DCO may refer to: Diploma in Community Ophthalmology

Astronomy

* Dark compact object, a dark

compact star In astronomy, the term compact object (or compact star) refers collectively to white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes. It could also include exotic stars if such hypothetical, dense bodies are confirmed to exist. All compact objects have a ...

Technology

* Device configuration overlay, of a computer hard disk drive *

Digitally controlled oscillator A digitally controlled oscillator or DCO is used in synthesizers, microcontrollers, and software-defined radios. The name is analogous with "voltage-controlled oscillator". DCOs were designed to overcome the tuning stability limitations of early V ...

, in electronics *

Siemens DCO The Siemens DCO (digital central office) electronic telephone switch was introduced in 1977 by Stromberg-Carlson, having been conceived by its new president, Leonard A. Muller, an ex IBM senior executive who infused Stromberg with his new digital ...

, a telephone switch *

Drift City ''Drift City'' (also known as Skid Rush (스키드러쉬) in South Korea) is a massively multiplayer online racing video game developed by NPluto and sponsored by several major automotive companies such as Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and U1 Technology ...

Online, a game *

Domain controller A domain controller (DC) is a Server (computing), server that responds to security authentication requests within a computer network domain. It is a Network (computing), network server that is responsible for allowing Host (network), host access to ...

, on Microsoft Servers *

Developer Certificate of Origin The Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) is a statement that a software developer agrees to, saying that "the contributor is allowed to make the contribution and that the project has the right to distribute it under its license." It was introdu ...

, used in open source software projects to verify individual contributions

Other

Deep Carbon Observatory The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) is a global research program designed to transform understanding of carbon's role in Earth. DCO is a community of scientists, including biologists, physicists, geoscientists and chemists, whose work crosses severa ...

Development Consent Order In England and Wales, a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) is a major infrastructure development that bypasses normal local planning requirements. These include proposals for power plants, large renewable energy projects, larg ...

, the means of obtaining permission for nationally significant projects in England and Wales * Digital Cooperation Organization, an

international organization An international organization, also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is an organization that is established by a treaty or other type of instrument governed by international law and possesses its own le ...

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Dimension Century Orguss is an anime science fiction series. It inspired an Original Video Animation, OVA sequel series called ''Orguss 02''. ''Orguss'' was the second part of ''The Super Dimension (disambiguation), Super Dimension'' trilogy from Big West Advertising ...

'', anime series *

Direct commission officer A direct commission officer (DCO) is a United States uniformed officer who has received an appointed commission without the typical prerequisites for achieving a commission, such as attending a four-year service academy, a four-year or two-yea ...

, a military rank * Disney Channel Original (disambiguation) *

District coordination officer District coordination officer (DCO) was the administrative head of the newly formed district and city district governments on 14-Aug-2001 in Pakistan and a senior officer (grade BS20/21) belonging from the provincial (executive PCS) or federal gov ...

, a civil service position in Pakistan *

The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) is a Primary Reserve armoured reconnaissance (recce) regiment of the Canadian Army; the regiment is subordinate to 39 Canadian Brigade Group of the 3rd Canadian Division. Established in 1883 ...

, a regiment of the Canadian Forces * Duke of Cambridge's Own, aka Middlesex Regiment * Dynamic Creative Optimization, a term used in programmatic marketing *D.Co., an abbreviation used for the

United States District Court for the District of Colorado The United States District Court for the District of Colorado (in case citations, D. Colo. or D. Col.) is a federal court in the Tenth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are a ...

*Docket Control Order, a legal document used to confirm court deadlines. *Document Control Officer controls access to documents that are restricted to certain people {{disambiguation