ControlThe term Line of Control refers to the military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which, to this day, does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary but is the de facto border...
, a line which demarcates the boundary between Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Jammu & Kashmir - Line of communicationLine of communicationA line of communication is the route that connects an operating military unit with its supply base. Supplies and reinforcements are transported along the line of communication. Therefore, a secure and open line of communication is vital for any military force to continue to operate effectively...
, in the military - Lock out chamber, a submarine diving chamber used for Special Operations Forces/Diver lock out
Organizations
- Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
, the national library of the United States - LeMoyne-Owen CollegeLeMoyne-Owen College-External links:*...
, a historically black college located in Memphis, Tennessee - Lyric Opera of ChicagoLyric Opera of ChicagoLyric Opera of Chicago is one of the leading opera companies in the United States. It was founded in Chicago in 1952, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicolà Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas's American debut in Norma...
- Liga Obrera Comunista, or Communist Workers League (Spain)Communist Workers League (Spain)Communist Workers League was a Trotskyist group in Spain. It emerged around 1976. LOC was the Spanish section of the International Committee of the Fourth International....
, a Trotskyist group in Spain active from 1976-1990 - Loc Publishing, an imprint of the German group VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content
- Love Of CripsCripsThe Crips are a primarily, but not exclusively, African American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams...
, or League Of CripsCripsThe Crips are a primarily, but not exclusively, African American gang. They were founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969 mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams...
, a gang abbreviation
People
- L.O.C.L.O.C.Liam O'Connor is a Danish rapper, more commonly known as L.O.C. He is a former member of Alzheimer Klinikken and B.A.N.G.E.R.S...
(born 1979), Danish rapper (real name being Liam O'Connor) - Tone LōcTone LōcAnthony Terrell Smith , better known by his stage name Tone Lōc, is an American rapper and actor.-Early life and career:...
(born 1966), American hiphop artist and director - Spider LocSpider LocCurtis Norvell Williams, more commonly known as Spider Loc is an American rapper signed to G-Unit Records.Loc is also the CEO of G-Unit West.-Biography:...
(born 1979), American rapper
Places
- Loc River (disambiguation)
- Lóc, the HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
name for Loţu village, Sângeorgiu de PădureSângeorgiu de PadureSângeorgiu de Pădure is a town in Mureş County, Romania.Bezid , Bezidu Nou and Loţu villages are administratively part of the town.- History :...
town, Mureş County, Romania
Science, technology, and medicine
- Lab-on-a-chipLab-on-a-chipA lab-on-a-chip is a device that integrates one or several laboratory functions on a single chip of only millimeters to a few square centimeters in size. LOCs deal with the handling of extremely small fluid volumes down to less than pico liters. Lab-on-a-chip devices are a subset of MEMS devices...
, a term for devices that integrate multiple laboratory functions on a single chip - Launch off Capture, a method of integrated circuit testing using scan chain
- Level of consciousness, a medical assessment of a patient's degree of consciousness
- Limit of convectionEquilibrium levelIn meteorology, the equilibrium level , or level of neutral buoyancy , or limit of convection , is the height at which a rising parcel of air is at a temperature of equal warmth to it....
, the altitude where the virtual potential temperatures of a moist rising air parcel and the environment are equal - Limiting oxygen concentrationLimiting oxygen concentrationthumb|500px|right|[[Flammability diagram]], green dotted line shows safe purging of an air-filled vessel, first with nitrogen, then with methane, to avoid the flammable region...
, a concept in fire safety engineering - Lines of (source) codeSource lines of codeSource lines of code is a software metric used to measure the size of a software program by counting the number of lines in the text of the program's source code...
, a software metric used to measure the amount of code in a software program - LOC recordLOC recordIn the Domain Name System, a LOC record is a means for expressing geographic location information for a domain name.It contains WGS84 Latitude, Longitude and Altitude information together with host/subnet physical size and location accuracy...
, geolocation information resource record in Domain Name System - Loss of consciousness, see Level of consciousness
- Loss-of-coolant accident, a mode of failure for a nuclear reactor
- LOC, length of cut (as in machining operations, the length of cut the side of an END MILL can cut into a piece of metal)