ESC may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

, an annual international song competition *

The Electric Swing Circus The Electric Swing Circus are a six-piece electro swing band based in Birmingham, England. The line up features Vicki Olivia (vocals), Fe Salomon (vocals), Tom Hyland (guitar), Rashad Gregory (samples, MPC, and synths), and Patrick Wreford (el ...

, a British band * Extreme Sports Channel, a television channel

Science and engineering

Computing

Esc key On computer keyboards, the Esc key (named ''Escape key'' in the international standard series ISO/IEC 9995) is a key used to generate the escape character (which can be represented as ASCII code 27 in decimal, Unicode U+001B, or ). The escap ...

on a keyboard *

Escape character In computing and telecommunications, an escape character is a character that invokes an alternative interpretation on the following characters in a character sequence. An escape character is a particular case of metacharacters. Generally, the ...

in the C0 control code set *

Escape sequence In computer science, an escape sequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein; it is marked by one or more preceding (and possibly terminating) characters. Examples * In C and ma ...

* Extended static checking

Concepts and technologies

Einstein summation convention In mathematics, especially the usage of linear algebra in mathematical physics and differential geometry, Einstein notation (also known as the Einstein summation convention or Einstein summation notation) is a notational convention that implies s ...

* Electronic speed control *

Electronic stability control Electronic stability control (ESC), also referred to as electronic stability program (ESP) or dynamic stability control (DSC), is a computerized technology that improves a car handling, vehicle's stability by detecting and reducing loss of Tract ...

Embryonic stem cell Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are Cell potency#Pluripotency, pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre-Implantation (human embryo), implantation embryo. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4� ...

Environmental stress cracking Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC) is one of the most common causes of unexpected brittle failure of thermoplastic (especially amorphous) polymers known at present. According to ASTM D883, stress cracking is defined as "an external or intern ...

Organizations

* Electrical Safety Council, now Electrical Safety First, a British charity *

European Society of Cardiology The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is an independent Nonprofit organisation, non-profit, non-governmental professional association that works to advance the prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases of the heart and blood vessels, a ...

* European Society of Criminology

Education

* Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, a type of French business school * Edison State College, now Florida SouthWestern State College *

Empire State College Empire State University (SUNY Empire) is a public university headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Empire State University is a multi-site institution offering associate degre ...

of the State University of New York * English Subject Centre, a British English-language educational organization * European School, Culham, in Oxfordshire, England *

European Solidarity Centre The European Solidarity Centre () is a museum and library in Gdańsk, Poland, devoted to the history of Solidarity (Polish trade union), Solidarity, the Polish trade union and civil resistance movement, and other opposition movements of Communis ...

, a museum and library in Gdańsk, Poland *

European Solidarity Corps The European Solidarity Corps (ESC), known until 2016 as European Voluntary Service (EVS), is an international volunteering program by the European Commission for young people to go individually or in teams to another country, usually from one Eur ...

, volunteering program by the European Commission *

European Space Camp European Space Camp (ESC) is a summer camp for youths aged 17–20, which focuses on giving a hands-on experience into the field of aerospace engineering and space sciences. Participants from all over Europe and the world stay at the Andøya Spac ...

Eyring Science Center The Carl F. Eyring Science Center (ESC) is one of the science buildings on the Brigham Young University (BYU) campus in Provo, Utah, United States. It was built in 1950 and named after Carl F. Eyring in 1954. Description The ESC houses the dep ...

, a science building at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, United States

Government and politics

* Environmental Study Conference, U.S. House of Representatives *

Economic and Social Council (Arab League) The Economic and Social Council of the Arab League (ESC; , DIN: , originally the Economic Council) is an institution of the Arab League that co-ordinates its economic integration.Osmańczyk 2003: 1290 The ESC was established as the ''Economic ...

European Social Charter The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty which was opened for signature on 18 October 1961 and initially became effective on 26 February 1965, after West Germany had become the fifth of the 13 signing nations to ratify it. By ...

Essential Services Commission (Victoria) The Essential Services Commission (ESC) is the economic regulator established by the State Government of Victoria, Australia to regulate prescribed essential utility services supplied by the Victorian electricity, gas, water, ports and rail f ...

Essential Services Commission of South Australia {{Use dmy dates, date=November 2019 The Essential Services Commission of South Australia (ESCOSA) is the independent economic regulator established by the State Government of South Australia, to regulate prescribed essential utility services suppli ...

Sports

Ekenäs Sport Club Ekenäs Sport Club (abbreviated ESC) is a association football, football club from Ekenäs (Finland), Ekenäs, Raseborg in Finland. The club was formed in 2007 and their home ground is Ekenäs Centrumplan. The club is currently playing in the Ka ...

, a football club in Finland *

Empire Supporters Club The Empire Supporters Club, or ESC, is one of the oldest supporters clubs in Major League Soccer and the largest supporters club dedicated to the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer. History The club was founded in 1995 by members of the N ...

, a fan club of the New York Red Bulls *

Equitable Stroke Control Equitable Stroke Control (ESC) was a component of some golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Go ...

, in golf * Essex Senior Cup, an English football competition * Essex Skating Club, in New Jersey * European Shooting Confederation

Other uses

* Esc, Aesc or

Oisc of Kent Oisc (early Old English or ), or, in a later spelling, Ēsc () was, if he existed, an early king of Kent and, according to Bede, the eponymous founder of the tribe known as '' Oiscingas'' (early Old English . Etymology and spellings Most schol ...

, King of Kent, 474–516 AD *

Delta County Airport Delta County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located southwest of the central business district of Escanaba, a city in Delta County, Michigan, United States. It offers limited commercial service, which is subsidized by the Essen ...

, Escanaba, Michigan, by IATA code *

Electronic Systems Center The Electronic Systems Center was a product center of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) headquartered at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Its mission was to develop and acquire command and control, communications, computer, and intellige ...

, a former product center of the United States Air Force * Energy Savings Certificate, a document certifying that a certain reduction of energy consumption has been obtained *

Expeditionary Sustainment Command The Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), commonly referred to as an "ESC", is a United States Army logistics headquarters. Sustainment is "the provision of logistics, Finance Corps, financial management, United States Army Adjutant General's Cor ...

* Guggenmos ESC, a German hang glider