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DC circuit breaker
A DC circuit breaker is a switching device that interrupts direct current in DC power systems; unlike AC breakers, it must create a current zero artificially and dissipate stored energy.
DC Comics
DC Comics (Detective Comics), founded 1934 as National Allied Publications by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, publisher of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman; subsidiary of Warner Bros., official name adopted 1977.
DC Compact Comics
DC Compact Comics is DC Comics' line of $9.99, 5.5" x 8.5" full-color paperback reprints of backlist graphic novels, announced November 2023 and launched June 2024 with titles like Watchmen and All-Star Superman, aimed at new readers and manga buyers.
DC Compendium
DC Compendium is a line of softcover collected editions published by DC Comics since 2020. It gathers large runs of comic book issues in standard trim size.
DC connector
A DC connector, also called a DC plug, is an electrical connector for direct current, from power adapters to 1,500 V photovoltaic strings and EV charging.
DC Defenders
DC Defenders: professional spring football team at Audi Field, Washington, D.C.; 2020 XFL East leader (3-2), 2023 XFL best record 9-1, 2025 UFL champions under Shannon Harris, 2026 United Bowl runners-up, famous for the beer snake fan tradition.
DC disconnect switch
A DC disconnect switch, also called a DC isolator or PV disconnect, is a manually operated switch installed between a PV array and inverter for safe isolation.
DC electric cloak
A DC electric cloak is a device that hides an object from steady electric fields by guiding current around it, first experimentally demonstrated in 2012 using a resistor network.
DC Entertainment
DC Entertainment, Warner Bros.' 2009 subsidiary managing DC Comics publishing and IP licensing across film, TV, games, and podcasts; brands DC Comics, Vertigo, MAD; film unit DC Studios (James Gunn's DCU reboot, 2023); passed to Skydance with Paramount's 2026 Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
DC Extended Universe
DC Extended Universe (DCEU), also called the Snyderverse era: Warner Bros.' shared-universe DC Comics film franchise from Man of Steel (2013) through Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023), 15 films, replaced by James Gunn's rebooted DCU.
DC Finest trade paperbacks
DC Finest is DC Comics' softcover trade paperback reprint line, launched late 2024, collecting classic stories chronologically in roughly 600-page, $39.99 volumes, DC's counterpart to Marvel's Epic Collections.
Dc Front Range
DC Front Range is a private equity platform based in Boca Raton, Florida, whose fund raised about $1.03 billion from 28 investors in 2019 to fund the Zayo Group merger.
DC K.O.
DC K.O. (King Omega) is DC Comics' 2025–2026 five-issue event series by Scott Snyder and Javi Fernández, in which 32 fighters battle in a tournament against Darkseid's reign; it continues the DC All In era.
DC League of Super-Pets
DC League of Super-Pets is a 2022 Warner Bros. animated comedy directed by Jared Stern, with Dwayne Johnson voicing Krypto the Super-Dog, who leads shelter pets Ace, PB, Merton, and Chip to rescue the kidnapped Justice League; it earned $207.6 million worldwide.
DC load flow
The DC load flow, or DC power flow, is a linearized model of an AC transmission network that computes active power flows from bus voltage angles.
DC motor
A DC motor, or direct-current motor, is a rotating electric machine that converts direct-current electricity into torque, dating commercially from Antonio Pacinotti's 1864 ring armature.
DC Next Level
DC Next Level (2026) is a DC Comics publishing initiative of creator-driven #1 series in main continuity, the second act of DC All In led by Scott Snyder and Joshua Williamson, launching after DC K.O. with Lobo, Batwoman, and Deathstroke, unlike the separate Absolute Universe.
DC Power FC
DC Power FC (DC Power Football Club) is a professional women's soccer club in Washington, D.C., a founding member of the USL Gainbridge Super League, playing at Audi Field since August 2024, owned by D.C. United-linked investors.
DC programming
DC programming is an optimization framework for minimizing a function expressed as a difference of two convex functions, applied to nonconvex problems in machine learning and finance.
DC Rebirth
DC Rebirth is DC Comics' 2016 line-wide relaunch, restoring New 52-era continuity and legacy characters via Geoff Johns's DC Universe: Rebirth #1, twice-monthly $2.99 shipping, and a Watchmen-linked mystery that ran into Doomsday Clock.
DC Shoes
DC Shoes: American skateboarding footwear and apparel brand founded by Ken Block and Damon Way in 1994 (from Droors Clothing), maker of the Lynx and Court Graffik, owned by Authentic Brands Group since 2023.
DC Streetcar
The DC Streetcar, also called the H Street Trolley, was a fare-free streetcar in Washington, D.C. running 2.4 miles along H Street and Benning Road from 2016 until 2026.
DC Studios
DC Studios: Warner Bros. Discovery division led by James Gunn and Peter Safran (appointed 2022) that relaunched the DC Universe across film, TV, animation, and gaming, starting with Creature Commandos and Superman.
DC Super Hero Girls
DC Super Hero Girls is a DC Comics franchise presenting female DC heroes and villains as teens: a 2015-2018 YouTube web series set at Super Hero High with Mattel toys, and a 2019 Lauren Faust Cartoon Network reboot set at a regular Metropolis high school.
DC Super Hero Girls (TV series)
DC Super Hero Girls (2019 TV series), the Lauren Faust reboot of the 2015 web series, is a Cartoon Network animated action-comedy following teen Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, Zatanna, Green Lantern, and Bumblebee in Metropolis.
DC Talk
dc Talk, American Christian rap and rock trio (Toby McKeehan, Michael Tait, Kevin Max) formed at Liberty University, Virginia; albums Free at Last (1992) and Jesus Freak (1995), four Grammys, paused in 2000.
DC Universe
The DC Universe is DC Comics' shared fictional setting for Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, marked by a multiverse, repeated Crises and reboots since 1985, and a new DC Studios film and TV continuity led by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
DC Universe (franchise)
The DC Universe (DCU) is a shared-universe superhero franchise from DC Studios, announced by James Gunn and Peter Safran in January 2023 as a reboot of DC's screen properties.
DC Universe (streaming service)
DC Universe was an American subscription streaming service from DC Entertainment and Warner Bros., launched in 2018 and rebranded in 2021 as the comics-only DC Universe Infinite.
DC Universe Animated Original Movies
DC Universe Animated Original Movies: Warner Bros.' direct-to-video DC Comics animated film line launched 2007 with Superman: Doomsday; hosted the DCAMU (2013-2020) and Tomorrowverse (2020-2024) continuities; banner retired 2024.